Best complete raw food for Standard Poodles

Moving from home-prepared raw to a commercial complete makes a lot of sense when life gets busy — the key is making sure the product you switch to actually holds up nutritionally, because not all commercial raws are genuinely complete despite what the label says. Raw feeding done well can be excellent, but done badly it creates nutritional gaps that cause real harm over time, and the difference is balance and sourcing. To point you to the right product: what breed and size is your dog, have you fed raw before, and are you looking for a complete ready-made option or planning to keep preparing it yourself?

Great that you've already got a year of raw feeding under your belt — your Poodle's gut is well adapted, so the transition should be smooth. At 28kg he'll need roughly 560–700g of food per day depending on activity level, so you want a brand where the cost per kilo is reasonable at that volume. A couple of things worth knowing about Standard Poodles specifically: they can have sensitive digestion and are prone to bloat, so I'd avoid very high-fat formulas and keep meals split across two sittings rather than one. Does he have any known sensitivities — proteins he hasn't tolerated well, or any skin or gut issues?

Perfect — that makes this straightforward. My recommendation is Natures Menu Country Hunter 80/20 raw nuggets, specifically the chicken or beef variants to start since he's already familiar with those proteins. It's a genuinely complete raw formula — 80% meat, offal and bone, 20% veg and botanicals — and it meets FEDIAF nutritional guidelines for adult dogs, which a lot of commercial raws quietly don't. The nugget format is practical: you weigh out what you need, thaw overnight, done. At 28kg he'll use roughly a 1kg bag every day and a half, and the 2kg resealable pouches keep well in the freezer. It's widely available on Amazon UK and the per-kilo price is fair for the quality. Transition over about a week by mixing increasing amounts into whatever you're currently giving him — though given his raw-adapted gut, you could probably move faster than you would with a kibble dog.

The Country Hunter formula includes ground bone as part of the 80%, so the calcium-phosphorus ratio is balanced and you don't need to add bones to meet his nutritional needs. That said, if he enjoys chewing raw meaty bones and tolerates them well, there's nothing wrong with giving one a few times a week as an enrichment activity — just don't count them as part of his daily food portion. Think of them as extras rather than essentials. If you do add them, weight-bearing bones from large animals like beef are too hard for most dogs and can crack teeth; chicken carcasses, duck necks or lamb ribs are better choices.

Good call starting with chicken — familiar protein, easy on the gut, and you can always rotate in the beef or duck varieties once he's settled on the new format. Watch his stools for the first week or two; they should be small and firm on a complete raw, and if they're too loose he may just need a slightly smaller portion while he adjusts. At 28kg, start around 560g per day and adjust up if he seems hungry after a few weeks. He sounds like he's in great shape — this switch should just make your life easier without compromising anything.