Natural Diets for Dogs: Book: "The BARF Diet"

The Raw Vs Commercial Debate

This site is here to help spread the word about natural, raw diets for dogs (and cats). These diets are based on raw meaty bones and are commonly referred to as BARF, raw diets, or natural diets. BARF stands for "Biologically Appropriate Raw Food" or "Bones and Raw Food".

I don't believe in commercial pet food, it has the guts cooked out of it, when our pets have really evolved to eat RAW food ONLY. Also, you don't know whats in it: preservatives, by products, cheap grain fillers with no nutritional value, remains of 4D stock. 4D stands for Dead, dying, diseased and disabled. Anything that's a by product of human food manufacturing and classed as not fit for human consumption could be put into pet food.

Pet Food does not exist to make pets healthy! It exists only to make a profit!

Does that sound like something you want to feed your beloved dog or cat and expect them to be healthy? I think not. More shortly. Please check back soon.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Book: "The BARF Diet"

(for anyone who doesn't know yet BARF stands for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food, or, Bones and Raw Food)

The BARF Diet - Dr Ian Billinghurst

"THE BARF DIET" is a useful primer for the beginning BARFer. However, it also contains plenty of new information, making it a valuable addition to the library of the experienced BARFer. The target audience includes vets, breeders, trainers, pet owners or any other person seeking to either understand or expand their knowledge of evolutionary diets.

The early chapters cover the sound scientific principles on which the evolutionary diet - the BARF diet - is based and detail the enormous health benefits available when animals are fed this way.

There is a chapter devoted to explaining supplementation. And another chapter detailing the concept of "complete and balanced." This chapter is a must for people who believe processed pet foods fulfill the complete and balanced promise. There is a chapter devoted to the difficult question of feeding bones and the fear of bacteria in the BARF DIET.

In the second half of the book, there are recipes and other highly relevant and practical information to assist in the home production of BARF diets for both dogs and cats. Included in this section, there is a chapter on "Trouble-shooting" and one on "Switching to BARF." This is the short practical book on BARF that so many BARFers have asked for.