Arginine is an essential amino acid. It is found in both meat and plant protein sources. If you feed your dog meat,eggs, dairy products, and/or grains and pulses/legumes, they will be getting it.
A simpler "formula" is to feed what is called prey model raw, which breaks down as roughly 80% muscle meat, 10% bone, and 10% organs (5% liver and 5% other organs). A typical adult dog would need 3 to 5% of their body weight daily.
If the thought of feeding your dog a hunk of meat with a bone in it makes you squeamish (the crunching....it takes some getting used to) then you can either grind it yourself (you will need an industrial grinder) or there are places where you can purchase pre-ground food (either just meat and bone, or meat, bone, and organs).
There are also commercially available frozen and freeze-dried formulas, but those tend to be the most expensive options.
A simpler "formula" is to feed what is called prey model raw, which breaks down as roughly 80% muscle meat, 10% bone, and 10% organs (5% liver and 5% other organs). A typical adult dog would need 3 to 5% of their body weight daily.
If the thought of feeding your dog a hunk of meat with a bone in it makes you squeamish (the crunching....it takes some getting used to) then you can either grind it yourself (you will need an industrial grinder) or there are places where you can purchase pre-ground food (either just meat and bone, or meat, bone, and organs).
There are also commercially available frozen and freeze-dried formulas, but those tend to be the most expensive options.
