Combo Raw Dog Food for Small Dogs

Mixed Protein
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Smaller patty size, featuring Australian beef, lamb, chicken, pork, and Tasmanian salmon offers a finely minced, balanced diet for smaller dogs.

Price

$
17.99
RRP

Size

1.5
(Resealable Bag)

Big Flavour for Small Dogs

With more tasty forms of protein than your dog could dream of, this combination of high-quality Australian beef, pasture-raised lamb, RSPCA approved chicken, fresh Aussie pork and Tasmanian salmon truly is a mouthful. This recipe includes the goodness of muscle meat, fish, vitamin and mineral-rich offal and nutrient-dense seasonal fruits and vegetables.

With the addition of Big Dog’s special extra ingredients, including cold-pressed ground flaxseed, whole eggs, kelp, and sprouted wheatgrass, your dog will be happy and healthy.

Our Small Dog Combo is minced finer than our regular recipes for little tummies and comes in half size patties perfect for smaller eaters.

*Big Dog for Small Dogs Combo is Complete and Balanced by AAFCO standards for healthy growth in puppies and maintaining health in adult dogs.

Skin Health
Bone, Nail & Dental Health
Immune Health
Muscle Repair & Growth
Joint Health
Gut Health

High quality Raw Ingredients.. Always

At Big Dog we always use the highest quality human grade food sources from Australian farms (organic where possible) and local farms.

Chicken meat

Chicken is a rich source of complete protein and is s a lower fat meat which is higher in vitamin K, B3, and B5.
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Crushed bone

Crushed raw bone is a great source of high-quality and absorbable calcium for our pets.
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Cartilage

Cartilage is a great source of nutrients for your pet, it is packed full of calcium, glucosamine, chondroitin, and collagen.
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Apples

Apples, like all plants are a source of fibre which contributes to digestive health.
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Green Bananas

Green banana contributes to digestive health, stool quality and reduced flatulence.
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Carrots

Carrots are a source of fibre, they contribute to digestive health and assist in improving stool quality.
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Lettuce

The most well-known health providing benefit of lettuce is chlorophyll, which is a power boosting nutrient that detoxifies the liver and digestive system.
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Green Beans

Green beans are a source of fibre which contributes to digestive health.
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Celery

Celery is a source of vitamins A, C and K, as well as folate, potassium, and manganese.
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Broccoli

Broccoli is an excellent source of fibre which contributes to digestive health.
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Oranges

Oranges are also a source of potassium and one of the highest known sources of vitamin C.
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Strawberries

Strawberries are also a great source of vitamin C and antioxidants.
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Blueberries

Blueberries are a great source of vitamin C, antioxidants, and vitamin K.
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Pork Meat

Pork is a rich source of vitamin B1 which is essential for normal nervous system function and energy production.
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Liver

A true superfood for our pets, liver in Big Dog recipes allows our food to be complete and balanced using only fresh, natural whole foods.
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Kidney

Kidney is high in essential vitamins including vitamin A, B2, B6, B7, B12 and essential minerals iron and selenium.
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Beef meat

Beef meat is a rich source of complete protein for our pets.
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Washed Tripe

Tripe is an organ meat high in essential nutrition. High in protein, tripe is also a good source of vitamin B3, B5, B12, selenium, zinc, calcium, and manganese.
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Tasmanian Salmon

Tasmanian Salmon is a rich source of complete protein for our pets, containing the amino acids methionine and cysteine.
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Heart

Heart is a good source of B vitamins as well as the minerals zinc, iron, and selenium.
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Lung

Lung is a low-fat source of high-quality protein.
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Trachea

Trachea is a natural source of cartilage and collagen.
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Whole Chicken Egg

Whole egg is a highly digestible, source of complete protein.
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Sprouted Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass contains iron, calcium, magnesium, 17 amino acids, vitamins A, C, E, K, as well as B complex vitamins.
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Cold Pressed Ground Flaxseed

Flax is a source of fibre that positively influences digestive function, stool quality, and overall health.
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Goats Whey

Whey is a source of glutathione, a protein that functions as a powerful antioxidant and assists in normal detoxification processes in the body.
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Psyllium

Psyllium is a natural source of dietary fibre. Dietary fibre at species-appropriate amounts has many health benefits for our pets.
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Kelp

