TikTokers are sharing elaborate meals they're serving their dogs — featuring caviar, crocodile tail, and sauerkraut — as part of an emerging trend

• TikTokers are showing the extreme diets they feed their dogs, including caviar and raw meat.
• The videos are going increasingly viral, reaching up to tens of millions of views.

Pet owners are sharing the extreme cuisine they prepare for their dogs featuring ingredients such as caviar and crocodile tail — and going viral in the process.

On February 22, TikToker Chefs and Dogs shared a video that showed them preparing ingredients for an elaborate meal. The recipe included crocodile tail, which they could be seen cutting through, an ox tongue which received the same treatment, as well as an egg the on-screen caption said was 1,000 years old, a scoop of apple, caviar, and a garnish of small, white flowers.

At the end of the video, the diner was revealed to be a dog who could be seen lapping up the meal and leaving the bowl clean.

The upload, which went mega-viral with over 29 million views, was consistent with previous content posted by the same account, which has 2.6 million followers.

Other popular posts they have shared included a meal made from duck giblets and sweet potato fries which was viewed 2.8 million times. A dish they served with lamb heart, sauerkraut, and basil received 40 million views and just under 55,000 comments, which reacted to the high-quality ingredients and compared the diets of their own pets.

"This dog bout to live to 1000," one viewer wrote, which received 111,000 likes. "My dog just ate a taco bell chalupa," another comment contributed, which received 108,000 likes.

A similar-themed TikTok account that goes by Remi the Cane Corso which has over 233,000 followers also shared videos of the elaborate meals they serve their own dog, which is on a raw meat diet.

An upload they shared on February 18 which received over 590,000 views began with an on-screen trigger warning which advised the meal contained raw animal heads and body parts, and should not be replicated by viewers as it was "specifically formulated for my dog's breed, age, weight, activity level & nutritional requirements."

They went on to write that anyone interested in a raw diet for their dog should contact a certified animal nutritionist, as "an unbalanced raw diet may be detrimental to your dog's health."

In the video, the TikToker could then be seen stirring Greek yogurt, berries, and a powder together, before adding a selection of raw meat to the dish which included pork loin, ground turkey, chicken hearts, and three chicken heads.

"I really love that you put the disclaimer up. We as pup parents must recognize all dogs are different," a viewer wrote beneath the video, which received 166 likes. "DOG EATS BETTER THAN ME," one viewer wrote, which received 26 likes.

Cam Wimble is a dog nutritionist who qualified with a diploma in 2017 from The Open University in London, UK. He told Insider he would recommend the premise of these recipes for all dogs. Although some of the exotic ingredients may be difficult to source, he said the "general balance of the recipes, which is a proportioning of meats to veggies, is really good."

He added there were no potential dangers involved in feeding dogs raw meat, beyond the owner not washing their hands or handling the ingredients properly. "It's a much healthier diet than most commercial options, and it's highly recommended that people introduce good quality, fresh, raw foods into their dog's diet," he said.

Wimble described the inclusion of vegetables and fruit such as raspberries and blueberries as "super healthy" for dogs when used in the right quantities, as dogs are "facultative carnivores" which means they've evolved over time to eat a high meat diet but can eat a small amount of non-meat items. "These are all natural foods that dogs should be eating," Wimble told Insider.

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