What is Dr B's Genuine Aussie R.A.W B.A.R.F?
BARF simply stands for Bones and Raw Food or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food. Dr B's Genuine Aussie RAW BARF Diet is a diet formulated along these principles', a diet that consists of Bones and Raw Foods conveniently packaged in 227 gram portions for dogs and 143 gram portions for cats.
Dr B's Genuine Aussie R.A.W B.A.R.F is produced in Queensland by Big Dog Pet Foods Pty Ltd, a privately owned company which commenced trade in the year 2000 with its' vision to produce a range of products based solely on the B.A.R.F principles.
It produces the Dr B's Genuine Aussie RAW BARF Recipes which are sold throughout Australia, in Japan and Singapore.
For More information on Big Dog Pet Foods go to www.bigdogpetfoods.com
Why should I feed my companion animal B.A.R.F ?
The philosophy behind using BARF, or the hypothesis on which it is based is that it is the diet a dog/cat evolved to eat — over many millions of years of evolution. This is the hypothesis accepted by most modern zoos or any zoologist concerned with preserving a species of endangered animal. It is not the theory endorsed by pet food companies or the people they train — and that includes unfortunately — most vets.
Please note that modern dogs of any breed are not only capable of eating the food of their wild ancestors, but actually require it for maximum health. This is because their basic physiology has changed very little with domestication despite obvious and dramatic changes in their current physical appearance and mindset.
If you want to feed your dog BARF, it means not feeding your dog cooked and or processed food. That is, not feeding your dog a diet based on cooked grains, no matter how persuasive the advertising. Artificial grain based dog foods cause innumerable health problems. They are not what your dog was programmed to eat during its long process of evolution.
The BARF diet, being an attempt to mimic the evolutionary diet of dogs, must, from a practical point of view, use food that is available from the local supermarket or whatever local or distant source is economically viable. BARF feeders do not have to go hunting or send their dogs out to hunt. That is why BARF must mimic, not duplicate the evolutionary diet of dogs. This is an important distinction.
The BARF feeder will MIMIC as closely as possible rather than duplicate the NATURAL diet of the dog. We are not trying to return our dogs to nature. It is impossible to feed any domestic animal its natural diet, let alone allow it to live under natural conditions. There are grave dangers that go along with the natural diet and natural conditions the ancestors or wild cousins of our dogs live with.
They face lack of shelter, starvation, attack by other predators, and the potential for their prey to turn on them during the hunt. They also endure without medical intervention including surgery, vaccination, antibiotics and preventative measures against external and internal parasites.
In other words, natural conditions can be deadly! They are not what we want for our pets. What we want for our dogs is a diet and an environment that maximizes health. That means a Biologically Appropriate Diet rather than a natural diet. This is my favorite use of the term BARF — Biologically Appropriate Raw Food.
