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Cupboard-friendly raw meals, with adult recipes and a separate Chicken Puppy recipe.
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How to Switch Your Dog to Pets True House Food
Introduce a new food gradually, reducing the previous food as the new one increases. A transition over around seven to ten days is a useful general starting point, with a slower pace when needed. The aim is a manageable change, not a deadline your dog must meet.
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Before you start, choose the correct recipe and find its feeding guide. Adult freeze-dried meals, puppy meals and cold-pressed food have different instructions; do not carry the weight of the old ration straight across to a new format.
A gradual introduction
Start when you can keep meals reasonably consistent and observe how your dog is getting on. Have enough of the previous food to complete the change gradually, rather than switching suddenly because the bag has run out.
Choose one new recipe initially. Introducing several new foods, treats and extras together makes it harder to understand which change your dog is responding to.
The following ten-day schedule is a general framework. Its percentages refer to fractions of each food's own appropriate full daily ration, not equal gram weights of the two foods.
| Period | Previous food | New complete food |
|---|---|---|
| Days 1–3 | 75% of its full daily ration | 25% of its full daily ration |
| Days 4–6 | 50% | 50% |
| Days 7–9 | 25% | 75% |
| Day 10 onwards | None | Appropriate full daily ration |
If you need help establishing either full ration, ask before using the percentages. For food prescribed by your vet, follow their transition instructions instead.
Understand replacement portions
An old food and a new food can supply different energy in the same weight. This is especially important when changing from wet or frozen food to a dry format.
For an arithmetic example, suppose the appropriate full daily rations have already been established as 200 g of the previous food and 100 g of the new food. At the first stage, 75% of 200 g is 150 g, while 25% of 100 g is 25 g. It would not be 150 g plus 50 g of the new food.
Those figures illustrate the method; they are not recommended portions for your dog. This schedule is for switching complete meals, not instructions for measuring toppers.
Keep a simple note of the amounts you offer. If several people feed your dog, use the same written plan so a meal is not repeated accidentally.
Choose the right feeding guide
- Adult freeze-dried amounts apply to our adult meal recipes.
- Chicken Puppy amounts cover its published puppy age bands.
- Cold-pressed amounts use the chart provided with that range.
Weigh dry food before adding any water. Our freeze-dried meals may be served dry or softened with warm water; changing the texture does not change the amount of original food in the bowl. Fresh drinking water should always be available.
If the change is not going smoothly
Do not keep increasing the new food simply to stay on schedule. Take advice if your dog develops diarrhoea or appears unwell; a food change is not the only possible cause of digestive symptoms.
Contact your vet promptly for a young puppy with diarrhoea, or if your dog has blood in the stools, repeated vomiting or seems unwell. Existing health conditions or a prescribed diet are also reasons to discuss the change with your vet. PDSA: diarrhoea after a change of food
You can contact us for help finding the relevant product instructions. Veterinary symptoms and treatment questions should go to your vet.
Choose your first pack
Our adult freeze-dried meals are available as individual 150 g packs and multipacks. The adult variety pack contains four recipes, but you do not have to introduce all four at once.
Prefer a dry pellet format? Explore our cold-pressed range in 2 kg and 5 kg options. For a puppy, choose the puppy-specific recipe and chart.
Cold-pressed meals
Explore Chicken, Beef, Duck and Fish dry recipes and check their individual ingredients.
Explore cold-pressed mealsFor a growing puppy
Complete puppy meal
Freeze-Dried Raw Chicken Puppy Food
Complete freeze-dried puppy recipe with 80% chicken, pumpkin and pear. Choose one 150 g pouch or multipacks of five or ten 150 g pouches.
10 x 150G = 1.5KG, 5 x 150G = 750G, 1 x 150G
From £6.99
For preparation, see our serving and storage guide. For ongoing mixing, see mixed feeding and toppers. You can also compare freeze-dried raw, frozen raw and kibble.
Switching questions
Can I mix the foods in one bowl?
That can be a practical way to introduce the new food. Measure the appropriate amounts first and follow each product's handling instructions.
Must the change take exactly ten days?
No. The schedule is a starting framework. Some dogs need a slower transition; seek advice if the new food is not being tolerated.
Can I keep feeding both foods afterwards?
If you want an ongoing mixed routine, plan the combined feeding rather than continuing two full daily rations. Ask for help if you are unsure how the foods fit together.
Sources
General references explain feeding and food formats; they do not certify or endorse Pets True House products. Check each product page and pack for its own instructions.
