Fresh-Food Feeding Explained
PET NUTRITION & HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE
Disclaimer: Book will be emailed to you within 12 hours after purchase.
A Practical Guide to DIY Balanced Canine Nutrition (2026 edition)
Confidently create fresh-food meals that meet your dog’s nutritional needs-without guesswork, myths, or rigid formulas.
Fresh-Food Feeding Explained is an educational guide for pet parents who want to move beyond trends, ratios, and internet advice and learn how to actually build nutritionally balanced meals for their dogs using fresh, whole foods.
This book is not about following a single feeding philosophy. It is about understanding nutrition, applying NRC principles, and learning how to make informed, flexible decisions that support your dog’s long-term health.
This Is Not Just a Raw Feeding Book
While raw feeding is discussed and demonstrated, this book is not limited to raw diets. It applies to:
- Raw, cooked, or gently prepared fresh foods
- Frankenprey-style meals or whole prey feeding
- DIY formulations with or without supplements
- Dogs of different sizes, life stages, and needs
The focus is not how food looks, but what nutrients your dog actually receives.
** Disclaimer: Book will be emailed to you within 12 hours after purchase.
What This eBook Teaches
Instead of relying on rigid ratios like “80/10/10” or assuming balance “over time,” Fresh-Food Feeding Explained teaches you how to:
- Understand canine nutrient requirements based on NRC guidelines
- Identify which foods provide which nutrients—and in what amounts
- Use ratios appropriately as loose structural guides, not formulas
- Create meals that meet nutrient needs per 1,000 kcal, not by guesswork
- Recognize and troubleshoot nutrient gaps when food alone falls short
- Decide when supplements are necessary—and how to use them responsibly
- Rotate ingredients and sourcing to support nutritional resilience
- Transition your dog to a fresh-food meal plan
- And MORE!
You’ll learn why balance matters, how to achieve it realistically, and how to adapt when perfect sourcing isn’t possible.
A Teaching Book - Not a Recipe Dump
This is not a cookbook, and it is not a “feed this exact meal forever” manual.
You are guided step by step through:
- Meal construction logic
- Ingredient selection
- Raw meaty bone math (and why percentages change)
- Nutrient auditing using databases or software
- Real-world formulation examples that exceed NRC requirements
By the end of the book, you won’t just follow recipes—you’ll understand how to build your own.
Evidence-Informed, Real-World Practical
Fresh-Food Feeding Explained bridges the gap between academic nutrition standards and real kitchens.
The book acknowledges that:
- Nutrient databases represent averages, not absolutes
- Food sourcing is imperfect and variable
- No meal is ever “perfectly balanced” in practice
- Dogs rely on variety, rotation, and homeostasis, not precision alone
Rather than chasing perfection, you’ll learn how to create robust, nutrient-dense diets that minimize risk of deficiency or excess over time.
Who This Book Is For
This book is ideal for pet parents who:
- Want to feed fresh food responsibly
- Are confused by conflicting advice online
- Have outgrown simplistic ratio-based feeding
- Want to understand why they are feeding what they feed
- Prefer education over rules, and confidence over fear
No prior nutrition background is required—concepts are explained clearly and progressively.
What You’ll Walk Away With
- A clear framework for DIY fresh-food feeding
- Confidence in evaluating meals and ingredients
- The ability to spot and correct nutritional imbalances
- A practical understanding of when food is enough—and when it isn’t
Fresh Feeding, Explained - Finally
Fresh-Food Feeding Explained exists to empower pet parents—not overwhelm them.
If you want to feed your dog fresh food with clarity, intention, and nutritional integrity, this book will give you the tools to do exactly that.
About Kimberly Lloyd
PhD, BCHHP, CNHP, CHNP
Kimberly is a Board-Certified Nutrition Practitioner, Doctor of Holistic Nutrition, Naturopath, Certified Canine/Feline Clinical Nutritionist (approved by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards), NPI Registered Provider, Certified Canine Raw Food Nutritionist, Certified Natural Health Practitioner (CNHP), and Certified Holistic Nutrition Practitioner (CHNP).
Customer Testimonials
“My female shepherd and I are more than grateful to have found Kim! I had fed raw since the day my shepherd pup came home but it was unbalanced.
I consulted with a nutritionist prior to finding Kim that had left nutritional holes in the recipe and included proteins that don’t always get on well with shepherds.
Kim took her time to educate me on breed specific nutrition as this is my first time owning a shepherd dog!
I am so happy to say my shepherd’s issues that we were struggling with (itching, fur loss, imbalances) are GONE. She is healthier than ever, full of energy and enjoys her food at 2 years old and it is all thanks to Kim!
DIY raw can be overwhelming and working with Kim has made it so easy and manageable! Plus she is an amazing human being that always has answers. I recommend her to every person I come across!“
“Finding the holistic canine and deciding to go with a custom recipe from her was the absolute best decision for our miniature pinscher,who at the time was only 11 months old dealing with struvite crystals and chronic bladder infections believed to have started from a vaccine injury and in combination with a cereal based dog food. RX diet didn’t help him either. After starting him on this custom food plan his issues dramatically reduced and by 1 yr were almost nonexistent. Now it’s been 2 yrs and although we did have to refine his recipe some,which was super easy with Kim’s guidance he has absolutely zero issues now!
If you’re on the fence jump because the health benefits your animal will gain are so worth it! She provides all the necessary resources to help you source all ingredients provides alternatives and is always willing to answer your questions as well.
We are so grateful for Kim she quit literally saved our pups life and all it took was me knowing there had to be a better way then the vet route with RX food & my own research led me to her.“