 Bones And Raw Food "which means" bones and raw food. Canadian name Debbie Tripp but the mere idea of eating this way comes from an Australian veterinarian Dr. Ian Billinghursta, who for over twenty years now examine the relationship between diseases of dogs and feed produced on an industrial scale . In 1993 the book "Give Your Dog A Bone" he published his and method of feeding dogs.
Ian Billinghurst nutritional plan based on the evolutionary development of dogs. Food for millions of years the ancestors of dogs were only raw meat and plants. As a result of domestication of the dog, its menu has expanded and about waste of human food, and the dog is physiologically him fits.
Over 70 years ago, started the production of dog food on an industrial scale and brought with them radical changes. Prior to the dog food was based mainly on raw bones, a small amount of meat, offal and vegetable products. Cooked food, cereals accounted for a small percentage of the dog in the menu. Prepared dog food is made up of intensely manipulated and cooked products. The original, wide range has shrunk to a few ingredients and is based mainly on cereal products.
For Billinghursta quickly became clear that 70 years of dogs fed prepared feeds at all times is not enough that evolutionary changes have occurred by putting the dog in this manner whatsoever without sacrificing nutrition for his health.
BARF concept boils down to a purely biological feeding, which was such a dog for centuries. In ancient times a man fed the dog that what had happened, without any special effort to book without the expertise and knowledge. Seemed to be only on his intuition. We'll look for solutions in the finished prescription and mathematical formulas.
BARF is not proposing any ready-made recipes, but the owner expects the dog cope with the assumptions of evolution, and understanding of their practical application. These principles are simple, but need the right approach. He who does not need to be ready to understand the rules or calculator. Buys what exactly is the product of seasonal and placed in this menu.
Billinghurst does not believe that every meal the dog must be balanced quality. According to him, in the nature of a complete balanced diet is sporadic, the animals eat what exactly is available. Balancing is done automatically by the presence of various components in subsequent meals, and at varied diet of wild animals is never a problem.
This is the BARF method. Balance and the balance shall be achieved through a range of raw materials, spread over several meals. Added vitamins and micronutrients are optimal demand of the organism and there exactly Billinghurst in his book gives the quantity.
Another important aspect of the BARF method is to allocate the meat from the bones and vegetables. This is a purely practical reason: most dogs will choose the meat and bones and vegetables leave untouched. If the meal will consist of only vegetables that your dog will have no choice and will have to satisfy him.
Another reason for the separation of meat from the vegetables is because of the work of the kidneys. Meal, which consists mostly of protein and phosphorus burden the kidneys. If one meal will contain small amounts of protein that the kidney rested. Commercial products provide the same amount of protein with every meal, and thus do not give kidneys opportunities for rest and regeneration.
Another argument for separation of products from carbohydrates yet unexplained phenomenon is that in this way given the meals are better spent by the body.
"Barf" in colloquial English means "to vomit", but for Billinghursta is not a problem and assume that the dogs often vomit what they had eaten only to have the pleasure of eating.
At the end of my lengthy argument I will add that not only food but also prepared BARF diet can cause health problems. Each method has its pros and cons, and each dog owner must decide how he fed him most responsible.
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