My dog was sick. She had bad skin and crusty sores all over. One eye was completely swollen from a sore on her eyelid. She scratched continually.
After visiting several local vets and spending $1500 on medicine, tests, experimental food and vet bills, they said she had an allergy. This seemed like a basic dog skin problem yet the vets were willing to give her steroids, take biopsies and incur huge bills without ever solving the problem. I finally decided I knew more about my dog than they did.
I spent some time researching dog health and dog allergies. I learned that dogs could get food allergies - especially allergies to grains. That made perfect sense since wild dogs aren't able to cook wheat or rice. I also found out that dogs can become suddenly allergic to food that they've been eating for years. Then, I discovered the BARF diet (Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods or Bones).
I changed her diet and her life that very day. She'd been living on Kirkland brand kibble for more than five years and now she was eating fruit, vegetables and raw meat. It was shocking to her at first but her health improved by leagues. The first thing that happened was that her teeth became really clean. Within two weeks, her skin was healthy and her coat was shiny. Her energy came back.
My dog weighs in at around 100 pounds. I feed her once a day. She gets some fruit and/or vegetables such as pureed carrots that have been cooked or green beans. She also likes fruit such as applesauce, strawberries and overripe bananas. Of course she won't go for the vegetables or fruit unless she's hungry so I feed her that and when she's done, I give her the raw meat and bones. Organs are very good but not too much on one day. Beef marrow bones seemed to really help her immune system. Raw food is not as expensive or time consuming as it might seem. It's easy to develop a system to keep your dog happy. I buy enough meat for a week or two, divide it up and freeze it.
Some of her meals include:
1- half a raw chicken (remove the breasts for yourself first) -- bones, liver and all
2-a beef knuckle bone, three chicken thighs, and a beef marrow bone · some beef liver and a turkey thigh
3- half a dozen eggs shells and all blended with some fruit or vegetable and a meaty beef bone
4- some combination of meat and bones with organ meat at least once or twice a week
She thrives on raw chicken (bones and all) even though cooked chicken bones reputedly cause choking in dogs. That seems to make sense because wild dogs catch and eat birds. Her digestion is more efficient because her diet is not filled with dried grains. She doesn't drink as much and she only has to go out one time each a day.
I encourage you to think about what nature intended for dogs, research and experiment conservatively. Offer your dog different foods to see what she likes. After years of poor diet, it only took six short weeks for my dog to regain her health. I would recommend a raw food diet for every dog.
by
Monique Verrier
Friday, January 4, 2008
Saturday, December 22, 2007
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If you're serious about your Bichon Frise and want the happiest, healthiest and most well behaved Bichon Frise on the block..... this might be one of the most important messages you ever read.
The Good News
I would love to help you have the best possible experience with your Bichon. They have certainly changed my life for the better! I want to help prevent you losing hundreds of dollars in health related costs by buying right and just as importantly caring for your Bichon in the best possibly way. The right diet, exercise and care really make all the difference. A Bichon does NOT have to be expensive to look after once you know what you are doing!
It 's my wish that you become one of the many happy Bichon owners I have helped over the years who are so proud when family or friends drop in and see their Bichon. Won't it feel great to have your friends and other dog owners marvel at how well trained, healthy and well groomed your Bichon is? There's nothing like seeing the effect a well groomed Bichon has on people is there!
To help make this happen for you a new e-book was written "Insiders Guide To A Happy, Healthy & Well Behaved Bichon Frise"
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