BARF diet what is it?

Question

And can i feed it to my pups?? could any1 please provide me with any info they have on this diet, I have never heard of it b4 and everyone seems to be reccomending it! WHAT IS IT?

Answer 1

Bones And Raw Food is what BARF stands for. It's basically what it says...chicken carcusses, raw meat, raw veg etc. If you have a local butcher, they will be able to supply you with all you need...ie, whole chickens, carcusses, ribs etc etc.

It's not usually recommended for puppies, because they do need quite alot of calories and certain nutrients to ensure their bones grow strong and healthy. If you want a natural diet which is suitable for puppies, I'd suggest NatureDiet. You can buy it from any good pet shops, it comes in a tub, and is basically 80% meat (unlike 4% meat for popular branded tins), veg and rice...and it's all steam cooked. You can buy a special puppy formula one, and my puppy loved it, and has grown into a really good dog...it helps their coat become shiny, and he doesn't moult as much as other dog's on cheaper food.

I personally don't like the idea of BARF. I think raw meat comes with it's own risks, especially chicken...and although it's what dog's would eat in the wild, our dog's aren't wild, and their tummies can't cope with the sort of thing's wild dog's can. The actual ingredients of the diet (meat and veg) is very healthy for a dog, but I personally would always opt for them to be cooked....my dog loves carrots!!

Answer 2

Bones and raw food, also known as a Raw Diet is just what it stands for. Raw food. I have a 5 1/2 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback that was diagnosed with food allergies, hypothyroidism and acid reflux a few years ago. He was also very large, on the border line of overweight.

I started him on a raw diet August 2005 and have seen a world of change. Within about 2 months he lost 20 lbs and the allergies and reflux are gone. His coat is beautiful. He is still on meds for the thyroid but will be retested soon. He gets to eat a lot more than he could on kibble (mostly fillers) and enjoys every bite. He eats mostly raw chicken leg quarters with occasional beef as well. Whatever veggies are on sale get ground up in the food processor about five days at a time and tossed in a tupperware. Veggies should be chopped for better processing in the stomach.

This diet is supposed to represent how a wild dog would eat in the wild. Mostly meat, vegetation only when found in the stomach of a dead animal they are feasting on, therefore, partly processed. I also add occasionally things like cheese and yogurt.

It sounds pretty gross, but it has done amazing things for my animal. I would recommend it for any animal with a lot of allergies, skin problems or weight problems.

I buy chicken for 59 cents a pound at ALDI and veggies whatever is on sale. The veggies can also be purchased bulk and dehydrated. Search for Sojo on the internet, I think that is the company.

As for the puppy, they need the calories, wait a while.

One more thing, it is my understanding dogs don't get food poisoning the way humans do. Anyway, all the stuff I give my dog is good food, not spoiled.

Answer 3

i'm no longer prepared on BARF, to bone heavy and reliant on vegetables which a canines truly has no favor for being a carnivore and all. various extra paintings for little if any earnings. I feed prey sort. ideally with prey sort you'll feed total prey well-known, yet dang total prey receives expensive. So maximum bypass with the subsequent perfect challenge, "frankenprey". That meaning we take a variety of of elements of animals, (raw meaty bones, organs, and so on) and make up a prey animal. we attempt to feed the meats in the parts that they had be present day in total prey. a good starting up element is an 80/10/10 ratio, 80% meat, 10% bone, 10% organ, 1/2 of it quite is liver. that's no longer strict guidance, some canines favor extra or a lot less of one or the different. Fro social gathering some canines favor bone in each and every meal. The nutrition plan is in elementary words as intense priced as you're making it. i seek for revenues and top off. I also furnish to purchase human beings's freezer burned or needed meats for fifty cents a pound. Freezer makes meat a lot less palatable for individuals, yet would not truly do some thing to the nutritional content fabric, so its an exceedingly good thanks to diminish value. very last summer I were given few hundred kilos of beef for $20. i attempt to adhere round a $a million a pound for meats. Eggs have a foul rap because they could reason a biotin deficiency. even with the indisputable fact that this isn't a topic in case you feed the full egg, and the quantity of eggs your canines might want to ought to eat reason a topic is unreal. Eggshells are an exceedingly good source of calcium. my own 2 canines get eggs some cases per week, shell and all.

Answer 4

BARF is an acronym for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food and also stands for Bones And Raw Food.

I feed my dogs BARF 75% of the time, it can be a lot of work, but it is so worth it for your dogs!

Dogs were meant to eat meat and fresh food, not the proccessed bagged food people are accustomed to feeding.

This is by far, my favorite BARF site
http://www.barfworld.com/

Some of the benefits of BARF:
Teeth & Breath
Your pet will have much-improved breath, no tartar and beautifully clean teeth. All without having to visit the pet dentist or brush the teeth.

