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Hiya i am after a little advice on the BARF diet! is it expensive? can you mix it with dry biscuit food and where can you get it from?? any info would be great! 
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You have come to the right place.....Lots of Barf experts are on here....I am not one...but I am sure people will have lots of info to tell you.
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Hi Rachel Many of us use Natural Instinct - just google their website - and find it a very easy way to feed a BARF diet. It's a bit more expensive - but worth it for the convenience of having a complete food with the correct ration of meat/bone/veg, etc but you can replace some of the meals with supermarket foods such as chicken wings. There are other convenient ranges too such as Raw To Go and Nature's Menu. It's not advisable to mix it with any dry foods as they both digest at different rates. Some people feed BARF for one meal and kibble for another but not together.
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There are a few versions on here - just type BARF into the search panel on the side and take a peek !Hiya i am after a little advice on the BARF diet! is it expensive? can you mix it with dry biscuit food and where can you get it from?? any info would be great!
Here are a couple:
http://ilovemycockapoo.com/showthread.php?t=3122&highlight=BARF
http://ilovemycockapoo.com/showthread.php?t=1513&highlight=BARF
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thanks guys ill have a gander on google can you buy it it bulk,and does it come in sachets ? ive been told that the recognisable dog meats you can buy in supermarkets arent good for your dog and it makes them go to the toilet far more than they need to is this true?
can you buy it it bulk,and does it come in sachets ? ive been told that the recognisable dog meats you can buy in supermarkets arent good for your dog and it makes them go to the toilet far more than they need to is this true?
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I use rawtogo, they get raw/wet/dry food but never in the same meal- i change it a bit depending on whether i have got anything out of the freezer!
A bag from rawtogo (454g i think) does my 3 (lab/cocker/cockapoo) 1 meal- they are aroung 60-80p each, varying on what meat you get.
Depends on your dogs weight and age to how much they will need (adults 2-3% of bodyweight per day, puppies are more- upto 8%). Natural instinct or rawtogo would advise you on this.
A bag from rawtogo (454g i think) does my 3 (lab/cocker/cockapoo) 1 meal- they are aroung 60-80p each, varying on what meat you get.
Depends on your dogs weight and age to how much they will need (adults 2-3% of bodyweight per day, puppies are more- upto 8%). Natural instinct or rawtogo would advise you on this.
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It's more cost effective to buy it in bulk. Because it is raw food, it arrives frozen in tubs very similar to ice cream tubs. Either 450g or 1kg. The 1kg is approx 4 days food. Once defrosted keep it in the fridge. Or if mega organised, part defrost and divide it up into portions before freezing again.thanks guys ill have a gander on google
As for toilet, we've spoken many times on the raw diet giving them 1970's poo. Small, firm and dries to a White chalking substance if left out for a few day
low odour too.
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Hi Rachel, I have some info about the way I raw feed just here http://www.embees-cockapoos.co.uk/1/category/raw feeding/1.html
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I also use www.rawtogo.co.uk and can highly reccomend them. If you are a member of the Cockapoo Owners Club you are entitled to get 10% discount off your first order
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Ohhhh - I didn't realise that. I'm going to give that a go then as I expect it will be cheaper than NI.I also use www.rawtogo.co.uk and can highly reccomend them. If you are a member of the Cockapoo Owners Club you are entitled to get 10% discount off your first order
It does look cheaper, but doesn't include any veggies or supplements and there is no information on the site about these. I think that it would be good for someone who is already into BARF, has done lots of research and knows what they are doing, but I still would recommend Natural Instinct for a beginner as it is a complete food and the people there are so knowledgeable and helpful. NI is a really good, easy starting point.
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Thanks for the info guys. Could I use collards senior food for am and then barf for the pm meal? Or would you guys just stick completely to raw food?
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I would only use it to replace some meals not in place of NI. When I talked to NI they said replacing up to 5 meals a week with carcass, wings etc would not leave the dog short of the veg and supplements. At the moment Flo has around 4 carcass meals and 1 mackerel meal a week so R2G would just be another NI meal replacement option to keep the cost down. Maybe I'll also have a go at making a veg mix. There's good info here http://www.petforums.co.uk/dog-health-nutrition/111437-raw-feeding-everything-you-need-know.html
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I don't see why you couldn't do this although you'll only get the benefits of raw - like small, odourless poo - if you go completely raw. I think I might tend to do manufactured as the pm meal so it can be digested overnight when resting then raw as the am meal as it is more easily digested.
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Is there anyone on this forum that has a 5month old and feed them NI?
I'm just wondering do u know roughly how much it costs you per month.
I'm just trying to do my maths cause if I go ahead with the NI diet I will have to pay shipment from the uk to Ireland
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I'm just wondering do u know roughly how much it costs you per month.
I'm just trying to do my maths cause if I go ahead with the NI diet I will have to pay shipment from the uk to Ireland
Thanks
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Remy is 6 months old and was weaned onto NI. She currently has 1/3 kg per day. That would work out at 10 x 1kg tubs a month which for NI adult chicken would be £28.50 per month. If you replace some meals with carcass, sprats or mackerel then this brings the cost down a bit.
If you do buy from NI I can also recommend their frozen tripe. It takes Remy a good while to chew through and I feed a chunk as a treat or a meal replacement now and again too. It comes frozen so is natural with no additives and doesn't smell (stink!) like the dehydrated version http://www.naturalinstinct.com/products/Green-Tripe-Sticks.html
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Thanks for that. Sounds reasonable,must check out the shipping cost.
Thanks again.
I love your profile pic, so cute x
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If you buy the raw meet from the local butchers would I have to freeze the meet bfore feeding or can I give it him straight away?
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