Hi all,

I had been feeding my schnauzer barf for 2 years, i bought the barf from furrenz.com....currently thinking to self make barf to my girl..can anyone tell me where can i get cod fish oil and apple cider vinegar that i can add to my barf?

Thanks.

Anyone feeding like人参鸡汤?药材鸡?@@
just to ask whether can feed or not....
pls advice if there is anyone feed before...

Those organic thingie shops should have. Maybe Nature's Farms, etc

Just would like to share quotes from Jesse Dallas, author of "Pets Need Wholesome Food Also" and "What's New PussyCat" plus a link regarding wholesome homemade pet food;

"If you really apply some common sense analysis of commercial pet foods, then you are going to begin to notice that in many ways, commercial pet foods are not healthy for our pets and are in fact, no different than fast food diets for humans. Commercial pet foods are killing our pets. I know that some will find this to be a harsh statement, but for those that have suffered the pain of a sick pet, then this statement is anything but harsh and in fact, can be more of an understatement."

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"Feeding a wholesome raw meat diet makes sense to me because I prefer not to focus on the word raw but rather on the word wholesome. Nobody can deny that our pets, just as we humans, need wholesome foods for good health. For some, they will think that commercial pet foods constitute a wholesome diet and that's fair enough. To each their own. But for myself (and hopefully for you too), if we meditate on what constitutes a wholesome diet then our thoughts should lead us to a diet that most closely imitates and resembles what Mother Nature herself would feed."

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"Sad to say, some people just see a pet as a pet and not as living being that requires wholesome foods. It's always difficult for those of us that realize that, as pet guardians, we have a responsibility to treat our pets with love in every way including the food we feed them. I am often asked how can we change those that feed unhealthy pet foods? I always tell people that we should not try to change or convince others, but rather we should be a shining example. When you shine bright your light will eventually guide others too."

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"Hopefully, like me, after learning about wholesome homemade pet food and the benefits of wholesome nutrition, you too will realize the insanity of feeding the enzyme depleted and nutritionally inadequate foods made from overly processed ingredients that a carnivore would never eat in the wild known as commercial pet food"

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Homemade Pet Food -- Holistic Health Care Information For Dog and Cats -- Natural Pet Food

Please do visit the link and spare some time to read the extremely informative articles and a hassle free guide to natural homemade pet food (totally 100% free to read) for the sake of our beloved furry friends

This post has been edited by Fitrah: Apr 18 2012, 09:07 PM

can i feed 2 months old puppy raw diet immediately??

It's awesome to know you'll be feeding your puppy a wholesome raw meat diet

"I do not suggest feeding meat chunks to puppies that are younger than 6 to 8 weeks of age. Each puppy will develop slightly differently, but a puppy should be at least 6 weeks of age before eating meat chunks. When the puppy is younger than this, ground meat should be fed. Ground meat more closely resembles the regurgitated food the mother would provide its puppies. It is at about 6 weeks of age that puppies really begin to be able to eat larger pieces of meat."

This post has been edited by Fitrah: May 14 2012, 02:39 AM

=) read a lot of benefits on eating raw diet, thank you for the additional info u sent me

i just want to know how u guys handle the mess?
will the puppy develop diarrhea in the begining when u first start the diet?

i was advise to allow the puppy to adpt to my new home before switching him to raw cold turkey

You're welcome

You may spread out a thick piles of newspapers at the bottom of the plate to help prevent messy cleaning afterwards.

Please kindly read this article on Thoughts About Detoxification

I don't think there's a problem if you start introducing your puppy to the wholesome raw meat diet as soon as you brought her home

And it's best if you could let the food sit on the counter for at least 1 hour after thawing it in the refrigerator overnight to remove the chill (since cold food shuts down the digestive system).

"If you don't have time to remove the meat and vegetables from the fridge at least 1 hour before feeding, that's okay. The only reason why this is done is to help remove the chill. But if you are in a rush and must feed the food cold, it's okay. It's not the end of the world.

Remember, when letting the food sit on the counter that cats (and some dogs) have been known to eat the food before it's time to eat. So you might need to cover or somehow protect the food.

One additional benefit of letting the food sit on the counter for about 1 hour before feeding is that your puppies can smell the food. This gets many puppies excited and so when it comes time to eat, they're ready to go. However, it's not difficult to get puppies excited about food. They are a growing body and they will be hungry and ready to eat."

Guys, where do you get your raw from?

I buy chicken from Tesco at RM4.99/kg.
Now looking to get some beef. But those are pretty expensive. Cheapest cut is at RM14/kg. And they were also trying to sell me skins and fats for RM7/kg. This is from the butcher.

barf recipe for my bengal cat :

1) Raw Meat - Chicken,Beef, Buffalo meat
2) Alfafa sprout
3) Sweet Potato
4) Raw Egg
5) homemade Ground Egg Shell(from fitrah link)
6) Fish Oil.

Additional Suppliment that seperately added from those recipe,and appllied 3 time a week.

1- Brewer Yeast
2- Dr. Clauder Multivitamin


Result = 1 week shedding fur...replace with soft ,pelted gilitter coat...ideal weight, poo and pee less that before plus its odourless...

note : cat will drink water lesser while in Barf Diet

Aside from that, poo is small and solid, non sticky on cat sand, save on $$ for cat sand also.

+1

would it smell? cos i keep my dog in my room most of the time when i go out for class :/ i scared ltr come back the whole room smells like rotten raw meat

Encourage your dog to finish it once serve as raw food is not advisable to be placed in room temperature for hours. Just like normal meat, left uncooked outside.

wow is that your maltese in your picture? so whiteee!! mine's starting to turn brown if i feed him with BARF the coat will be prettier rite? is it advisable to feed him with already-prepared barf like http://furrenz.com/?

Yes, thats my maltese. Picture taken with morning sunlight, hence the brightness.

Yes, its alright to feed with prepared BARF. You can google more on BARF and how can it improves dog's coat.

should i just change his diet from kibbles to barf straight? :/ Im kinda worried if he doesn't like it and leave it.... and i also scared he puke all over the place in my room especially my bed -.- he loves hanging around on my bed

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Added on May 15, 2012, 12:03 amand i see your maltese... there are like literally no tear stain... how do i remove them? its becoming a huge problem for me for my puppy the tear stain non stop one i wipe away d tmr appear again

This post has been edited by A-Note: May 15 2012, 12:03 AM

try health and shine!

U can try switching him gradually rather than straight away change it to BARF. For pups who never taste BARF before, they might not like it at first, but after a few times, they'll go crazy over it.

How old is your pup? Tear stain can be caused by several factors such as teething, ear infection, stress, etc. Health N Shine only solves tear stain which is caused by red yeast bacteria which caused the tears to be red and eventually turn brown/black. Other than that, daily eyes wiping is also important.

fyou may try eye vita as well for tear stain. my pooch loves it!