Raw feeding dogs

The philosophy behind using BARF diet is that developed a dog or cat food - which is itself more than many millions of years of evolution - the best way to feed them. If you want to feed your dog BARF, it means that you are feeding your dog cooked and processed foods. This is not, feed your dog a diet based on cooked cereal. Artificial grain based dog food, it is argued, cause numerous health problems.

A diet before you plan to improve the nutritional value. The intense heat used to processcommercial pet food nutrients reduced. Studies in rats have shown that the digestibility of amino acids in cat food are significantly altered by heat treatment. Taurine, an amino acid essential for cats, reduced or eliminated in heat processing. Manufacturers of pet food needs of taurine cat food supplements, which supported by proponents Barf usually not necessary to add in a raw diet. Some investors believe that supplements have reduced crudeNutritional compared to the same nutrients in raw food. Some diet first, but supplements such as fish oil, vitamin C, and apple vinegar, among others.

To quote the United Kingdom Barf Club (in this case by the industry-sponsored Natures menu to appear neutral, not necessarily!) "Dogs and cats in the wild lived entire bodies, including the internal organs and stomach contents usually contains ground down, partially digested vegetationessential nutrients .... A BARF diet is a diet as close to nature as you can get the right combination for your pets live happier healthier. "

Dr Billinghurst has written the same "BARF is about feeding dogs properly. The aim of BARF is to maximize the health, longevity and reproductive capacity of dogs and therefore minimize the need for veterinary care. How can you feed a dog properly? You feed the diet, which are designed to eat. ... Artificial grain based dog foods causenumerous health problems. You are not what your dog was programmed so that during its long process of evolution to eat. It is a biologically appropriate diet for a dog, what you eat raw foods similar to those from wild ancestors of dogs. The Fed Food must use the same layout and type of ingredients for consumption by wild ancestors. These foods include such things as muscle meat, bones, fat, organ meat and vegetable materials and any other foodsto mimic what wild ancestors ate. "

A pet on a diet Barf as soon as possible to eat a varied diet, with lots of meat raw bones, such as chicken wings, chicken necks, rabbit, oxtail, cut of meat, lamb, eggs and their shells, liver, heart, Fish -, yogurt, vegetables (pulp), fruit, garlic, etc.

Health benefits are for this type of diet said:

Reduced doggy odor.
Naturally cleans teeth - no need for toothbrushes, de-scaling jobs, helps prevent gumDisease.
How long does it take for a dog a bone to chew the raw meat to allow time to move to the stomach acids.
Produces solid chair with a reduced amount.
You can reduce your bills VET (healthy dogs)
Economical than the dog food commercial foods.
Mirrors what nature intended to eat in the wild.
Puppies develop into more appropriate rate and quick growth spurts are avoided. A good breeder wants to stop fast growth in any pup.
Ripping andChew the consumption of raw meat and bone involving the temporomandibular developed, the muscles of the neck and shoulders of a dog.
Better weight control which helps reduce symptoms of arthritis and obesity.

There's plenty of advice on the Internet for feeding kittens, cats and adult animals on raw food (BARF for a Google search brought up), 4 million references, if this is something that interests you.

However, it seems that neither America nor the Association of VeterinaryBritish Veterinary Association supports the health benefits of raw foods. Both organizations warn that the animals fed meat first, the risk of contracting food-borne illnesses. The BVA stated that "there is no scientific evidence base on the use of raw meat and bone support, and warns people to sit bacteria like salmonella risk. "

There are also concerns about the provision of a complete food diet in this way. Commercial diet containing vitamins andMineral supplements to ensure that they are provided at the right height - is a raw food more difficult, at this point, and the human vitamin supplements are not suitable for dogs.

Vet John Burns wrote a criticism of the BARF diet and ends with the comment "I suspect that any success for Raw Food Systems asked. With a much more mundane explanation of his grandiose, but this is the false philosophythat profits were lead to the prevention of ingredients, food intolerances.

My main criticism of the BARF philosophy is self-righteousness.

BARFism present a theory wrong with a confidence that carries over religious fundamentalism, which tolerates no opposition. He maintains a system that is unworkable and would not deny a good lifestyle of today's society, to adaptthe possibility of alternatives and that this is the condemnation of pet owners, most of the feelings of inadequacy due to the default of his teachings. "