How to Make BARF Dog Food

In the article BARF Diet Recipes and Grocery List we used a poodle to illustrate an example of how much to feed. Let’s use that same poodle as an example as we look at a sample day menu. Most dog owners will feed their dogs twice a day. Let’s look at a sample menu that includes a RMB meal and a veggie meal.

RMB meal – You can provide:

• ½ lb. chicken backs, or 6 chicken necks OR
• 1 beef rib AND
• An egg or yogurt

About once a week, consider using fish as the base for your RMB meal. You can either give your dog one whole fish (just throw the entire thing in your dog’s bowl) or you can give her canned mackerel or sardines. For our poodle in the example, you might provide one small can of fish and an egg or yogurt.

Depending on the size of your dog, you might need to make the pieces of meat or bone smaller. Keep your dog’s size in mind when you consider which meats or bones to give her.

Some people like to feed their dogs lamb, but keep in mind that lamb is rich and can upset your dog’s stomach. When you do decide to add lamb to your dog’s diet, do so in small increments and watch to see how your dog handles it before you give her more.

Veggie meal – You can provide:

• 1/8 of a calves’ liver or an egg, puree with about ½ cup of less of any of the following vegetables:
• Green beans
• Yellow Squash
• Zucchini
• Carrots
• Turnips
• Parsnips
• Celery

You can sometimes add the following vegetables, but go easy…

• Kale
• Spinach
• Broccoli

Vegetables should always be either finely minced or pureed.

Additions you can provide:

To ensure that your dog gets the right mix of nutrients and that you are feeding her a nutritionally sound diet, consider adding one of the following to each meal:

• 1 teaspoon oil (any cold-pressed oil is good, but flaxseed provides omega fatty acids)
• 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
• ¼ c. kelp
• ¼ teas. alfalfa powder
• A small amount of vitamin C to start with and as your dog adjusts, make sure she’s getting somewhere between 100 and 200 mg a day.

When you first start feeding your dog a BARF diet, consider mixing the vegetables in with the bit of meat or egg you include in the veggie meal, especially if your dog isn’t accustomed to eating many vegetables.

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