The BARF Diet: Raw Feeding for Dogs and Cats Using Evolutionary Principles

Lots of history about dogsTried the BARF dietMy dogs will have nothing to do with itBut I will cook the food and see if they will eventually get used to it

Before starting a raw diet with your dogs it is important to read as many books and articles as possible. There is no "one way" to feed a raw diet, but there are wrong ways. It is important you understand what you are doing, why you are doing it and be comfortable explaining it because most vets will not approve (unless they are holistic or actually decided to enlighten themselves on evolutionary diets. They are NOT taught nutrition in school, and what little they get is funded by major pet food corps. like Hills and Purina, both garbage foods). It is up to US as the owner to educate and advocate for whats best for our dogs.This book is a great starter read, but not written in stone. Personally, I do not feed complete barf as I don't believe dogs NEED veggies. Can they benefit, yes....but it is not necessary as Dr. Billinghurst believes. I am between prey model and BARF as I do supplement and I also add yogurt and cottage cheese on occasion.I suggest reading this book, as well as many others. There are several good websites as well (just double and triple check what you read online). Also, look for yahoo groups....if you are lucky you will find a co-op in your area to buy from a raw food supplier, makes it easier.Be it prey model, whole prey, or barf....going raw is the best thing you will do for your dogs. I am on month 6 of raw feeding and my dogs coats have never been shinier or silkier. They also shed less, their teeth are fantastically white and they eagerly await mealtime. Their poo is half the size (I have XL breed dogs)and has minimal odor. It also crumbles into white powder after a day or two. I am lucky in that there are many raw feeders in my area (whom I found via yahoo), a lot are well respected individuals in the animal rescue community be it behaviorists, or business owners.

IF YOU FEEDING OR DECIDE TO FEED YOUR DOG RAW FOOD YOU NEED THIS BOOKVERY GOOD INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING ABOUT YOYR DOG. .

I this book through a recommendation from a Youtuber that I follow. I have fully transitioned my 5 dogs to a raw food diet. They were transitioned in June of 2019. In 3 weeks I noticed that their coats felt much softer. I also noticed that their breath doesn't stink and their teeth are cleaner. I won't need to ever get their teeth cleaned. I also noticed that their poo doesn't smell as bad and they don't poo as much. Which makes clean up much easier. My Yorkie mix used to scratch himself raw. It took about 2 months on this diet before the scratching was reduceds.If you are skeptical, please read the book and give it a try. Your dogs will benefit from your decision. Plus, I've found through price shopping that this is actually cheaper than that supposed high quality dry dog food.

Excellent to understand how to feed your dog. I still use high grade dog food but feed this 1 times a day. I also cook the meat to extra rear to insure no bacteria, but an amazing concept. Was a little hesitant but now an avid fan as i used to cook all the food for y dog. Have not had a puppy in 10 years and dog food has come a long way, but not to this quality, so I cooked all their food and their are healthy with super shiny coats.I use Blue Buffalo or Royal Canin and fish oil (salmon) and flax seed oil, the good stuff which is pricey but never had issues with health with any of my dogs. Kind of did this anyway, but used to boil then back bones, not any more, feed it raw.

I have been feeding my dogs a raw diet for about 2 years now., and hey have been doing wonderfully on it, the picture of health. I have been feeding mostly prey-model, but recently I have become aware of the fact that prey-model might not fulfill all of the micro-nutrients they need due to the fact that factory-farmed meats are low in minerals, vitamin D, fatty acids, and other key essential nutrients.Logically, dogs fed a balanced diet don't need fruit and veg, however, due to the fact that farmed meats available to your average person are low in some of these key nutrients, fruit and veg are the easiest way to ensure that your pet is receiving all their essential nutrients. I have purchased several books, including this one, to continue to educate myself on the importance of these other nutrients in a dog's diet.It's a very well organized, helpful book for anyone considering a raw diet for their pet.

Great information included in this book, I highly recommend it if you’re looking into starting a raw diet for your pets!

Good read don’t know if I believe all that’s in the the book but it was a good read

Throw out everything that you thought you knew about dog food. Chances are you don't know squat, just like me!Read this book IT WILL open your eyes, and teach you abut what you should really be feeding your dog, forget about all the off the shelf 'Macdoalds' food you find in your local supermarket. This book strips everything right back to very beginning from and explains why feeding your dog raw is the answer and IT MAKES SENSE!! Once you've read this book get on to the Web and order from Poppys Picnic who do amazing BARF preprepared food ready for your dog to eat!

Good information about BARF and how to do and how to troubleshoot it. I like how measurements are given in both the American system and the European system.Unfortunately it doesn't give any concrete recipes to follow so you will still have to calculate a lot before making up your own recipe. It gives you percentages of things, which I find inconvenient. If I have a whole raw chicken with heart and liver and kidneys how do I know how much percent of the chicken is meat/bones and how much is heart/liver/kidney?Furthermore my 5 kg cat eats less than half the recommended amount of daily food in grams. Even if I put out more, she doesn't eat it all. So I think that's a bit misleading and has to be adapted to the individual cat.Overall a very good, easy read though.

This is one of the greatest books I've ever bought so I bought this one again and gave us a present time players who are also blown away with the amount of information in such a small book but the information is short sharp and concise and easy to understand would recommend to anyone Barfdiet I call it my barf Bible

Amazing read and full of great information, def opens your eyes to what is needed for dogs and cats , would def recommend to anyone wanting to feed a raw diet the correct way

Clear and concise explanation of the theory of the RAW diet and how to implement it. The text does however tend to repeat aspects