Ok so here's the thing...Biscuit is getting fed a natural diet but it is not the
BARF diet exactly. The BARF diet seems to be quite a long process to deal with, and frankly I know that I would tire of it very quickly! However I want to make sure that Biscuit is getting everything she needs. Right now I'm just feeding her a diet that I had Nacho on (but with different bones...Nacho got fattier bones) and she does quite well on it. Her poops are small and turn white within a day which I know is a sign of a healthy dog!
Basically I want to cheat a little on the BARf diet...I don't have a proper kitchen (like I have a sink and a stove...that's it!) and it would be too much to prepare meals for the dog as well as us.
Right now I cook her up a meal and freeze it and I usually get around two weeks worth of meals for her. This suits me great cause I can prepare it when I have time and then it's just as quick as opening up a can!
So here is what I feed her now:
chicken necks for breakfast (she's dieting so chicken necks are a lot less fatty than meaty bones)
dinner is a mixture of cooked burger mince (I don't like dog mince for her...seems to fattening for me!), frozen vegetables and a bit of rice (to make it spread further more than anything!)
It's two kilos of mince, 1 kilo of vegies and 2 cups of rice.
I also put a sauce over the top of it but that's just for my benefit cause the smell of mince makes me gag! Oh and I add a calcium supplement into that too!
I was thinking I could start making 1.5kg of mince, 1.5kg of vegetables and still add the rice (and the sauce
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I was thinking that I could mix her dinner up with some raw egg before I give it to her and when I do have a bit more time (weekends etc.) I could give her a change and feed her a meaty bone (to work those teeth and gums more), fish and vegetables (canned fish, raw vegetables..although I think I might need to add something to it to get her to eat the raw vegetables! Nacho loved munching on vegies, Biscuit refuses to!) and adding megaderm to her diet instead.
So guys what do you think?? I still give her manufactured dog treats (smacko's, liver treats when training etc.) so this is just her meals! Any input would be greatly appreciated! But please try and keep it simple...like I said it is impossible for me to prepare two meals at once and I'm too lazy to spend two hours in the kitchen each day!
Yes, I completely agree with you, feeding the BARF diet takes A LOT of work... I spend about 4 hrs per day feeding my animals. But, it's well worth it, as before I started this way of nutrition, my dogs had coat problems as well as were a bit overweight. Now they are 100% healthy. I'm going to list what is 'acceptable' for a balanced diet using the BARF way, but it looks like you are on the right track!
I have such weird dogs. I've trained them since they were pups to eat them 
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