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  • Dr B - How I discovered BARF
  • What is BARF?
  • Dr B's Genuine AUSSIE RAW products
  • Benefits of Feeding BARF
  • Switching to BARF feeding
  • Dogs and Cats are Different
  • Dr B talks about his BARF products
  • Dr B answers most frequently asked questions
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The Benefits of Feeding BARF

BARF Can Work Wonders!

When a pet is switched to the BARF diet, changes occur.
Some are subtle and others blatantly obvious.
Some occur almost immediately, others can take months or years. They will all involve improvements in health.

Escalating Energy Levels

One of the first changes seen in your pet will be a new zest for living. Young and active dogs develop an incredible increase in stamina. Arthritic dogs often show the most remarkable improvements with enormously increased activity and mobility
Older pets “magically’” transform into younger animals, no longer lying around with little interest in their surroundings. They begin to go for walks again, to play ball and to join in with family activities. Cats show all of these traits returning, but in a much more subtle way.

Skin and Coat

This can be one of the first improvements you may notice. Owners new to feeding BARF have consistently commented on healthier nails, skin and coat and the disappearance of persistent skin problems, eliminating the need for visits to the vet for cortisone shots and tablets, medicated washes and antibiotics.
It is exciting for pet owners to witness the return of their pets' deeply coloured, lustrous, thick and clean coat.

Teeth and Breath

Typically, a very high number of pets respond with cleaner teeth, sweeter breath, tartar elimination and healthier gums without having to visit the pet dentist.

Infected Ears Become Healthy Again

Ear problems that are years old suddenly disappear. This is not surprising. The BARF diet normalises and strengthens the immune system. Because BARF contains a good balance of essential fatty acids and other immune normalizing and strengthening nutrients, it reduces inflammatory conditions and waves goodbye to a wide range of infectious processes. Imagine how good your pet will feel with trouble-free ears!

Anal Sac Problems Disappear

This reflects the improved health of the immune system and the remarkable difference that bone eating makes in the production of firm stools, which are essential for normal anal sac emptying. You will enjoy not having a constantly scooting dog, or an uncomfortable cat. Yes, cats can develop anal sac disease as well!

Incontinence Disappears

Not 100% of the time, but often enough to have us asking why. Because incontinence often responds to hormonal treatment, its disappearance when feeding BARF is a good indication of BARF’s hormone balancing abilities.

Improved Water Balance

This is an intriguing improvement. It relates in part to the hydrating effect of the BARF diet and in part to the lowered insulin levels brought about by the minimal starch and sugar levels in BARF. What you will notice is that your BARF-fed pet has much less need for the water bowl.
Over time, by a variety of mechanisms, the BARF diet will prevent the formation of crystals and stones in the urine of dogs and cats. It also contributes in a major way to the health of the kidneys. Kidney failure is a major cause of death in modern pets.

Many BARF Feeders Report the Disappearance of “Dry Eye” Syndrome

This is one of the many problems, which “unaccountably” clear up when a pet is switched to BARF. The return of tears can be immediate or it may take months. There is no explanation for this beyond the obvious normalizing effect of BARF on our pets’ bodies.

Resistance to Internal and External Parasites Escalates.

A wonderful effect of the BARF diet is the increased resistance our pets have to both fleas and worms or intestinal parasites. Once you start feeding BARF, you are almost guaranteed to be spending less money on worming and flea treatments.
This not only reduces the strain on the bank balance, it also means there will be less strain on our pets’ detoxification system. This is another example of the BARF diet’s remarkable influence on our pets’ immune systems.

Orthopedic Conditions in Young Dogs Will Disappear

If you are a dog breeder and would like to see problems such as Hip and Elbow Dysplasia disappear from your breeding programme, then seriously consider the BARF diet as the way you raise your young dogs. BARF has a normalizing effect on bone growth.

Disappearing Diabetes

Because of the low levels of soluble carbohydrates in the BARF diet, it comes as no surprise that BARF-fed pets rarely develop diabetes. Pets that are already diabetic, when switched to the BARF diet will usually require much less insulin. Insulin-dependent cats often become completely normal once they begin to eat BARF.

Reproductive Problems Disappear

Not all the reproductive problems will disappear in one generation. However, over the course of three or four generations, persistent BARF feeding will be rewarded with significantly decreased reproductive problems, including increased bitch health and fertility, unassisted births, brilliant milk production and much greater viability of the offspring.

BARFERS Report Incredible Improvements in Behaviour

Dogs that are fed the BARF diet are much calmer, more easily trained and less prone to erratic and unpredictable behaviour. Many dog trainers and behaviourists refuse to deal with any dog that has not been switched to a wholesome raw food diet.
Pets fed artificial food are commonly observed to show behaviour which parallels that exhibited by children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
When these pets are switched to the BARF diet, the improvement in temperament is often seen within days. Dogs that are aggressive and dangerously unpredictable are transformed when switched to BARF.

Barf Reduces The Impact Of Degenerative Diseases

Pets eating an evolutionary diet, live much longer than their kibble-fed counterparts and are less likely to develop cancer or any of the other degenerative diseases which plague modern pets. Pet owners who switch their older pets to BARF usually find whatever degenerative disease their pet has contracted suddenly becomes less of a problem. This has been a constant finding over the years. The BARF diet has also had major success with remissions of many forms of cancer.

Lean Body Mass

After a few months, pets generally lose unwanted fat and gain lean muscle mass This will make your pet look better, increase its metabolic rate, raise its activity levels and increase its healthy life span. With dogs, the effect will be more rapid if you combine the BARF diet with some normal exercise. Cats mostly exercise themselves of course.

Reduced Stool Volume and Odour

Pets fed dry pet food generally produce bulky, smelly stools because of the poor digestibility and poor quality of the ingredients, together with the lack of raw bone found in these products. Feeding raw, highly digestible products (found in Dr B's Genuine Aussie RAW) can result in dramatically reduced stool volume and the high bone content results in minimal odour.