a symbology design
Since moving from Victoria to South Australia earlier this year, I have been lucky to find a great place to train at Para District Dog Obedience Club. Here Merlin and I have begun training in flyball, agility and obedience. Not only this I have met some great people. Two of those are Ronnie and Wayne, and when Ronnie saw me battling with Merlin's allergies she suggested changing his diet to BARF. I did and have never looked back. Here is their story.
THE PRACTICAL, COMMONSENSE WAY TO FEED DOGS & CATS THEIR EVOLUTIONARY DIET FOR A LONG & HEALTHY LIFE
BARF is about feeding dogs properly. The aim of BARF is to maximise the health, longevity and reproductive capacity of dogs and to minimise the need for veterinary intervention. How do you feed a dog properly? You feed it the diet that it evolved to eat. Its evolutionary diet. A Biologically Appropriate Raw Food diet. A BARF diet.
Such a diet, a biologically appropriate diet is simple in philosophy and construction. The very essence of commonsense. It looks at the diet of a wild or feral animal and duplicates or mimics that type of feeding regime using available whole raw foodstuffs. These diets may be enhanced with various supplements. Once the principles are understood, anybody can do this. No special credentials are required.
In the case of the dog which is an omnivore, a hunter and a scavenger, the diet can be based on a wider range of whole raw foods of both animal and plant origin, with the further proviso that the foods may be either fresh or auto-decaying via endogenous enzymes.
The BARF movement appears to have started in response to the dietary guidelines outlined in the book Give Your Dog a Bone written by Dr Ian Billinghurst, 1993.
The acronym BARF started out as meaning "Born Again Raw Feeders". Initially, this was a sling off at dog owners who fed raw food to their dogs. When the originator of that term tried a raw food diet on her own dogs, she was so impressed that she began an Internet list advocating the use of raw foods for dogs. Along the way she changed the meaning of the term BARF to the "Bones And Raw Food diet." BARF could also stand for the Billinghurst Australian Real Food diet. In fact anything you like that works!
My partner and I have had dogs all our lives. They are our family (our fur-kids), and our lives revolve around them.
Raz, our beautiful 4-year-old shepherd, is an amazing creature. He is healthy and athletic, with an endless amount of energy. Raz loves his sport and fortunately has never suffered any health problems. Our only concern with Raz was that he has always been terribly thin, and unable to retain weight at all. Vets told us that this was okay, because he was such an active dog, so we accepted this theory, and continued to feed Raz as we had always done, as the breeder had recommended - on commercially produced pet food.
Raz was an only child up until about 2 years ago when a cute little black & white Labrador Cross decided to adopt us. She came from a nearby neighbour who neither had the time nor devotion for a highly active 17 month old dog. After weeks of seeing this little soul roam the streets or finding her in our yard wanting attention or food, we eventually came to an agreement with her owner, and she became part of our family. Our "second chance" dog!
We soon came to realise that Ce-Ce was not a very healthy dog. She had terrible skin allergies, ear infections, eye infections, anal-sac problems, the list goes on. This led me to search for a better diet for both our dogs, as I was convinced Ce-Ce's problems were food related. I found Dr Billinghurst's books, and the more I read the more I realised that what we had been feeding our beloved dogs was so far from what they should have been eating, and what they deserve to eat.
This is how we became BARFers! I am very happy to say that Ce-Ce no longer requires vet intervention to control her allergies, as they have ceased. Her eyes are no longer full of gunk, nor her ears! Her coat is shiny and soft, and she is one very happy, very contented dog who now has an active, busy life trying to keep up with Raz and his achievements. And surprise surprise – Raz has actually managed to retain some weight and no longer looks starved. So I continued this way of feeding, and promised my dogs that I would NEVER again feed them commercially produced pet food! So that's how I became a distributor. I realised this was something that needed to be shared with all pets and their humans, sooner rather than later.
Now there is a third addition to the family ... another white shepherd Mika who has been raised on BARF since the day she arrived.
THE PRACTICAL, COMMONSENSE WAY TO FEED DOGS & CATS THEIR EVOLUTIONARY DIET FOR A LONG & HEALTHY LIFE
BARF is about feeding dogs properly. The aim of BARF is to maximise the health, longevity and reproductive capacity of dogs and to minimise the need for veterinary intervention. How do you feed a dog properly? You feed it the diet that it evolved to eat. Its evolutionary diet. A Biologically Appropriate Raw Food diet. A BARF diet.
