| How Much to Feed Your Dog | | | | turkey necks, and chicken carcasses. Contact your |
| On the BARF diet your dog's food should consist of | | | | local butcher for a wholesale price on these items, |
| 60% raw meaty bones and 40% vegetable matter | | | | which is a cost-saving idea, especially for those with |
| mixed with ground meat, offal, and eggs. These are | | | | extra freezer space. |
| fed in separate meals in order to aid digestion, rather | | | | How Should I Begin the Diet? |
| than simply mixed together. In terms of amounts a | | | | Most BARF diet adherents believe you should start |
| healthy adult dog should eat about 2-3% of his body | | | | your dog on the diet cold turkey, because kibble will sit |
| weight per day. For example, a 25 pound dog would | | | | in your dog's stomach and pass too slowly through his |
| eat ½ pound of food. Of course, puppies require | | | | system. Begin with bland foods and leave out rich |
| much more food, as do nursing mothers and active | | | | items like lamb, eggs, or liver. Once your dog grows |
| dogs. Adjust the amount of food depending on your | | | | used to the BARF diet you can add these items. Be |
| dog's special needs. | | | | warned that many dogs do experience some |
| What Kinds of Meats and Bones are OK? | | | | detoxification from commercial food, which can include |
| You will want to feed your dog bones which can be | | | | diarrhea and vomiting in extreme cases. |
| easily crushed and digested. Never feed your dog | | | | Switching over to a raw food diet may seem like a big |
| cooked bones as they can fracture easily and | | | | plunge, but it is one you must go into wholeheartedly. |
| puncture your dog's intestines. Some of the most | | | | May your dog live long and enjoy many meaty bones! |
| commonly used raw meaty bones include oxtails, | | | | |