BARF DIET

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BONES

Bones are living tissue composed of living cells. Because bones are living tissue, just like any other part of the body, they are a complex source of a wide variety of nutrients. Bones contain minerals which are embedded in protein. They also contain fat. If the bone is from chicken or pork, then the fat will be very high in the essential fatty acids. Along with the fat are fat soluble vitamins. The central parts of most bones contain marrow which is a highly nutritious mix of blood forming elements, including iron. Raw bones also provide natural antioxidant/anti-ageing factors including enzymes.

Bones are nature's storehouse of minerals for your dog. If meat is added to bone, then methionine and most of B vitamins are supplied. Puppies and adult dogs fed bone rarely if ever suffer from indigestion or diarrhea. Bones play a similar role to fiber, that is, a role of bulking out the food, thereby removing toxins and promoting general bowel health. Bone fed dogs are long lived and healthy. Their whole system is designed for and in fact needs a bone to function properly.

Lamb ribs bones

MEAT

Many people assume that a dog's natural diet is a meat only diet. Unfortunately this is untrue as a meat only diet is highly unnatural and unbalanced. Meat should form only a part of the over-all diet, which should include bones, fruits and vegetables as well. For example, the muscle meat eaten by wild wolves forms a small part of the diet that consist of a wide variety of other foods, including bone.

Meat supplies protein. That is its major role in nutrinion. It also supplies varying amounts of fat, water and some vitamins and some vitamins and minerals. Because it supplies fat and protein, it also supplies energy. Meat is first class protein. It contains all the essential amino acids necesarry for dogs of all ages, including growing dogs, pregnant dogs, female dogs feeding puppies and of course pet dogs too. Many belive that only working dogs should be fed meat. That's not true, all dogs of all breeds should be fed meat.

There are no carbohydrates in meat. That is no starch, sugar or fiber. With rising level of fat content in the meat ir rises the energy supply for your dog. Chicken have the highest level and beef and lamb are both low. Raw meat is low in sodium and high in potassium. That is good for dogs with heart problems. The meat with the lowest sodium is beef. Chicken having the lowest potassium level. Beef, lamb and chicken meat are very low in calcium and moderately low in magnesium. This lack of minerals requires bone material in your dog's diet.

Frozen minced lamb, chicken and beef

To be continued...................................................................................