A brief update

Taking the time to concoct fresh meals for your dog is a rewarding activity for the loving owners, which we all are here! And we who dedicate our days to such preparations know best!

But let’s take a closer look at the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of these home-made preparations.

To begin with, the diet we will discuss here is the BARF diet.

In a few words, it consists of feeding your dog a diet based on raw meat, meaty bones, fish, offal, and a small amount of mixed fruits and vegetables.

Prepared with the right proportions, this carnivorous diet is naturally adapted to a dog’s body.

Pros and cons

And we all surely agree on this: giving natural and unprocessed ingredients to our dogs is definitely a gift we give them.

But beware! Although always well-intentioned, preparing meals for dogs can be counterproductive when done without sufficient training.

Dogs are carnivores with different nutritional needs to us humans. Just because a meal is prepared with fresh, natural ingredients does not guarantee its nutritional balance.

That’s why at Babarf we vote YES to homemade meals, but NO to random preparations made in the dark.

• Fatty acids that are too low in dosage -> will result in a bad coat
• Insufficient calcium -> reduced bone reserves
• Low vitamin D levels -> low calcium absorption
• Inadequate trace elements -> can lead to anemia
• Low protein content -> muscle atrophy

This is a non-exhaustive list. Rather, it is intended to give you an idea of the importance of each of the elements in the diet and their quantities.

Feeding your dog naturally: investing or not investing?

You’ve done your research and you have come to the conclusion that a natural diet is the ideal option for your dog.

There are two possibilities:

Buying rations that are custom-made and perfectly dosed for your dog, is one.

Getting information and training in the preparation of rations in order to carry out the whole of the rations, while profiting from an adapted follow-up, is another one.

Our experience

At Babarf, we started out cooking individually for our own dogs and now we cook for yours as well. Today, we cook for more than just a pack: each one by one, custom-made, day after day!

So let us share with you the ins and outs of our experience.

When you consider cooking for your dog at home, Pinterest will make it look like a breeze. Chicken and zucchini and some sardines when they’re on sale at the corner store. Easy, right? We’ve learned that it’s not always as easy as they say and that the potential financial savings don’t make up for the potential nutritional imbalances or the time spent creating the individual meals.

And so, after considering this brief update to clear the air, we will conclude as follows:

Whatever the chosen solution, we are delighted to see every day bipeds making the choice of natural for their pooch.