The invention discloses a novel dog food. The novel dog food consists of the following components in percentage by weight: 35% of fresh meat, 15% of salmon meat, 30% of puffed powder, 10% of glycerine, 5% of lecithin, 0.5% of probiotics, 3.5% of calcium hydrogen phosphate, 5-8% of peanut oil, 5-8% of corn oil, 6-8% of purple potato powder, 0.06-0.08% of vitamin D, 0.6-0.8% of shrimp shells, 0.005-0.1% of bone meal, 0.005-0.1% of fungus powder, and 0.6-0.8% of a Chinese herbal medicine additive. The invention further provides a preparation method of the novel dog food. On the basis that rich and balanced nutrient components are maintained, the side effects caused by too high animal protein are avoided, and besides, the novel dog food has various physiological functions of adjusting the intestines, reducing weight, enriching the calcium, expelling toxins, clearing the stomach and the like. Traditional Chinese medicines including scutellaria baicalensis, cortex phellodendri, fructus forsythiae, wild chrysanthemums, honeysuckle flowers, heartleaf houttuynia herbs and the like are added to the components, so that the bacterium resistance is improved; besides, the addition amount is scientific, and the haws, the malt and the like are added for promoting growth; radix astragali, the Chinese yams and the like are added, so that the immunity is improved. The novel dog food is reasonable in corrosive resistance and fresh keeping, and in addition, vitamins in the soft dog food are hardly lost, so that the novel dog food is especially suitable for alimentary canal of dogs.