| Danes and the BARF diet! |
| So what's all this talk about barfing? Isn't barfing a bad thing for dogs? Not if you are talking about the Bones and Raw Foods or Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods diets. These diets allow companion animals to have whole, fresh, nutrious meals designed to meet their needs. |
| Sample BARF diet |
| Sunday- Offal or organ meat Monday- Raw Meaty Bones Chicken Backs Tuesday- Chicken Backs Wednesday- Veggie Day Thursday- Chicken Backs Friday- Raw Meaty Bones Beef, Pork or Turkey Saturday- Veggie Day |
| What is veggie day? Vegetable matter would be found in the guts of wild prey, but companion animals are not hunting for their food so they have veggie day! This is a blended mix of safe veggies meant to mimic the intestinal contents of prey animals. This must be ground as dogs are unable to break down plant cells walls. Veggies may be mixed with yogurt, cottage cheese, raw eggs or dusted with garlic to improve palatability. |
| Safe Veggies Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, celery, carrots, bok choy, apples, oranges, parsley, alfalfa sprouts, bananas, bell pepper, fresh pumpkin, beets, kale, cilantro, collard greens, mustard greens, dandelion, zucchini, yams, sweet potato, asparagus, parsnip, turnip, sprouts. Unsafe onions, pits of most fruits, cornstalks, macademia nuts, potato leaves, rhubarb leaves as well as yeast dough, chocolate, coffee, tea and alcohol. |
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| Did you know that ferrets can eat a raw diet too? They benefit especially from a whole fresh food diet. Ideas for ferret BARF include: Aunt Jeni's Homemade (a commercially prepared cat/ferret diet), chicken wings, whole young chicks, frozen whole mice and other whole food prey as well as ground up rabbit, beef and chicken parts. |
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