I have a friend who is a groomer, vet tech and as well does Sheltie rescue. She is a big fan of the barf diet and feeds her Shelities a strictly barf diet. I posted a long thread on this a while ago. I'll try and find it! If you are at all concerned that Kai might not be getting the complete "nutritional compliment" on meat and veggies alone, there is a "modified" version of the BARF diet using Sojouner Farm dry flakes, which is a nutritional supplement that is mixed in WITH raw or cooked meat and veggies/fruit.
The "experts" claim that it is only COOKED bones that can injure your dog. Raw bones do not splinter like cooked ones do. And there's a lot of debate about the bacteria issue re: feeding raw meat. The experts also claim that a dog's gut is not adversely affected by salmonella and other such "toxic" organisms in the way that humans are. Persumably, dogs, since their early days as wild scavengers, have developed an immunity or tolerance to them. But most BARF advocates do encourage you to cook the meat if you feel at all uncertain! And welcome to Pet Talk!!
Here's a link to one of the more detailed Pet Talk thread's on the B.A.R.F. diet and a couple of more links to informative websites re: BARF! One is very pro BARF, the other decidely anti, so you can weight the pros and cons for yourself! Hope it helps!
THE BARF DIET
http://www.secondchanceranch.org
http://www.barfdogfood.com
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