The Dog Bowl Pet Supply and BARF Raw Food Blog
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Tips for keeping your pet on the BARF diet:
Have you just switched your dog or cat to the BARF diet?
There are some VERY important things to be aware of:
There are some VERY important things to be aware of:
- The BARF Diet does NOT contain anything your dog or cat cannot digest - no chemicals, no preservatives, no starches, no grains, no fillers, no coloring, no heat processing. Essentially it is THE healthiest food available for your pet! You probably already know this & it is the reason you switched! So stick with it!
- So once your dog or cat has a break from toxins and chemicals of processed foods it's body is essentially clean. Help keep it this way! Please DO NOT feed cookies from the vet's office, that bone shaped item that you got with your coffee & bagel this morning, NO table scraps, NO biscuits with grains, NO cooked foods, etc! It might make you feel better to give such a treat, but it makes your pet feel awful and could be to toxic!
- Remember it is the break from the chemicals (of processed, fake foods for pets) that gives your pet's body the ability to repair & heal itself to be stronger and live well. Our bodies are the best doctors - so before you can get a shot for something or get stitches your body is already starting to try to repair itself - your pet's bodies are no different!
- Loss of appetite? This happens with us too.... We finally get into eating a healthy diet & then we eat some junk food at a party - yikes! It is expected that your pet may loose some of it's appetite if he/she has eaten something that is processed (which has chemicals and no water) or is not digestible (SUCH AS A STARCH OR GRAIN). Another example of this is when we are not feeling well - we simply don't eat the same volume/amount of food as we do when we feel great. It is our bodies way of using energy to heal, and not so much energy to digest!
- Dogs and cats can sustain on just about anything (garbage, poo, processed foods, grains & starches which are not digestible - that is why we ended up domesticating them), but to optimize the long term health and vitality feeding SMART choices and digestible foods is the best way to go!
- Dogs don't have a very good sense of taste, but they do have great noses.... So just like us the greasy foods smell great & seem appealing! As their food provider you will notice your pets, just like little kids will pick the junk & not eat the healthy foods. (They will essentially fill up on the bad foods, feel sick and not eat the better for them items.) Your pets need YOU to make the better decisions & stick with it! They are survivors and if they are hungry they will eat!
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