Introduction

 

For thousands of millenniums, our canine and feline companions have subsisted on diets of raw meats and human dinner scraps. Around 60 years ago, pet foods began growing in popularity, supplanting the more natural diets of our dogs and cats. The past 10 years, however, have seen a rise in the raw food diets, often called "BARF" diets for bones and raw foods, or biologically appropriate raw foods.

Feeding these diets is relatively simple. Most pet owners notice improvements in one or more qualities of their companions.

These include shinier hair coat, better body muscle to fat ratios, cleaner teeth and breath, decreased itching, normalized energy levels, improved urinary tract health, better resistance to infections, increased mobility with a decrease in arthritis pain, decreased allergy symptoms, and little to no hairballs in cats. (Top)