BARF Diet

• BARF Pictorial - A pictorial created to educate people about the BARF diet in order to reduce the fear and misinformation about the subject. Includes written descriptions and photographs.
• Barfers Home Page - Information for pet owners and for suppliers of raw foods. FAQ, testimonials, and links to general, local, and breed-specific mailing lists.
• Dangers of Raw Meat - Reprinted with permission from Ralston Purina Canada.

• Dr. Ian Billinghurst - Small animal veterinary surgeon in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, is one of the BARF Pioneers.
• Dr Tom Lonsdale's Raw Meaty Bones - A BARF diet is the cornerstone of good health.
• Feeding Dogs Raw Bones: X-rays of Dogs With Bone Impactions - Article on the safety of feeding raw or cooked bones to dogs and cats.
• Feeding Raw Food to Pets - A Good or Bad Idea? - ProVet Healthcare information article.
• Feeding Your Pets BARF - A day to day journal on feeding your pets B.A.R.F.
• I Feed Barf - Pets 4Life article on reeding BARF to dogs, by Trina Nowak, B.Sc.Agr.
• Is Feeding Your Dog Raw Meat Safe? - Article asserts that feeding raw meat and bones is a dangerous fad.
• Live Food for Our Raw BARF Diet Dog - Learn about raw diets (aka BARF or live food diets) for your dog.
• Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats - Book Review by the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, for the above title by Kymythy R. Schultze, AHI.
• Naturally Healthy Pets - Site about the BARF (bones and raw food) diet and other pet health issues.
• Neospora Caninum and Raw Food Diets - Article by Larry A. Bernstein, VMD, about the disease causing organism Neospora caninum in raw food diets.
• Pet Necessities - Information on raw food for pets, and other pet health issues.
• Raw Dog Food - For those who already feed raw and want to learn more, and for those who want to start but are intimidated by the whole process of feeding raw food.
• Raw Feeding - Information on feeding raw diets to pets, for the layperson, veterinarians, breeders and universities.
• Raw Meat Diets for Companion Animals? - Article by Wendell Belfield, DVM, a holistic veterinarian who recommends against feeding raw meat and bones to pets.
• Raw Pet Food - Organic raw food is more nutritious. This is just one of the many articles available at the living and raw foods web site.
• Shebang's Natural Selection, Inc. - Raw natural diet for pet owners, by a Great Dane breeder. Also information on dog training, vaccinations and a variety of pet health supplements.
• A Step-by Step 'How-To' Prepare Raw Foods for Dogs and Cats. - Detailed photos and descriptions about how to make balanced, nutritious raw meals for cats and dogs, as well as articles, testimonials, nutritional and other information related to healthful living. Includes original herbal articles by author, Mary Wulff-Tilford.
• Switching to Raw - Book review on "Switching to Raw - A Fresh Food Diet for Dogs That Makes Sense" by Susan K Johnson. An introduction to feeding dogs using biologically appropriate raw foods.
• Waggs & Co - Delivers holistic and BARF food for dogs and cats, and offers nutritional advice.

• Canine Cuisine - Article on a BARF based canine cafe in Philadelphia. (February 8, 2001)

RELATED ARTICLES (News-Register)
This is the third, and with any luck, the last of my series of columns on canine cuisine. This week, I'm going to try to succinctly explore the topic of raw vs. processed food, home-cooked vs. commercially produced food, and supplements.