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Grow Your Pups with Bones: BARF Programme for Breeding Healthy Dogs and Eliminating Skeletal Disease
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #236487 in Books
- Published on: 1998-08
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 406 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
This book is divided into three parts. