Comments on: BARF for Behaviour: Is Your Dog’s Diet Leading Them to Misbehave? http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2853/barf-for-behaviour-is-your-dogs-diet-leading-them-to-misbehave/ the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruce Campbell, Perth, Scotland http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2853/barf-for-behaviour-is-your-dogs-diet-leading-them-to-misbehave/#comment-125527 Bruce Campbell, Perth, Scotland Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:53:53 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2853#comment-125527 I have to my dogs delight recently began a BARF/Natural prey diet with my 9 year old belgian shepherd (Tervuren) bitch. I regret not feeding her as nature intended since she joined me at 10 weeks old. I have always fed her premium quality dry commercial food (Iams, Royal Canine etc) and have always thought her a dog in top condition. I started her on a natural canine predator diet because of my concerns about the state of her teeth after a lifetime of so called designer kibble. I was worried about the toxins that were flooding into her system due to the periodontal disease that was so apparent despite many fruitless attempts at cleaning her teeth.Within in one week her teeth are snow white and look like those of a 18 mth old pup, her coat shinier her eyes brighter and she has the energy of a dog half her age. The first three days she had mild diarrhoea as toxins were shed fron her body but now she is producing small, firm, bone filled faeces. She spends up to 45 minutes working her jaws, teeth and gums in processing the raw biologically appropriate portions of 350 - 400g per night that I am giving her instead of the frantic wolfing down of the "premium " kibble she has consumed for most of her life. She was trained within two meals to consume her new food on a towel on the kitchen floor to cut down on mess.I am trying to feed her portions of bone, offal organ and muscle meat in the type of proportions she would find in an animal she herself had killed.To this end, she has had various portions combinations of chicken frames, chicken wings, pork and lambs liver, lambs hearts, fat and beef offcuts, pork ribs, ox tail much of which I obtained free from my butcher. I have also found a supplier of deep frozen whole guinea pigs and rats ( reptile feed) which I will be giving her whole. I have also made a contact with my local vermin control man who will be supplying me with freshly trapped and dispatched grey squirrels . I am tryinfg to duplicate the diet a medium sized canid such as a black backed jackal or North American Coyote which is much the same size as my dog. I have to my dogs delight recently began a BARF/Natural prey diet with my 9 year old belgian shepherd (Tervuren) bitch. I regret not feeding her as nature intended since she joined me at 10 weeks old. I have always fed her premium quality dry commercial food (Iams, Royal Canine etc) and have always thought her a dog in top condition. I started her on a natural canine predator diet because of my concerns about the state of her teeth after a lifetime of so called designer kibble. I was worried about the toxins that were flooding into her system due to the periodontal disease that was so apparent despite many fruitless attempts at cleaning her teeth.Within in one week her teeth are snow white and look like those of a 18 mth old pup, her coat shinier her eyes brighter and she has the energy of a dog half her age. The first three days she had mild diarrhoea as toxins were shed fron her body but now she is producing small, firm, bone filled faeces. She spends up to 45 minutes working her jaws, teeth and gums in processing the raw biologically appropriate portions of 350 – 400g per night that I am giving her instead of the frantic wolfing down of the “premium ” kibble she has consumed for most of her life. She was trained within two meals to consume her new food on a towel on the kitchen floor to cut down on mess.I am trying to feed her portions of bone, offal organ and muscle meat in the type of proportions she would find in an animal she herself had killed.To this end, she has had various portions combinations of chicken frames, chicken wings, pork and lambs liver, lambs hearts, fat and beef offcuts, pork ribs, ox tail much of which I obtained free from my butcher. I have also found a supplier of deep frozen whole guinea pigs and rats ( reptile feed) which I will be giving her whole. I have also made a contact with my local vermin control man who will be supplying me with freshly trapped and dispatched grey squirrels . I am tryinfg to duplicate the diet a medium sized canid such as a black backed jackal or North American Coyote which is much the same size as my dog.

]]> By: Catherine http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2853/barf-for-behaviour-is-your-dogs-diet-leading-them-to-misbehave/#comment-57163 Catherine Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:32:36 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2853#comment-57163 table scraps? i don't recall fried, roast or boiled foods ever being natural for a dogs diet either? My dog gets a high quality dry food with natural bits thrown in. dogs in the wild forage for food as well as hunting so fruit and veg is quite natural for a dog. we mustn't forget that domestic dogs are far removed from their wild ancestors and have some varying and different needs. man made food and dry "kibble" have been extensively researched and I personally believe there is nothing wrong with feeding a dry diet. I often add bits in the food to make it a little more exciting and to add variety to her diet like liver, fish, chicken and she has no ailments whatsoever. she is a cross breed too and i think the assumption of "feeding scraps from the table" being healthier dogs than todays dogs probably comes from high standards for breeding and its associated problems. table scraps? i don’t recall fried, roast or boiled foods ever being natural for a dogs diet either? My dog gets a high quality dry food with natural bits thrown in. dogs in the wild forage for food as well as hunting so fruit and veg is quite natural for a dog. we mustn’t forget that domestic dogs are far removed from their wild ancestors and have some varying and different needs. man made food and dry “kibble” have been extensively researched and I personally believe there is nothing wrong with feeding a dry diet. I often add bits in the food to make it a little more exciting and to add variety to her diet like liver, fish, chicken and she has no ailments whatsoever. she is a cross breed too and i think the assumption of “feeding scraps from the table” being healthier dogs than todays dogs probably comes from high standards for breeding and its associated problems.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2853/barf-for-behaviour-is-your-dogs-diet-leading-them-to-misbehave/#comment-56985 Michelle Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:03:22 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2853#comment-56985 I don't feed the BARF diet as that has fruit and veg in it, but I do feed what I class to be the most natural and healthy for dogs... The raw meaty bone diet, basically raw meat, bones, fish, eggs, offal and that kind of stuff. I really don't know how people can feed the dried rubbish which is full of cereal, dogs wouldn't eat cereal in the wild, unless it was inside the animal it was eating. Years back when dogs were fed table scraps they were so much healthier than they are today. I don’t feed the BARF diet as that has fruit and veg in it, but I do feed what I class to be the most natural and healthy for dogs… The raw meaty bone diet, basically raw meat, bones, fish, eggs, offal and that kind of stuff.

I really don’t know how people can feed the dried rubbish which is full of cereal, dogs wouldn’t eat cereal in the wild, unless it was inside the animal it was eating. Years back when dogs were fed table scraps they were so much healthier than they are today.

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