BOOK: "Give Your Dog A Bone"

"Give Your Dog A Bone" - Dr Ian Billinghurst

My most important piece of writing is the book "Give Your Dog A Bone." Because cats and dogs have different food requirements, cats are obligate carnivores while dogs are omnivores with a carnivorous background, I decided they each needed their own book, and that I would write the dog book first. Thus was born "Give Your Dog a Bone." This book was launched at a three-day Bichon Frise conference in western Sydney on the 17th November 1993. The book was advertised in all the canine breeder magazines throughout Australia.

"Give Your Dog a Bone" proved an instant hit, with many breeders adopting its ideas. Since that time it has been making steady inroads into the minds of breeders and dog owners throughout Australia and overseas. To date, we have sold nearly forty thousand copies of this book. I am proud to say that we have handled the publishing, distribution and many of the sales ourselves.

"Give Your Dog a Bone" is the book that began the worldwide BARF dietary revolution for pets and remains THE BOOK to read on the subject of BARF. It remains the practical common sense way to feed any dog for a long healthy life.

It is the only book available that deals exclusively with feeding dogs their natural or evolutionary diet. This book contains vital information for all dog owners. It is a must for the owners of new puppies. Its 320 pages are packed with practical authoritative dog feeding advice that will drastically reduce vet bills. It shows that a dog's diet, which is based on raw meaty bones, is simple to produce, promotes health and is inexpensive.

"Give Your Dog a Bone" explains why processed foods are the major cause of problems with growth, reproduction, dental and most of the degenerative diseases including problems like cancer, diabetes, arthritis, kidney failure, cardiac disease, and auto-immune diseases.

The subjects covered include:

• Modern dog feeding myths
• The question of cooked or raw foods
• Your dog's enemy, commercial dog foods
• The common problems associated with home produced food
• Basic nutrition
• Food combining
• Bones as dog food
• Meat as dog food
• Offal as dog food
• Vegetables as dog food
• Fruit as dog food
• Grains and legumes as dog food
• Dairy products as dog food
• Eggs as dog food
• Table scraps as dog food
• Useful supplements
• Feeding puppies
• Feeding the adult dog
• How much food to feed
• Getting a dog started on this new diet
• Feeding your dog vegetarian style, and;
• Feeding your dog for a healthy old age.

This book has changed the thinking of tens of thousands of people worldwide. More importantly, it has improved the health of dogs these people are caring for. All dogs fed this way show dramatic improvements in health. Many of these people now look to me as THE authority on feeding pet carnivores their evolutionary diet. Some say that "Give Your Dog a Bone" has become their "Bible."

"Give Your Dog A Bone" and "The Barf Diet" are really excellent books, a must for any dog (or cat, for that matter) lover. You can buy them from a link on my squidoo page. http://www.squidoo.com/rawfood4dogs/