.... Chester has pancreatitis and the fat content on the BARF diet would possibly send him to the hospital for a lengthy stay.
I do have one issue with the BARF diet. (please do not take this as a criticism if you feed or want to feed this way)
The reasoning for this diet is that dogs have eaten raw food in the wild, and we should take them back to a more natural way of eating and that this is far healthier for them (producing better coats, etc.) correct? ...
dear micki, no offense taken at all! for alex, this diet is a better choice. he has had a bout of pancreatitis(garbage eating) and i was able to control the amount of fat in his diet in during his recovery. the chicken necks are skinned and the canned mackrel is rinsed off. there isn't any added fat on the veggies. alex is on multiple meds for his epilepsy and i truly bellieve that without the BARF diet, i wouldn't have him still. common commerically prepared dog foods have just so many bad things in them, animal by products, rendered fat, chemical preseratives (bha, bta for example), wheat, corn, that for alex and duke, there are no benefits and a lot of seizure triggers.
if i didn't have a medically challanged dog, i'm not sure i wouldn't do BARF. i would be buying a super premiun kibble like flint river ranch or wellness.
last month, my dogs were eating their chicken/ground squash/green bean dinner and my 18 month old niece got very interested in the dogs' food while sitting in her high chair,( she's a bit of a picky eater & she could see their bowls) so i whipped out my food processor and ground up some green beans and squash for her (no raw meat for a human of course!) and she inhailed the mix. food good enough for all!
feeding your dogs BARF is a choice, and sometimes it's the best one for that dog.