Twatha Utonagan

Pet Food manufacturers would have you believe that their product is the best food you could possibly give your animal, however, studies have shown that it is most likely the pet food and the repeated vaccinations that are shortening your pets lifespan.

Commercial Pet Food has only been available in the UK since the 1930's, reason dictates that is not enough time for our carnivorous pets to have "evolved" into being healthy from this diet's lack of meat content (see Pet Food page).

Our pets' breath, wind and waste alone would tell us we were sick if us humans had that problem.

There are many alternatives out there, all stating that they are "natural diets"; from the Herbal diet, to Home Cooked receipes. I cannot bring myself to believe that these are necessarily the "right" diet for our pets, but I do believe that they are better if only for the fact that they contain real meat and no added chemicals.

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I personally feed BARF (Bones and Raw food). I find that my pets no longer have breath problems, have wonderfully white teeth, sleeker softer coats and have proved to myself that it saves me money in vets fees simply because the animals heal twice as fast as the vets initial estimate.

Traditional Vets do not generally promote feeding BARF, and in fact I have had several arguments with vets about what they anticipate are the "dangers" of BARF. They quote "salmonella","bone splintering" and "increased worms", I have never had an occurence of bone splintering and have been assured that in fact healthy raw meat feed animals have a higher immunity to salmonella and worms anyway.

I have even been asked by the R.S.P.C.A why I didn't at least boil the meat, I asked him if he'd ever seen a wolf with a kettle.
For a study on the difference between feeding raw and cooked, please check Pottenger's Cats

Surely if there was such a huge "danger" to our animals eating fresh meat and bones then their races would have died out millenia ago.

People against this feeding method will also tell you that is it "very complicated", "alot of hard work", "difficult to get the balance right". The truth is that vets make a profit from selling you the food on their shelves. If you can cook a balanced diet for yourself and your family, why on earth couldn't you put together the same for your pet?

I am often asked what the cost of this feeding method is, as most people assume that it is more expensive than pre-packaged food, quite the contrary. My pets food bills are drastically reduced compared to when I feed commercial, as are my vets bills, my animals are healthier, have reduced odour and waste problems and I couldn't be happier with the results.

Current daily cost of food per dog = 39p + supplements (August 2005)

Try it for yourself, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.