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Our way of feeding the dogs: BARF
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You sure want to know what BARF means. BARF is the short
form of "Bones and Raw Food" what means that we
feed everything raw. |
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Mostly we give chickenrecks, -wings and -backs, turkeynecks,
bowels, rumen, sometimes even whole sheep-heads that are
truely loved by our dogs. Every second day we give mashed
vegetables with good oil and herbes.
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"Yum, chickenwing, my favorite!"
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| It is very important that everything is raw when
you give it to your dog, especially no cooked bones. |
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| I think you all have heard the horror stories about
dogs being killed by a chicken bone. This is only
true for cooked, baked or roasted bones. They become
hard and dry out and can be a real hazard for your
dog when they break in sharp splinters. |
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| Zoe's first raw meal were raw chickenwings at the
age of 12 weeks. She never had problems with eating
or digestion. |
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A normal dog has a concentration of gastric acid then a
human. But of course the body only produces this amount when
needed. If a dog that only gets normal, easy-digestable dogfood,
gets a bone, it will probably have constipations. |
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That's nothing unusual and after at most one week of daily
bones there will be no problems anymore.
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The pros of BARF are convincing. I know what my dog
eats and it doesn't get "astronaut food".
And:
- shiney coat
- much less mouth- and bodysmell
- white teeth
- small feces that don't smell
- strong immune system
- better protection against worms etc.
- decrease of allergies
- slow and even growth
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Of course you can also ask me if you have questions. Just
write me an eMail,
I'm already looking forward to your mails.
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