Kelp is a superfood for our pets and one of the important ingredients that allows Big Dog recipes to be naturally complete and balanced without the addition of any synthetic or unnatural ingredients.
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Organic Fulvic Acid

Fulvic acid has been studied for its role as an antioxidant, reducing inflammation, improving gut health and more.
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Ingredient Info
Apples
Apples, like all plants are a source of fibre which contributes to digestive health.
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Feeding Guide

How to Raw Feed Your dog

  1. Calculate how much your pet needs to eat.
  2. Defrost their portion until thawed.
  3. Serve their meal!
Feeding Chart

How much to feed your pet

  1. Calculate how much your pet needs to eat.
  2. Defrost their portion until thawed.
  3. Serve their meal, and enjoy better dog poo!
Transition Guide

How to Transition to a Raw food diet

We recommend a 2 week transition to a new food:

Nutritional Info

Typical Analysis

Kilojoules Per 100g
610
Kilojoules Per Serve
760
Serving Size (g)
125
Crude Protein
12.50%
Crude Fat
12%
Carbohydrates
1%
Fibre
<1%
Calcium
0.70%
Phosphorus
0.40%
Calcium/Phosphorus Ratio
1:0.6
Moisture
71%
Ash
3%
Omega 3 (g/100g)
0.42g
Omega 6:3 Ratio
3:1

Ingredients

Chicken (meat, crushed bone & cartilage), seasonal fruit & vegetables (apple, green bananas, carrots, lettuce, green beans, celery, broccoli, orange, strawberries, blueberries), pork (meat, livers, kidneys), beef (meat, liver, kidney, washed tripe), Tasmanian salmon, Lamb (heart, lung, liver, kidney, trachea), whole chicken egg, sprouted wheatgrass, cold pressed ground flaxseed, goats whey, psyllium, kelp, organic fulvic acid.

Storage and Handling

Read our detailed guide on handling and storing raw dog food
Store frozen

Be sure to keep raw food frozen until ready for thawing. Thaw before feeding, avoid re-freezing.

Storage and Safety

This is an all-natural product with no preservatives; once thawed it must be used within 2-3 days. Keep thawed portions in a sealed, airtight container in your refrigerator. Do not cook as our recipe contains bone. It is important to discard any thawed product that no longer look or smells fresh.

Defrost Properly


To thaw, place portion in a container and allow to thaw in the fridge. To accelerate the thawing process, place in sink of lukewarm water for 15 - 30 minutes, ensuring not to cook.

Wash Well

Standard safe hygienic practices should be followed at all times when handling fresh, raw food; ensure all utensils, work areas and hands are thoroughly washed with warm soapy water after being in contact with raw food.

The Fine Print

  • PET FOOD ONLY made from fresh and carefully sourced ingredients but not for human consumption.
  • Contains raw offal and crushed raw bone - DO NOT COOK.
  • Batch-to-batch variation may result from the use of fresh, seasonal produce.

How to use this product

How to transition your dog to raw food easily

How do I Handle and Store Raw Dog Food?

A guide to raw feeding your puppy

FAQs

Can I feed my puppy Big Dog?

If your puppy was weaned onto a raw food diet, you can generally transition straight to a 100% Big Dog diet.

If your pup was weaned onto cooked or processed food (canned food, dry food or cooked rolls) then we recommend to transition more slowly.

A raw food diet is very different to a processed cooked diet and any sudden change of diet can create stomach upsets and gradually transitioning helps to minimise this.

Please follow these guidelines, whilst monitoring your puppy’s stools. You should begin to notice smaller, less smelly stools as you transition towards a 100% raw food diet. Loose stools are OK during the transitioning period, but do make sure there is no persistent, watery stools.

Day 1-3: 20% New Diet 80% Old Diet

Day 4-6: 40% New Diet 60% Old Diet

Day 7-9: 60% New Diet 40% Old Diet

Day 10-12: 80% New Diet 20% Old Diet

Day 12+: 100% New Diet

Additionally, we recommend the following amounts to be fed based on the weight of your puppy:

Puppy (3 – 12 months or until fully grown): 4% dog’s body weight

Adult (12 months or when fully grown): 2% dog’s body weight

Keep in mind that feeding guides are general and optimal feeding amounts may vary with age, size, breed, and activity level. Increase or decrease the calories your pup consumes daily to ensure a healthy weight is maintained.

