Natural Diet Foundation 2 (NDF2) is hands down the best available dehydrated all-natural diet that allows dog owners to add their own protein (cooked or raw) making protein rotation easy and flexible. This diet (once protein is added) provides your dog with a fresh, healthy, and balanced meal every time they eat.
NDF2 supports the liver, kidney, heart, lungs, stomach, and digestive tract with the included freeze dried USDA inspected organ meat (liver), vegetables, purposefully chosen grains, various supportive herbs, and other functional foods. Raw feeding has never been simpler!
NDF2 was formulated for adult dogs of all breeds sizes and activity levels under the guidance of a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist. This diet can be used to feed puppies including large breed puppies - please follow our puppy feeding guidelines.
This diet has the quality you can see and smell the moment you open the bag and serve this up. Watch your dog lick the bowl clean following this delicious meal! Made in the USA, our human-edible/food-grade, whole food ingredients are non-GMO and preservative-free. We utilize a single-step cold dehydration technique to ensure that top quality raw materials are only dehydrated once, preserving essential vitamins and minerals for optimal nutritional value.
NDF2 Pork Liver Ingredients
Oatmeal, Wheat Bran, Wheat Germ, Pork Liver, Calcium Phosphate, Brewer’s Yeast, Safflower Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Apples, Buckwheat Flour, Molasses, Eggs, Buckwheat Groats, Cod Liver Oil, Kelp, Alfalfa, Parsley, Carrots, Diatomaceous Earth, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root, Apple Cider Vinegar, Citric Acid, Rosemary, Garlic, Vitamin E, Montmorillonite Clay, Ginger, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Guava Extract, Basil Extract, Lemon Peel Extract, Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Bifidobacterium thermophilum Fermentation Product, Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Bifidobacterium longum Fermentation Product, Mixed Tocopherols, Organic Selenium Yeast, Yucca.
Build a Bowl
Every dog is special. But it’s not just their personality. Every dog has unique nutrition needs based on their breed, size, shape, activity level and many other factors. The best way to help your dog be the best version of themselves is to build a healthy, balanced bowl that’s a combination of grains, vegetables, proteins, hydrators and supplements that are specific to your pet.
When you build a bowl here at Volhard, you will start with the choice of foundation mix. For better planning, it’s helpful to think about the dog you plan to feed and their issues first. This is where you can determine the "personality" of your bowl.
Build-a-Bowl is a fun way to find out what the nutritional value is in a bowl of Volhard! Then you will be asked to add a protein for a delectable super-powered meal for your dog!
Feeding Guidelines Are Per Day
1. PUT NDF2 INTO A DOG BOWL
2. ADD PROTEIN AND WATER
3. MIX AND SERVE
DAYS 1-5 : NDF2, raw or lightly cooked meat (80/20 beef recommended), and water
DAY 6 : Use an alternative protein source such as mackerel, salmon, greek yogurt, cottage cheese or sardines in water
DAY 7 - half day fast : Rest from food to cleanse the digestive system. Puppies and senior dogs should not be fasted
Puppy Feeding Guidelines
FOR PUPPIES LARGER THAN 60 LBS AT 6 MONTHS CONTACT US
NDF2 can be stored unopened in a cool dry place for up to 1 year. After opening,
NDF2 must be stored in the fridge or freezer and is good for 6 months after opening.
The Transition
Add a small amount of NDF2 and protein to the current diet you are feeding your dog now and mix with water. As the week progresses, gradually increase the amount of NDF2, protein, and water, at the same decreasing the current diet by a corresponding amount, until you have phased out the current diet. (If you are feeding the same protein for six days, you may want to feed another protein - canned mackerel or cottage cheese - on the seventh day.) At the end of the transition period, weigh your dog. Weigh them again after four weeks. Increase or decrease the amount you feed accordingly.
Recommended Protein: 80/20 beef.
45 Reviews
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Great product
My dogs LOVE this food!! They never have any stomach issues after starting this and their skin has never been better. Great food!!!
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Best Available
We have been feeding holistic for 2 decades since we purchased the book. The foundation diet makes on the go days easier and brings peace of mind
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Highest quality nutrition, feed with confidence
I have used this food for my dogs for a many years now. My dogs are in excellent health and have consistent digestion. I feed this food with confidence as I trust that Volhard uses only the finest domestically sourced ingredients in a formula based on scientific evidence. Thank you for providing a food I can trust for my precious four-legged family.
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NDF2
Our puppy started with NDF2 at about 4 months. She did very very well on it and continued to grow and grow!