Skin & Coat
This can be one of the first changes you will notice when you start feeding Dr. Billinghurst's BARF DIET™. If those persistent skin problems suddenly disappear or improve, and you no longer need vet visits, medicated washes, antibiotics, cortisone shots and cortisone tablets, it has to mean something. It really is hard to ignore the deeply colored, lustrous, thick and healthy coat!

Immune System
Dr. Billinghurst's BARF DIET™ normalizes and strengthens the immune system. Because BARF contains a good balance of essential fatty acids and other immune normalizing and strengthening nutrients, it reduces inflammatory conditions and waves good-bye to infections.

Degenerative Disease
Pet owners that switch their older pets to Billinghurst's BARF DIET™ usually find that whatever degenerative disease their pet has contracted, becomes less of a problem.

Stool Volume & Odor
Once again this reflects the improved health of the immune system and the remarkable difference that bone eating makes in the production of firm stools which are essential for normal anal sac emptying.

Arthritis
After a few months you can expect to see much greater mobility in your pet. This is part of the reason so many older pets have a new lease on life when switched to Dr. Billinghurst's BARF DIET™.

Lean Body Mass
By feeding Billinghurst's BARF DIET™, your pet will lose unwanted fat and gain that much desired increase in muscle mass. This not only makes your pet look better, it increases your pet’s metabolic rate, its activity levels and its healthy life-span. The effect will be more rapid if you combine Dr. Billinghurst's BARF DIET™ with some normal exercise.

Answer 5

BARF = Bones And Raw Food

Here's a link

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGIC,GGIC:2006-37,GGIC:en&q=barf+diet+for+dogs

Answer 6

In my opinion raw diets are the only way to go. I run agility dogs and have been feeding this way for a long time. Most kibble is made up of 80% grains. Dogs are carnivores not herbivores. So what do they like to eat.................meat! Not rice, wheat, corn have you ever seen wild canine run in to a field of corn and start chowin down...don't think so.

I believe in the RAW diet, I have 2 mini dachshunds that do WONDERFUL on this diet and many breeder friends who feed this as well. BARF is a "brand" name developed by Dr. Ian Billigsworth. And everyone above me has told you what that acornymn stands for.

There is tonns of information available out there. If you do a little research you could make a decision for yourself, beware though there are a lot of websites and uneducated vets (like the one above) out there who don't believe this is a good idea and bash the system with out all of the knowledge. And I would ask them what exactly they think wild dogs eat and what domestic dogs ate before commercial dog food hit the market in the 50's? Guess what it was RAW MEAT AND BONES from the animals they either hunted or the left over animals from something else's hunt!

2 important things you should know is NEVER cook the food, cooking changes the composition of the nutrients and bones and makes the bones brittle and this is what makes them dangerous. A raw bone is perfectly safe and soft enough for your dog to chew. Also a dogs digestive system is a lot shorter than a humans and therefore not susceptible to the same diseases as humans. Salmonella from chicken in NOT an issue. Also it does not take any longer to feed this way than it does to dish out a bowl of kibble, unless of course you chose to make your own food.

If you are really interested in exploring all of your options try reading "Give Your Dog a Bone" Dr Ian Billingsworth, rawlearning.com and healthy-paws.ca are great websites as well as caninesport.com.

Hope this helps you to make an informed decision on what's best for dogs and what ever you do, do what's right for you and your dog!

Also Nikki T above has GREAT information in her post!!

Answer 7

I can help...Hang on a sec.

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http://www.drianbillinghurst.com/

http://www.rawmeatybones.com/

One more link about the poisons in commercial dog food.
This is the stuff that will kill your dog.

http://www.homestead.com/VonHapsburg/petfood.html



BARF - Bones And Raw Food or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food.

It's feeding a dog the way it was ment to eat.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Barf Diet is used for pets dogs cats. Its all raw food. Like chicken liver. I don't recommed it. I am a breeder and there are too many ways for it to become rotten. When people ask me I ask them if they would like to eat their food raw. yuck

Answer 10

As many people have said- it is Bones and Raw Food. The problem is that this diet is not nutritionally sound for most animals. I worked at a survey company that every year calls vets from all around the country. The one food plan that 95% of all vets surveyed said was the worst- the BARF diet. 100% of the vets that I spoke with said that this was the worst diet plan that people could put their dogs on.

You need to have highly specialized animal dietician knowledge to be able to feed your animal on this diet. There are college degrees in animal nutrition. Unless you are willing to spend around 4 hours a day preparing food for you pet- it would be cheaper and healthier for you animals to be on a boughten dog food.

Please talk with your veterinarian before starting any radical dietary changes.