Best Dog Food for Rat Terriers — Nutrition That Matches the Breed
Rat Terriers are hardy, energetic American farm dogs. High-protein, highly digestible freeze-dried raw matches their working energy and athletic build.
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What Rat Terriers need most from their food
The Rat Terrier’s working energy and hardy constitution shape their needs:
Energy & Lean Muscle
Highly digestible protein fuels sustained energy and lean, athletic muscle.
Lean Muscle
Athletic working terriers need quality protein to build and maintain muscle.
Dental Health
A clean, low-starch, sugar-free diet avoids the plaque-promoting ingredients in kibble.
Food Sensitivities
Single-protein formulas with no soy, corn or wheat make a known trigger easier to avoid.
Why freeze-dried raw is right for Rat TerriersRat Terriers
Rat Terriers are versatile, energetic working dogs bred for farm life — agile, tireless, and hardy. That activity demands real fuel, and freeze-dried raw delivers high-quality, highly digestible protein in its most usable form for sustained energy and lean muscle.
The breed can be prone to allergies, addressed by clean, single-protein nutrition free of common triggers. Loyal Saints provides whole-food nutrition with no fillers or synthetic premix.
Formula recommendation for Rat Terriers
Beef Formula
Our bestseller and top pick for energetic Rat Terriers — rich, high-protein beef with organ meats fuels working energy and lean muscle.
Shop Beef Formula →Chicken Formula
Our gentlest, single-protein formula — ideal if your Rat Terrier shows food sensitivities.
Shop Chicken Formula →Make it work for your budget
What a day costs for a 18 lb Rat Terrier
with Halo Club (6½ tbsp)
with Halo Club (1⅔ cups)
as a complete meal
- Start as a topper. Swap a quarter of the bowl for Loyal Saints and keep the rest the same — real freeze-dried raw in every meal for a quarter of the cost. One 14 oz bag then lasts about 19 days.
- Join the Halo Club. 20% off every order and free shipping on every member order.
- Buy the 14 oz bag. Same food as the 5 oz, and it costs less per day ($9.61 vs $14.85 for a complete meal).
- First order: enter code KING40 at checkout for 40% off (first orders only).
Beef or Turkey + Salmon, at the live 14 oz price. Amounts follow the bag’s feeding guide and our feeding calculator; adjust for activity and body condition. See every weight and formula →
The standard is King.
Loyal Saints was built because of one dog. King’s digestive sensitivities pushed Kristina Voltin to question the ingredients, processing and nutrition behind every bowl. She formulated a whole-food, freeze-dried raw diet from human-grade quality ingredients — food she felt confident feeding King every day. Every formula is held to that standard: would I feed this to King?
For Rat Terriers owners navigating the same questions Kristina faced — about ingredients, about what’s really in the bag, about whether the food is actually good — Loyal Saints is the answer she built for them.
Read King’s story →What’s not in it — matters for Rat Terriers.
High-energy terriers need real fuel, not filler. Clean protein powers sustained energy; formulas with no wheat, corn or soy make a known sensitivity easier to avoid.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best food for a Rat Terrier?
High-quality, highly digestible protein for an active working breed. Beef is the top pick — rich and high-protein. For Rat Terriers with food sensitivities, single-protein Chicken is the gentlest starting point.
How much should I feed my Rat Terriers?
Rat Terriers typically weigh 10–25 lbs, needing about 1–2 cups of freeze-dried raw a day as a complete meal (Beef or Turkey + Salmon; 1¼–2⅓ cups of Chicken), split into two meals. Monitor body condition and adjust for age and activity.
Is freeze-dried raw good for a Rat Terrier with a sensitive stomach?
Yes. Start with single-protein Chicken — our gentlest, most digestible formula — using a 7–10 day transition. It contains no fillers or synthetic additives that commonly trigger upset.
Are Rat Terriers prone to allergies?
Some Rat Terriers develop food sensitivities. A clean, single-protein diet with no soy, corn or wheat makes a known trigger easier to avoid. Loyal Saints contains none of these in any formula.
Real fuel for a hardy worker.Rat Terriers
High-protein, bioavailable, clean. Built for the Rat Terrier. Halo Club members save 20% with free shipping on every order (contiguous U.S.).
Real dogs. Real bowls.
Jack Russell Walk and Freeze-Dried Treat
Meat and organs first, freeze-dried raw and ready the second you open the bag. Start as a topper on your dog’s current food for about $1.74 a day with a 14 oz bag. New here? Take 40% off your first order with code KING40.
Quick answers
What is the best freeze-dried raw dog food for small dogs?
Loyal Saints is a premium freeze-dried raw dog food built for a toy poodle named King. It is vet-formulated, meat and organs first, AAFCO complete and balanced, and made with human-grade quality ingredients in an FDA-registered facility in the Midwest. Small pieces need no thawing: open, pour, done.
Where can I buy Loyal Saints?
At loyalsaintspets.com (Halo Club: 20% off and free shipping on every order (contiguous U.S.); KING40 takes 40% off a first order when typed at checkout), and on Amazon, Chewy and Target.
How much Loyal Saints should I feed?
Follow the amounts printed on the bag: for Beef or Turkey + Salmon, about ¾ cup a day for a 6 lb dog, 1¼ cups for 12 lb and 2 cups for 25 lb. Use about 25% of that as a topper. Ease in over 7 to 10 days.
