OUR DOGS ARE FED A RAW DIET CONSISTING OF MEAT, BONES, FRUIT AND VEG. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION. FOR YEARS WE HAD FED DRY OR TINNED DOG FOOD THINKING WE WERE DOING OUR BEST, AND NOT REALISING WE COULD DO MUCH BETTER.

IT WAS A CONSTANT ITCHY SKIN ON ECHO THAT PROMPTED US TO START LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE FEEDING AND AFTER READING OTHER SUCCESS STORIES AND JOINING THE B.A.R.F.LIST MAKING CONTACT WITH OTHER RAW FEEDERS WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE SWITCH.
WE WILL NEVER EVER GO BACK TO COMMERCIAL FEEDING AGAIN, AND ALL OUR PUPPIES ARE RAISED ON A NATURAL DIET WHEN BEING WEANED

Basically what you are trying to do is imitate their diet to what it would be like in the wild

TURKEY CARCASSES
TURKEY NECKS
CHICKEN CARCASES
OXTAILS
GAME BIRDS
VENISON ON THE BONE
RIBS

LIVER,HEART,KIDNEYS

PIGS TROTTERS

TONGUE

RAW FISH

A VARIETY OF GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES ARE PULPED WITH FRUIT AND OTHER INGREDIENTS. THIS PULP REPRESENTS WHAT THEY WOULD FIND IN THE PREYS STOMACH IF THEY WERE IN THE WILD. THIS IS GIVEN 2-3 TIMES A WEEK.

Veggie Mixture

This can be a mixture of some of the following items, and can be made and frozen in wee tubs or a yorkshire pudding

tin with the wee cut outs ( think there is 12 on a tray)You then just defrost what you need each day

In the summer give them the veggies mix from the pudding tins still frozen outside to eat. Helps keep them cool

Eggs, with shell

Fresh garlic clove crushed (natural flea repellant)

Head lettuce

Turnip greens

Almost any leafy greens spinach, sPring cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts

Almost any red, orange, or yellow vegetables: peppers, carrots

Apples, bananas, pears, peaches, grapes

Egg cup of sunflower oil

Kelp powder

puree together.

If you find they are not keen on veggie mix blend sardines or liver in it

Give veggie mix 3 times a week

Adults a cupful

Pups ½ cupful

Give it to them before they get their bone dish

BENEFITS

HEALTHIER SKIN
NO MORE BAD BREATH
LESS STOOLS
LESS VET BILLS
THICKER GLOSSIER COAT
CLEAN TEETH

A PROTEIN LEVEL OF MORE THAN 18% (WOLF LEVEL) CAN BE ONE OF THE ENVIROMENTAL TRIGGERS IN THE CAUSE OF HIP DYSPLASIA

RAW FEEDING WHERE DO I START??

Try to find a 2nd hand freezer especially if you have more than one dog

Go through the yellow pages looking for poultry farms etc. Most of them are more than happy to give you the carcases, necks etc. I pay 10p a lb.

Have a word with your local butcher, find out what day he gets his biggest meat delivery and ask if he would be willing to sell you the carcases and any other bone and scraps of offal etc

Find out who is the main butcher chain in the surrounding towns and which shop does all the deboning and cutting for the other shops. They can supply you on a larger scale than the local butcher maybe

Look out for special offers on chicken portions etc in the freezer shops

REMEMBER THE DIET MUST BE 80% BONE TO MEAT

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