If your puppy has no known allergies or health conditions, then you can start them on any flavour from our core range (Beef, Chicken, Combo, Tasmanian Salmon, and Lamb.). Most people choose chicken as it is highly palatable, especially when starting off on raw food for the first time.

Alternatively, our Small Dog Combo diet may be most suitable, especially for smaller pups. Our small dog recipe is minced more finely and is portioned into smaller patties which can help reduce wastage in the transition phase or in smaller breeds.

If your puppy does have allergies or skin conditions, we recommend either our Single Protein Allergy Diet – Turkey or our Scientific Diet – Sensitive Skin. We do not recommend our Kanga or Wellbeing diets due to their low fat content. Fat is important in a growing pups diet.

For more information on each product, see our products page for dogs.

Transitioning puppies to raw food with Chris Essex

How often should I feed my puppy?

Puppies and kittens should be fed more regularly than adults, we recommend feeding three-four smaller meals and up to six meals a day for larger breeds. Regular small meals should continue until the animal is about 6 months old, then we recommend reducing your pet to being fed once or twice per day. Allowing pregnant and lactating pets to feed as often as they want is ideal.

Puppies and kittens require more food, more regularly than an adult dog or cat due to the amount of growing and developing they will be doing in the first 6 or so months of their lives. Making sure they get adequate nutrients regularly in this life stage is essential.

Can I wean puppies on to your food?

We generally recommend our food is suitable when pups reach 1kg of weight or 12 weeks of age, whatever comes first.

A few breeders who use our food, do things a little differently and we have heard of a few ways this can work. 

1.      Transitioning from feeding exclusively from Mum to introducing puppy gruel, then raw mincemeat to get the pups tummies used to raw food, then transitioning to our food from about 8weeks of age.

2.      Transitioning from feeding exclusively from Mum to introducing cooked meat before then introducing to raw, then our food from about 12 weeks of age.

3.      Transitioning from feeding exclusively from Mum, straight to introducing a BARF-style raw diet such as ours.

The 3rd way is actually how our charity of choice, Smart Pups, transition their pups to our diet. Smart Pups dogs tolerate this approach really well.  

It also helps when the Mum is fed raw and her immune system will be used to a raw food diet and she will be passing this innate immunity onto the pups through milk. They too will then be more likely to switch to raw and tolerate it really well.

If you notice any loose stools or vomiting, back off the transition and go a little slowly with the addition of a probiotic supplement.

We make a Small Dogs Combo recipe witch is minced more finely and is better for pups when they are young.

 

How do I transition my pet to your raw food?

We always recommend slowly introducing raw diets over 2 weeks. The reason for this is to minimise any potential for stomach upsets which can happen if a change in diet is sudden. Some pets will have no issues with a quick changeover in diet, however to be sure, we do recommend slowly introducing the new food.

Day 1-3: 20% New 80% Old

Day 4-6: 40% New 60% Old

Day 7-9: 60% New 40% Old

Day 10-12: 80% New 20% Old

Day 12+: 100% New Diet

Simple transition to raw food with Chris Essex

Can I mix kibble and raw together?

Yes! You absolutely can co-feed kibble and raw. In fact, if your dog was on a kibble diet beforehand, mixing kibble and raw is how we recommend they transition over 10 - 12 days. This helps to ensure they have time to get used to the introduction of raw food into their diet. If you wanted to read more about transitioning your pet, read this.

We believe that any inclusion of raw food into your pets diet will benefit them however, if you’d prefer to feed a mixture of diets on an on-going basis, also known as co-feeding, ensure to adjust the feeding portions to reflect this.

For example if you choose to split your pet’s diet into 50% of a Big Dog diet and 50% of another diet, we advise to only feed half the recommended feeding portion for each diet.

For dogs and cats that have more sensitive stomachs, their diet can still consist of a raw diet and a kibble diet however if you notice any issues it could be advised to feed these two diets at different time, for example feed raw in the morning and their other diet at night, or vice-versa.

What is a raw food diet?

Raw food diets by definition are diets comprised of nothing but raw food. These can take many forms and the most popular of these is a BARF diet. BARF stands for biologically appropriate raw food or bones and raw food. This dietary model is based on the evolutionary diet animals would have eaten in the wild. Evolutionary raw diets are made up of fresh raw meat, offal, crushed meaty bones, vegetables, fruits and other healthy ingredients.

