The BARF Diet For Dog Health

Are you feeding your dog with the right food to ensure its optimum health? Is your dog food really safe? What kind of dog food really that can satisfy your dog's hunger and would help in keeping him healthy?

It has been common practice dog owners to feed their dogs with commercially available, processed dog food. Branded dog foods are what a lot of dog owners prefer. They think that by feeding their dogs with this kind of stuff, they will have no worries or whatsoever regarding their dog's health. But little do they know that these "preferred" processed dog food can just bring harm to their dog's health. Most of these foods contain a long list of additives, preservatives and grain products.

Why not feed them the way they would feed themselves in the wild? Why not give them the kind of food that their ancestors feasted originally when they were once scavengers or used to hunt for food to have their fill? Feeding your dog with fresh, raw foods is just what I am talking about; close to what Nature might offer would likely result in better health for your dog.

BARF ("biologically appropriate raw food") or "BARF" diet is the healthy, safe and nutritious way to feed your pet. The natural way your dog's ancestors used to eat just before all those manufactured, highly-processed and grain-based foods entered their digestive systems are what the BARF diet is about and is slowly winning back dog owners all over. This diet is typically made up of 60-80% of raw meaty bones(RMB), that is bones with about 50% meat, (e.g. chicken neck, back and wings) and 20-40% of fruits and vegetables, offal, meat, eggs, or dairy foods. The BARF diet looks only at the freshest whole raw food sources rich in vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids derived mostly from human-edible ingredients.

The presence of bacteria in raw food often worries pet owners and vets. They assume these bacteria will imperil their dog health. However, dogs, being scavengers, have evolved to eat and thrive on bacteria laden food, requiring them for immune system maturity. Living enzymes are proteins found in raw foods which help the dog's body function better. Enzymes are only beneficial to the body if they are living. Once food is cooked or processed, it no longer contains living enzymes. Living enzymes in a raw diet restore, repair, and maintain health. Animals replenish their enzymes systems by eating raw, unprocessed foods.

So if you want to improve your dog's health, lengthen his life span, have stronger teeth, fresher breath, a better-functioning immune system and fully-developed bones or body structure, then settle for something that's natural, proven and safe for your dog's health like the BARF diet.

If we people are now trying to back to alternatives or "natural ways" to improve our health, then we should have our dogs have a good alternative too...The BARF diet.

I am Maikeru Sazushima. I love to write about my hobbies. Please visit http://edoghealth.blogspot.com/ for more articles and blogs on dog health.

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