The Raw Dog Food Diet
Is the BARF Diet Right
for Bichon Frises?
Raw dog food, or the BARF diet, has become popular for dogs because many owners believe that it is a more natural canine diet.
With all the dog food recalls in recent years, raw food for dogs has come to the fore.
Concerned pet owners have started reading labels carefully, and many are actually making dog food for their dogs.
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In fact, a number of pet parents have switched their dogs over to the diet that wolves (ancestors of today's dogs) commonly ate--raw meat and raw foods.
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Raw dog food diet AKA BARF
(Bones and Raw Food)
Feeding your Bichon Frise a
raw dog food diet (BARF diet) seems to be becoming more and more popular as the years go by.
This BARF diet is very controversial and people on both sides of the debate will defend their positions adamantly.
The basic principles of the raw diet diet for dogs include feeding your dog raw meat and or raw meat which is still on an uncooked bone.
The raw meat in the raw diet for dogs is usually supplemented by fresh fruits and vegetables.
This method is used by pet owners who want their dogs to eat a diet the way nature intended for them in the wild.
Being a relative to the wolf, dogs natural genetic "taste" for raw meat and bones.
Bichon Frise owners who choose to feed the Bones and raw dog food diet, say that their dogs have never been healthier.
An improved immune system, cleaner teeth, healthier stools and a reduction in obesity are a few of the claimed benefits.
The Other Side of the Controversy
Holistic But Not Raw
On the opposite side of the fence are those who claim that the raw food diet is unsafe.
Proponents of this theory say say that raw meat might contain bacteria and that the bones might get stuck in a dog's intestines or rupture an internal organ.
Veterinarians do warn against using bones (especially chicken bones) in a dog's diet. Even hard bones like beef bones can be broken by a dog's strong teeth--and they can do harm in a dog's intestines.
Holistic dog food can be found in the form of premium kibble dog food with occasional raw vegetables and some cooked meat without bones.
Whichever method you decide on, whether kibble, canned food or the BARF diet, is entirely up to you. But make sure you do your homework before you make a decision.
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