For more information on a Raw food diet for dogs – visit, “Evolution for dogs and a species appropriate diet”

Raw food diets are different for dogs and cats as they have different and unique dietary requirements.

Big Dog has a range of raw food diets in our range for dogs. You can view them all here.

Core Range – this is a flavour based raw food diet comprising of many different protein types. Using different protein sources allows for a wide variety of amino acids and is the range that best mimics an evolutionary diet where animals would have consumed varied types of prey.

Single Protein Allergy Range – this range is for pets with allergies to certain proteins including beef or chicken and each product is made only from one protein source.

Scientific Range – these products are for pets with specific health requirements and contain specific proteins and additional ingredients for pets with health issues.

Small Dog – smaller portion sizes and finer mincing for smaller digestive systems make this product perfect for puppies and small dogs.

Our Cat range has been specifically designed for cats with higher protein levels and taurine, an essential amino acid for cats. You can view these recipes here.

All Big Dog raw diets are 100% natural, no synthetic vitamins and minerals, artificial chemicals, colours, flavours or preservatives are present. All Big Dog diets are raw and uncooked to best preserve the quality and nutritional value of the proteins.

For more information on our dog range, see our products for dogs here.

For more information on our cat range, see our products for cats here.

How long does a patty last? How long can I store it for?

Our patties are safe to use for two years after their packaged date as long as they have been correctly stored and frozen for the whole duration. After thawing the patty, we recommend they be kept in a sealed, airtight container and used within 2 - 3 days. Discard any thawed product that no longer looks or smells fresh. If you have a small dog and find our patties are too big for you to get through in time, check out our Big Dog for Small Dogs product.

Can I cook your food?

No. Big Dog food is based on an evolutionary diet so all of the products in our range contain crushed bone as a source of important vitamins and minerals. Because of this, our food cannot be cooked.

Not only does cooking reduce the nutritional value of the fresh healthy ingredients, cooking bone results in it becoming brittle, potentially splintering and should not be digested by your dog in this state.

Do your products contain preservatives?

Absolutely not, at Big Dog, when we say 100% natural we mean 100% natural. This means no added preservatives, no modern preservation methods like irradiation which impact the nutritional quality of the food nor do we add any synthetic additives such as vitamins and minerals, colours or flavours.

Our preservation method for our food is freezing and once our product has been thawed ready to serve to your pet, it will last up to 3 days when kept in the fridge.

Whilst our food may last longer than 3 days, be sure to keep an eye out for signs of deterioration of the product like ballooning of the packaging. If this occurs, do not serve your pet and dispose of the product.

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Help

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You can contact us with any questions you may have about our product or raw feeding. Just visit our contact page.

Reviews

I tried our pup on this as she has some grass allergies and had developed a lot of flaky dandruff in her coat. She was itching like mad and I read about switching to a raw diet can help. I mixed this with a little parsley, coconut oil and grated carrot and her coat is completely clear now and its so shiny and soft! She loves the patties and cleans her plate which she never used to do with the original food I was giving her. Very happy! )

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PetStock

My pup just had this for the first time, Im transitioning her so for her first meal I used about half a serve and mixed it with the kibble shes currently on. I also added one of the Salmon bites for some extra nutrition. I mixed it all together by hand and she loved it, has even gone back twice now to lick the bowl clean. The ingredients are quality and great value for money. I also love how the serves are individually packaged, unfortunately this means more plastic but it makes setting her meals out easier.

The ingredients are quality and great value for money
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PetStock

My Toy Poodle started on the Small Breed Combo and I haven’t looked back.

I had her on raw meat and she refused to eat dry food so the transition was easy. I found it hard and a lot of fussing to get all the vitamins she needed with plain raw meat but this barf combo has it all. Best of all, it’s so simple and she woofs it down. She is now 10 months old and has been on BD Barf for 2 months now.

Perfect!
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Product Review

My three Chihuahuas are just about finished their first box of big dog small dog patties and they love them! For me it is convenient and as good for them as home made (if not better) but a lot more cost and time effective. We will definitely be making big dog part of their regular diet.

They love them!
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