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I know this has been covered many times before but HELP .... with BARF

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miche:
I really want to start Mikey, Herbie, Ronald and Oscar my cat on Barf.

They've had a few chicken wings, Herbie was born to eat chicken wings by the look of him - he's an expert, chewing and crunching.  Mikey looks like he shouldn't have it and hides with it, Ronald looked disgusted then had a go and really enjoyed himself and the cat - well i've never seen him enjoy eating something like that unless he'd caught it himself - so I really want to take raw feeding further.

I've also given my dogs some minced beef and eggs with the shell - they loved this too.  I'm stuck now and really want to move on but can't seem to find out what to do next.  I have done lots of searches on COL but can't seem to find what I want.  I think it was Penel who posted a list of foods that her dogs were fed on but I can't find it.

Do I have to feed vegetables and raw meat?, how often are they allowed chicken wings? what other bones can they have? what supplements do they need if any? Do I have to give them toast/yoghurt/cottage cheese?Basically I want to feed them a healthy balanced raw diet that they will enjoy eating.

Thank you so much for any advice, I've been trying to avoid posting about Barf again and have been sat here for ages reading all about it.

Pammy:
Have you got yourself a good book on barf? There are quite a few around. I don;t do barf myself but from what I've picked up from those that do on here a good book seems to be essentiual so that you get the rght foods in teh right proportions.

They will need veg and pasta/rice too along with the meat and eggs ;)

There are also a number of barf specific forums that are liekly to be useful resource for you if you want to go down the barf road.

hth

miche:
Thanks Pammy, I originally decided on BARF but have since read about raw feeding without vegetables and I am now a little confused.  I will get a book though and am just going to switch to amazon to look for one now.

Cob-Web:

--- Quote from: miche on March 17, 2006, 10:41:08 PM ---Thanks Pammy, I originally decided on BARF but have since read about raw feeding without vegetables and I am now a little confused.  I will get a book though and am just going to switch to amazon to look for one now.

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The first thing I found when I looked into BARF is that there are different "raw" feeding schedules and principles - the origional Billinghurst BARF included raw meat/offal, meaty bones and vegetables - but there are other schools of thought that do not believe the veg are necessary, and some who add bulking agents like rice/pasta.

I started out using this website, and in particular, the guidance published here.

Personally, I prefer to buy plain minced meat, and then add all the other necessary bits and bobs to his diet myself, but you can buy "complete" frozen BARF food (with veg, bones and meat included) as you will see from the site.

Good luck!

silkstocking:
I think to be honest you will learn from the dogs what is best for them with regard to BARF. They tell you. I know with my own Milo can not eat minced chicken for love nor money. But is fine with chicken wings and thighs. And I know Mich can't feed Bailey tripe mince too much, but he is great with Chiken mince.

I feed both mine on BARF as you know, but its obvious to see that they both need more of one thing, Milo needs more rice and pasta than Nance needs but she in turn is better with larger amounts veg than he is ( its all about the poo!!!!)

Mine also get scrmbled eggs mixed with cottage cheese or bio yogurt in addition to the mince and bones, and an occasional treat of wholemeal toast and honey ( no marg!!)

They both thrive on what they are fed but I have learnt from observation what is best for them. My vet thinks the way I feed is great so I'll stick with it!!

I guess what I'm trying to say is you learn from your dogs! You might start BARF thinking I wont feed pasta or rice but then you might realise that actually they need a bit of something to bulk them up.

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