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BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
Depends if you feed high or low grade commercial food IMO, my two are fed Orijen and Wainwrights and regularly fed raw meat, chicken wings etc!
Think i'll have to vote commercial as it's their main diet!
Think i'll have to vote commercial as it's their main diet!

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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
I voted commercial.
However only as it is a diet that offers me the easy way out of knowing that what i am feeding contains all the right amount of suppliments, vitamins, minerals etc that my dogs need.
BARF is a great diet if fed correctly
However only as it is a diet that offers me the easy way out of knowing that what i am feeding contains all the right amount of suppliments, vitamins, minerals etc that my dogs need.
BARF is a great diet if fed correctly

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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
I have voted for commercial.
As you probably all know, I feed my two on Arden Grange and they both thrive on it.
They also get sardines mixed in and chicken wings etc which they love.
If I had the space etc then I would probably consider feeding a BARF diet, but as it is, I do not have enough storgae space to do so.
Commercial food such as AG is so easy to get hold of, delivered to my door and a 15kg bag last my two about 6 weeks, so it is very cheap for me too feed this kind of diet.
All the dogs I have met which have been fed on a BARF diet look amazing - but tbh, my guys look great too! If they didn't then that would be another desiding factor to change.
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As you probably all know, I feed my two on Arden Grange and they both thrive on it.
They also get sardines mixed in and chicken wings etc which they love.
If I had the space etc then I would probably consider feeding a BARF diet, but as it is, I do not have enough storgae space to do so.
Commercial food such as AG is so easy to get hold of, delivered to my door and a 15kg bag last my two about 6 weeks, so it is very cheap for me too feed this kind of diet.
All the dogs I have met which have been fed on a BARF diet look amazing - but tbh, my guys look great too! If they didn't then that would be another desiding factor to change.
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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
I voted comemrcial

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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
I haven't voted at all lol, I really like the idea of a BARF diet, but it takes up a lot of room and a lot of planning. I am also concerned that I wouldn't know how much is enough, or indeed too much to feed if there was some sort of standard such as x amount of kg of meat and x amount of kg of veg per x amount of kg of weight then I would possibly consider it as I do think with 4 dogs it would probably work out cheaper.

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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
Thats where I get my stuff from Emma, its only ten minutes from my house and you can't get lost you go through Cannock Chase and follow the smell of tripe



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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
lmfao thats it blame the Tripe and not your smelly feet
, your not to far away from me , but they said 4 quid delivery so cant grumble with that 
, your not to far away from me , but they said 4 quid delivery so cant grumble with that 

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Probably costs me that in petrol!

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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
i voted for commercial ,i dont like the idea of preparing the barf diet i wouldnt know where to start and my Trainer put me off talking about tripe and the colour of it
, Trouble has a delicate stomach even down to the flavours of food can affect him he has harringtons and is fine on the lamb and rice flavour but if he has the chicken and veg flavour lets say the other end is double the
, so in light of this i just dont think the barf diet would suit him much
, Trouble has a delicate stomach even down to the flavours of food can affect him he has harringtons and is fine on the lamb and rice flavour but if he has the chicken and veg flavour lets say the other end is double the
, so in light of this i just dont think the barf diet would suit him much
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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
You would just have to steer clear of chicken. No major issue.squidgy82000 wrote:i voted for commercial ,i dont like the idea of preparing the barf diet i wouldnt know where to start and my Trainer put me off talking about tripe and the colour of it, Trouble has a delicate stomach even down to the flavours of food can affect him he has harringtons and is fine on the lamb and rice flavour but if he has the chicken and veg flavour lets say the other end is double the
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, so in light of this i just dont think the barf diet would suit him much
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Re: BARF diet Vs Commercial dog food
Mine is on a barf diet and loves it. In fact he turns his nose uo at kibble and tin foods are a sure fire way to give your dog
invoking flatulance as well as very horrid and more
invoking stools to clean up.
invoking flatulance as well as very horrid and more
invoking stools to clean up.
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