Natural Instinct raw pet food is Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (“BARF”) for dogs providing a balanced, nutritional and delicious diet.

Our recipes are packed full of the highest quality produce. Ingredients range from a wide variety of raw meats with bone and offal to a selection of the freshest fruits and vegetables.

Natural supplements are also included, packed full of additional vitamins, antioxidants and nutrients such as sea kelp, Scottish salmon oil and spinach.

All our recipes are made using meats and poultry and ethically sourced fish with the freshest fruit and vegetables.    

We do not use any artificial additives, colours, preservatives, fillers or grains.    

This will sometimes mean that our products may vary in colour and texture from batch to batch, but we never use any nasties.  

For more information on our ingredients, click here. 

The ideal for all dogs, is that the transition is trouble free and there are no periods of excessive wind, diarrhoea, or constipation. In order to achieve this, the best way to transition dogs from a high carbohydrate processed diet to a low carbohydrate, high protein raw meat and bone diet, is to do a gradual transition over 7-10 days.   

Day 1 
This is the exciting start!  Take a spoon, the size of which will depend on the size of your dog or cat.  For example a teaspoon is recommended for a toy breed and a tablespoon for a large breed.  Taking that spoon, replace a spoonful of your dog or cat’s current food with a spoonful of raw at each mealtime.  

Day 2 
Following on from day 1, we would recommend increasing 1 spoonful amount per day, for example, day 2 you would introduce 2 spoonful's of raw and decrease the equivalent of their current food.  

Days 3-10
On day 3, you would include 3 spoonful's of raw so each day, you continue to gradually increase the amount of spoonful's of raw and decrease the amount of the current food until your pet’s feeding bowl is full of yummy raw food! 

Good to know…  
If your dog has a loose stool at any stage, we recommend reducing the amount of raw food for three days to stabilise the stool before returning to increasing the raw food levels.   

For the first month of feeding raw, digestive enzymes and probiotics can be added to the diet for dogs with any dietary issues or a history of diarrhoea or constipation. Natural Instinct's Zoolac Propaste is great for this! 

Yes, raw food is completely safe when purchased through a reputable brand. 

As with handling any raw meat and before you touch anything else, you should ensure that your hands are washed with soap and water.   

Clean and disinfect any surfaces and utensils that the raw pet food comes in to contact with - whether it is your fridge shelf, the area used to prepare the food, your pet’s bowl and the utensils you used. Ensure everything is cleaned as soon as it is no longer in use to ensure surfaces and utensils are always clean and free from potentially harmful bacteria.  

Unfortunately, once your order has been processed it is not possible to amend it.