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All the benefits of a 100% raw diet without any of the guess work. Makes for a very healthy dog.
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Absolute best diet on the market....saved my french bulldog!
I never give reviews but this food has been a lifesaver for my French Bulldog so I feel absolutely obligated to share my story. He has had dietary issues since the day we brought him home about a year ago. We went to multiple vets and tried everything. They stuffed him full of chicken/rice/pumpkin, antibiotics, probiotics, etc. you name it we have tried it. The poor dog had loose stools for the first 8 months of his life, ended up in the Pet ER, refused to drink water for the first week-a nightmare basically. I finally changed to a great vet who believed it was entirely diet related, stopped giving him medication and put him on a strict prescription hydrolyzed vegetarian kibble. It worked perfectly and solved the problem. However, I do not believe in a diet without meat and I am a firm believer in raw diets if they work. Soon after our dog also decided he did not want to eat white cardboard looking and tasting kibbles. He just refused to eat. So now we were faced with another problem. Through our own tests at home it became clear that our dog is allergic to chicken and turkey, basically all birds, looking back everything the original vets were stuffing him with was making him more sick. We found that raw beef was great for him but obviously I needed something to substitute the meat with. I tried mixing his kibbles (that worked for about a week until he started eating the meat and spitting out the cardboard kibbles). The meat alone created digestive problems again. I knew I needed a healthy food to mix with the raw meat but did not know what that was! I happened to watch a YouTube video from Cheri Lucas and saw a link to the Volhard website, it was a miracle! We started this food about a month ago, the moment it arrived I fed him dinner. For the first time ever he was excited to eat his food, he licked the bowl clean, he was actually looking for more! Never in the prior year had he done that. The switch to 80/20 beef was also a huge success and I believe so much easier for him to digest. Since the first NDF2 meal, ALL of his poops have been normal! Not too many, not too loose, not too much straining. Perfect mixture, perfect balance, absolute life saver and my poor little Frenchie finally looks happy and acts like a normal dog! I really feel like finding this food was a blessing. It has been a learning experience to say the least and I thank you for your customer service on the phone and for this food! I feel thankful that my dog no longer has digestive issues. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Volhard! Jenn and Blugatti, the blue pied Frenchie in California
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Our dogs have been on NDF2 for 3 years now and their health and energy reflect what great nutrition they’re on!
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Best dog diet you can find!
As someone who has always been taught that “you are what you eat” and who knows the HUGE influence your diet has on your overall health, I have always tried to feed my dogs the very best (and usually very pricey) dog foods on the market. My 2 year old Puggle, Ramen, is a relatively picky eater and has grown to only eat wet/canned food (spoiled, I know) and so I had been feeding him the expensive, “vet recommended” brands like Blue Buffalo and Hills since I got him as an 8 week old puppy. I thought that it was worth it to spend a little more for my little guy to be as healthy as possible and thought that the extra money spent on his food would eventually be saved in vet bills and other health complications down the road. However, despite my best efforts, Ramen slowly began to have various health issues that would repeatedly land us in the vet’s office. He would become very itchy and scratch himself until he was raw and bleeding and had lost his face hair. Additionally, he also developed some anal gland and digestive issues. I became SO FRUSTRATED because I thought I had been doing everything right— feeding him the “best” food, plenty of exercise, all his vaccinations, checkups, and preventative care— yet he was becoming itchy and miserable and his coat looked awful at only 2 years old! So I continued going to the vet and trying anything I could find to try and help him feel better, finding no long-term solution. Then, a friend of mine told me about Volhard and how well it was working for his new dog and I realized that I had tried everything to help Ramen... EXCEPT CHANGE HIS DIET. I had not considered this because at the time I thought I was already feeling him the best dog food on the market and I will admit that I was very skeptical of all “raw” or “natural” diets that seem to have become a recent trend for dog owners. But then I went to the Volhard website, read their ingredients, and became interested but not quite convinced. I spent about 2 weeks researching everything I could about dog nutrition from scientific journal articles and studies and decided to give the Volhard NDF2 a try. I could not be happier that I made the switch. Ramen’s skin and coat began to improve almost immediately and he no longer has any digestive issues. He absolutely loves the taste and texture of it!! I recently got a new puppy and have been feeding him Volhard NDF2 from day 1 (since he was about 7.5 weeks old!) He loves it and is also a very healthy, growing pup.
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Successful transition
For many years twice daily I provided freshly chopped broccoli and carrots and a protein for my lab, Charlie. We switched to Volhard dog food - it was easy, Charlie loves it, and had an excellent checkup. And no more chopping broccoli and carrots!
