The Dog Bowl Pet Supply and BARF Raw Food Blog

Do not feed just one type of raw meaty bone (such as chicken) to the exclusion of all others, unless you have an excellent reason for doing so!

Health problems can stem from pets being offered a too limited range of foods. The key to the BARF Diet is variety!

For example, where raw chicken bones is the staple, also feed raw lamb ribs, raw lamb necks, and raw lamb shanks. Raw, smaller pork bones of various kinds are excellent. Ox tails and beef ribs may also be used. Use young soft and healthy meat covered raw bones from whatever species are cheaply available in your area. ***But we caution you to be VERY AWARE of any preservatives, or salts, or gases, and/or dies used to make these product look "fresh" to the consumer. Preservatives (such as chicken broth are very common) are very harmful to your pets and may cause liver and kidney failure.

Sometimes whole chickens will become available to you, but don't feed them all the time, as there is not enough bone and too much flesh, particularly in the case of young growing dogs. And again, please be aware if the chickens are packaged with broth or other preservatives - do not feed this to your pet!

Use common sense when buying fresh meat items! If you had an animal butchered you would not store it in the refrigerator section of your frig for more than two days. (You would put it in the freezer!) Two days in the refrigerator and it would start breaking down & going bad. Ask yourself - How is that raw meat able to stay at the grocery store refrigerator for a week? Answer - Preservatives: Sealed with special gases, salts, broths, and/or dies are added.