Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF)
Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF) is a raw diet designed to provide dogs with a homemade diet consisting of raw meaty bones, muscle meat, vegetables, and fruit while eliminating all processed foods and grains. A complete BARF diet for dogs consists of 70% muscle meat, 10% raw edible bone, 5% liver, 5% other-secreting organ, and 10% vegetables and fruit.
What it is?
One commonly used species-appropriate diet is a BARF diet, which comprises 70% meat, 10% bone, 10% organ meat, and 10% vegetables for fiber.
How to feed?
Since dogs do not have flat molars, jaw structure that moves side to side, or salivary amylase to begin the digestion process of carbohydrates in the mouth, the veggies and fruit you feed must be pureed, steamed, or fermented so that the nutrients are easily digested and absorbed. Fruits, especially vegetables, are almost impossible to break down when in their whole form, so feeding them raw and whole defeats the purpose.