The bones and Raw Food {‘BARF’} Programme

• What is the ‘BARF’ diet?
• Is the ‘BARF’ diet suitable for growing and breeding dogs?
• The nutrients which support growth
• What you will need to produce the ‘BARF’ diet
• The ‘BARF diet

Feeding for Breeding

• Basic nutrition for Him and Her and the kids
• Before you breed you must start with healthy dogs
• Breeding secrets – believe some – ignore others
• What do we feed Her during pregnancy
• The whelping box
• Eclampsia or milk fever
• Feeding the lactating bitch
• Weaning the puppies
• Orphan puppy care

Bones Build Bones

• Correct management of pups – an overview
• In the beginning
• Puppy management – then and now
• How bones should grow – normally
• At what stage can we say this bone has become diseased
• Oseochondrosis – the basic cause of skeletal disease
• The role of genes in producing skeletal disease in puppies
• The calcium dilemma
• The ‘excess food’ way to wreck your pup’s bones
• The exercise factor and skeletal disease
• Old fashioned Osteochondrosis
• Osteochondritis Dissecans or OCDIS
• Hip Dysplasia
• The Elbow Dysplasia complex
• The wobbler syndrome
• Panosteitis
• Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy
• The carpal Instability/Flexion Syndrome
• Septic Arthritis
• Patellar luxation or slipping patellas
• Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head
• The BARF programme for pups
• Treating the puppy with skeletal disease

Grow Your Pups With Bones is the second book in a series dealing with feeding companion animals for maximum health. The first book in this series – Give your Dog a Bone – contains important background material and where possible should be read first.

The mission of Grow Your Pups With Bones is firstly, to show the dog owning fraternity how easy it is to produce healthy pups without the losses, headaches, and heartaches so many breeders experience, and secondly, how easy it is to grow those pups into healthy adults with a sound skeletal system.

Grow Your Pups with Bones is divided into three parts.

The first part introduced the Bones and Raw Food {BARF} diet for feeding dogs. This method of feeding dogs is the very heart of Grow Your Pups With Bone. It is based on the dietary needs of dogs as shaped by several hundred thousand years of evolution.

The second part of Grow Your Pups With Bones is about breeding. In particular – feeding for breeding. It details the practical common sense approach to producing an optimum number of healthy pups with a minimum of fuss. The BARF diet is central to this pup-producing programme.

The third part of Grow Your Pups With Bones is about growing pups into healthy adults that do not develop Hip or Elbow Dysplasia, or any of the other skeletal disease which are so common in modern dogs. Central to this third part of the book is BARF programme of diet and exercise.

The basic theme of this book, the BARF diet, has been inspired by the continuing observation that companion animals ate much better when fed their biologically appropriate diet based on Bone and Raw Foods.

Here are the books that I think every dog owner that is interested in the health and a natural diet for their dogs should own. These 5 books will forever change the way that you look at the health and care of your dogs.

• Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats by Kymythy R. Schultze
• Give Your Dog A Bone by Ian Billinghurst
• Grow Your Pups With Bones by Ian Billinghurst
• The Nature of Animal Healing by Martin Goldstein, D.V.M.
• The BARF Diet by Ian Billinghurst

This book was a fabulous book for anyone interested in learning to feed and manage your puppies the natural way. It talks extensively about various skeletal problems that seem to be very common in today's pet dogs. It proves that hip and elbow dysplasia is not so much a hereditary problem as it is a management and feeding problem. This book gives you the "how to" to feed your dogs the natural way with raw meaty bones, and fresh vegetables, and various other necessary foods to allow the pup to grow slowly without skeletal problems. It talks about not over-exercising your puppy, and also gives vital information about how to raise an orphan pup on a natural diet. This book is well worth the money, and well worth the time it takes to read it in its' entirety.

Over a year ago, I read Dr. Billinghurst's first book, called "Give Your Dog a Bone," and I started my German Shepherd on a natural diet. Very soon after that, I noticed that her fur coat was silky soft, and smooth, and she had more energy. I had previously been feeding her popular science diet kibble dog food, and her coat was rough, and she lacked vitality. I have definitely noticed a big difference since I have put her on this natural diet. I also have a friend who feeds her dogs this way, and she has had much success with it as well.

Your dog will enjoy the benefits of better health and living longer by following this diet, which he calls "Barf" diet. It is well worth it to put your dog on this feeding program. Enjoy the book!

Sincerely,
Susan Dyke, and Maxi (the German Shepherd), of Garland, Texas

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