I read an article on the BARF diet that explained that a dog on the diet is required to be fasted once a week. I've heard that when people fast, it is to rid their body of toxins. Is it the same for dogs? What are the health benefits?
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I read an article on the BARF diet that explained that a dog on the diet is required to be fasted once a week. I've heard that when people fast, it is to rid their body of toxins. Is it the same for dogs? What are the health benefits?
The only health benefit to a dog fasting would be that an overweight dog would lose weight. Outside of that...
alex the wonder dog has been on a barf diet since 12/2000. i don't fast him. the only times i've limited his food has been when he's had a tummy troubles. hope this helps
The reasons for fasting a dog are the same, to rid the body of toxins, and to give the dog's digestion system a rest.Quote:
Originally posted by wolfsoul
I read an article on the BARF diet that explained that a dog on the diet is required to be fasted once a week. I've heard that when people fast, it is to rid their body of toxins. Is it the same for dogs? What are the health benefits?
Another idea behind fasting is that in nature a wild canine does not always eat every single day, so fasting for a day is making the diet more natural.
Although I feed a partial raw diet I don't fast my dogs. Not for any particular reason, I just don't.
Also people that do fast their dogs one day a week usually provide a good raw bone to chew on (like a knuckle bone) and lots of water.
A dog fasting for one day would not lose weight. It would take several days of no food for a dog to lose weight and that's not fasting, that's starvation.Quote:
Originally posted by dragondawg
The only health benefit to a dog fasting would be that an overweight dog would lose weight. Outside of that...
When I fed BARF, I didn't fast Kai (with the exception of the couple times that we ran out of food). But even when we were out of raw food, I still gave an egg since we have a constant supply.
Thanks for the info. :)
When you fast, you can still give liquid foods, right?
Hmmm..not sure. I guess you can. When I did the 30 hour famine last year, they made us eat crackers before eating a full meal so we wouldn't upset our stomachs. I guess the same would apply to a dog ?:confused: