excuse my ignorance

[Andie Reid]

What is the BARF diet? I'm just not at all familiar with that.

Andie Reid
Wilmington, NC

Re: excuse my ignorance

[Sylvia Katvala]

Andie,

Here is a link to BARFworld.
http://www.barfworld.com/html/barf_diet/barfdiet.shtml
Dr. Billinghurst wrote a book in 1993 that brought the raw diet back to
light. Before kibble people fed their dogs leftovers, raw bones, and not
sure what else. 
Still remember the arguments we had on the list when Andrea from Australia
mentioned feeding raw to her dogs. Over the years more and more people
switched over and we now have a NaturalBerners email list on Yahoo. You may
want to join the list. They have a lot of great information in their links
section.

Sylvia Katvala and Neala
Tucson, AZ

Re: excuse my ignorance what is BARF, etc.

[The Ortega Family]

I also know only a little but while all of you with the expertise are
answering the question posed by Andie excuse my ignorance  -- what is the
BARF diet?  -- would you please address generally, HOW vegetables, fruits,
and other human raw foods are prepared for dogs?  Im not planning to go
BONES AND RAW FOOD, due to the time and expense and expertise that seem
involved, but what if I carefully supplement my large breed kibble with
certain kinds of bones and raw food. Do Berners actually scarf up celery
and bananas by themselves? (I'm expecting a pup, so excuse MY ignorance!!).
I would love to supplement my dog's kibble diet if this can be done causing
good, not harm...  It seems right to me that raw foods might be a good way
to lessen the liklihood of cancer, as it can in humans... Just a general
idea of how to do this would be great.  (I know my breeder is more than
happy to help me, but I'm also just loving the reading and learning on this
list, and hearing all the different ideas and approaches, and I don't want
to make her totally bonkers before my pup even arrives!

Mary in Seattle