Such a diet, a biologically appropriate diet is simple in philosophy and construction. The very essence of commonsense. It looks at the diet of a wild or feral animal and duplicates or mimics that type of feeding regime using available whole raw foodstuffs. These diets may be enhanced with various supplements. Once the principles are understood, anybody can do this. No special credentials are required.
In the case of the dog which is an omnivore, a hunter and a scavenger, the diet can be based on a wider range of whole raw foods of both animal and plant origin, with the further proviso that the foods may be either fresh or auto-decaying via endogenous enzymes.
The BARF movement appears to have started in response to the dietary guidelines outlined in the book Give Your Dog a Bone written by Dr Ian Billinghurst, 1993.
The acronym BARF started out as meaning "Born Again Raw Feeders". Initially, this was a sling off at dog owners who fed raw food to their dogs. When the originator of that term tried a raw food diet on her own dogs, she was so impressed that she began an Internet list advocating the use of raw foods for dogs. Along the way she changed the meaning of the term BARF to the "Bones And Raw Food diet." BARF could also stand for the Billinghurst Australian Real Food diet. In fact anything you like that works!
My partner and I have had dogs all our lives. They are our family (our fur-kids), and our lives revolve around them.
Raz, our beautiful 4-year-old shepherd, is an amazing creature. He is healthy and athletic, with an endless amount of energy. Raz loves his sport and fortunately has never suffered any health problems. Our only concern with Raz was that he has always been terribly thin, and unable to retain weight at all. Vets told us that this was okay, because he was such an active dog, so we accepted this theory, and continued to feed Raz as we had always done, as the breeder had recommended - on commercially produced pet food.
Raz was an only child up until about 2 years ago when a cute little black & white Labrador Cross decided to adopt us. She came from a nearby neighbour who neither had the time nor devotion for a highly active 17 month old dog. After weeks of seeing this little soul roam the streets or finding her in our yard wanting attention or food, we eventually came to an agreement with her owner, and she became part of our family. Our "second chance" dog!
We soon came to realise that Ce-Ce was not a very healthy dog. She had terrible skin allergies, ear infections, eye infections, anal-sac problems, the list goes on. This led me to search for a better diet for both our dogs, as I was convinced Ce-Ce's problems were food related. I found Dr Billinghurst's books, and the more I read the more I realised that what we had been feeding our beloved dogs was so far from what they should have been eating, and what they deserve to eat.
This is how we became BARFers! I am very happy to say that Ce-Ce no longer requires vet intervention to control her allergies, as they have ceased. Her eyes are no longer full of gunk, nor her ears! Her coat is shiny and soft, and she is one very happy, very contented dog who now has an active, busy life trying to keep up with Raz and his achievements. And surprise surprise – Raz has actually managed to retain some weight and no longer looks starved. So I continued this way of feeding, and promised my dogs that I would NEVER again feed them commercially produced pet food! So that's how I became a distributor. I realised this was something that needed to be shared with all pets and their humans, sooner rather than later.
Now there is a third addition to the family ... another white shepherd Mika who has been raised on BARF since the day she arrived.
Better Feeding with BARF
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Australian white shepherds have many names — white swiss shepherd, white german shepherd, berger blanc suisse — but all are from the same genetic makeup unless they are imported.
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Here is the perfect opportunity to give your pet the best possible chance at good health. Just try it! There is even home delivery to most of Adelaide. Contact Ronnie for further information.
To redeem this offer contact Ronnie at BARF SA to find out more
Here is the perfect opportunity to give your pet the best possible chance at good health. Just try it! There is even home delivery to most of Adelaide. Contact Ronnie for further information.
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Farseer White Shepherds Endorses BARF
I always thought I was feeding Merlin well — yummy homemade casseroles, kibble, bones ... etc ... but my beautiful white shepherd had continual cycles of allergies from a very young age. We were almost at the stage of allergy testing him.
But we switched to BARF and in a year his allergies have almost decreased to nothing, his coat is healthy and he has more energy. I even find it cost-effective and he still gets heaps of raw, meaty bones and chicken carcasses.
When my new puppy comes she will be raised the BARF way.
But we switched to BARF and in a year his allergies have almost decreased to nothing, his coat is healthy and he has more energy. I even find it cost-effective and he still gets heaps of raw, meaty bones and chicken carcasses.
When my new puppy comes she will be raised the BARF way.