The homemade dog food supplement that completes the bowl
You cook fresh grocery meat. DogCore™ adds the 22 micronutrients the meat can't carry on its own — weight-dosed to your dog, computed against every NRC 2006 nutrient floor. Every day.
Short answer
Do homemade dog food diets need a supplement?
Yes. Home-cooked dog food is typically 9–21 nutrients short of NRC 2006 requirements — most often calcium, zinc, manganese, vitamin D3 and iodine. A weight-dosed micronutrient supplement like DogCore™ closes those gaps precisely, so a fresh grocery-meat bowl meets every adult nutrient floor, every day.
What it depends on
- Your dog’s weight — it sets the sachet size (5/10/15/20 g) and the daily sachet count
- Activity level — the M-factor tier (Balanced / Anchor / Pro) scales daily calories
- What’s in the bowl — the BARC Protocol grocery chart is the base the sachet completes
- Life stage — DogCore™ is for healthy adults; puppies and pregnant or nursing dogs need dedicated formulas
Common questions
What nutrients are missing from homemade dog food?
The common gaps are calcium (and the calcium-phosphorus ratio), zinc, manganese, vitamin D3 and iodine. Fresh grocery meat is a strong protein and fat base, but it does not carry these micronutrients at NRC 2006 levels. DogCore™ adds the full 22-micronutrient set in one weight-dosed daily sachet.
How is DogCore™ dosed?
By body weight. DogCore™ comes in four sachet sizes — 5, 10, 15 and 20 g. Your dog is assigned one size for their weight band and a whole-sachet daily count; no half sachets, no mixing sizes. A 20 kg anchor dog, for example, feeds 6 × 10 g sachets per day.
Can I feed my dog only meat, without a supplement?
No. Meat alone leaves critical mineral and vitamin gaps — most visibly calcium, since muscle meat is phosphorus-heavy with almost no calcium. Dogs can synthesise some nutrients, but surviving is not thriving. A meat-based bowl plus a precise micronutrient correction is what reaches complete.
Is DogCore™ suitable for puppies or pregnant dogs?
No. DogCore™ is built for healthy adult and active dogs. Puppies get PuppyPro™ (growth formula) and pregnant or nursing dogs get DogPro-L™ (reproduction formula) — both are dedicated products with higher, different nutrient floors.
Dogs are facultative carnivores — they can synthesise somenutrients from plants, but survival is not the same as thriving. Fresh grocery meat is the basis of their protein, which still leaves critical gaps in minerals and vitamins. DogCore™ fills them precisely, computed to your dog's exact weight and activity using allometric scaling. Meets NRC 2006 requirements 100% when fed the right grocery meat as per the BARC Protocol.
Why dog owners choose DogCore™
Four sachet sizes, one exact dose
DogCore™ ships in a 5/10/15/20 g sachet ladder. Your dog gets one sachet size for their weight band and a whole-sachet daily count — no half sachets, no mixing sizes, no guesswork. The recipe builder computes the exact count from weight and activity.
Guaranteed analysis and label
Energy: 13.15 kcal / 5.0 g unit
Maltodextrin carrierLecithin (defatted)Calcium lactate gluconateOmega-3 fish oil (30% EPA+DHA)Aroma palatant (dry)Poultry hydrolysateChicken meat powderEggshell powderPoultry liver digestYeast extractCalcium citrate malateFish protein hydrolysatePHGG soluble fibreChelated trace minerals (Zn/Fe/Mn/Cu)
- Shelf life target 12–18 months
- Manufactured by a Leading Veterinary Pharmaceutical Co.
- Meets NRC 2006 nutrient requirements when fed per the BARC Protocol diet chart
The groceries that go with it
The sachet completes a real bowl, it doesn't replace one. Buy real grocery meats from Blinkit or Licious, delivered to your door, and steam them fresh daily in your kitchen:
*if tolerant
Growlrr Completes the Rest.
Wondering what belongs in a dog's bowl and what doesn't? Read what to feed my dog and the full diet chart.
Validated, not assumed
You don't have to take our word for it. We validated the DogCore™ correction across 1 Million+ simulations · Wilson C/R 95/99 — every run held above NRC 2006 requirements. Every day. For every dog.
See how the validation works and what "complete and balanced" means.
Dog plan tiers · for healthy, active dogs
anchor M = 1.5 · range 0.80 – 1.80Apartment or yard-living, non-feral. "Active" = 30 minutes to 1 hour of walks or outdoor play per day. Activity matters more than calorie counting — a healthy dog on real muscle meat and real fat (and very little grain or filler) burns naturally and stays lean. Same DogCore™ sachets at every tier; only the M-factor changes. Calories don't make a healthy dog. A healthy diet, a real walk, and quality protein do.
Caloric restraint. Weight loss target 0.5–1% per week.
Standard adult maintenance. Not for puppies, pregnant or lactating dogs.
Active lifestyle / growth phase. Higher caloric density.
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Your dog gets a personalised dose
Sachet size and count are computed to your dog's exact weight using allometric scaling — not a rough bracket. Build their plan to see the exact number.