Harley Eats BARF!

BARF = Biologically Appropriate Raw Food

Here's what Har eats now.  He is an 83 pound, 5 year old Labrador.

Supper every day is raw chicken or turkey necks; or chicken backs.   I run them under hot water, hacking up the big pieces and taking the excess fat off.  Har is very soft-mouthed so I have to make sure the stuff is relatively "bite-sized".   

Breakfast is a Billinghurst-style "pattie" meal I prepare in advance:  pulped (via Juicer) veggies including carrots, lots of greens, a couple of apples, an avocado, other veggies .... plus organic eggs with shells,  cottage cheese, ground turkey or chicken ... other stuff as seasonal... to each meal I add flax seed and cod liver oil, liquid Vitamin C and Vitamin B Complex, Kelp, 1000 mg Ester C, Shark Cartilage, Glycoflex and Glucosamine/Chondroitin for his hips, & 200 IU Vitamin E.

Oh, and sometimes I add organ meats like heart, liver or ugh, whatever that stuff is called ... gizzards?  He also loves the blood that collects at the bottom of the bag :-)  Also canned pumpkin for any digestive upset (rarely happens) and tinned sardines (bones & skin) in water (no salt) for a special occasion.

For treats he gets "liver biscotti" (All natural, no preservatives, USDA select beef liver, guisto's organic whole wheat flour, guisto's 20% bran, flour, water, fresh carrots, eggs, garlic, parsley and baking powder).  This is the only "grain" product he eats.

For a VERY special treat, he gets half a "macho stick" which is a dried, uh, bull's penis.  Much better than rawhide !!!

I get both of those at the SitStay.com store.  You can also get biscotti at DogToys.com. They come as teeny pieces that go a long way.

I also give him a whole carrot to munch on, or stalks from the broccoflower that I buy for my guinea pig.  Har loves veggies!

But he cannot eat any corn or nut type products.  He hates garlic, yogurt, olives!  He is almost 2 years post-Mast Cell Tumor (stage 1) and doing GREAT.  He's been raw since 10/98.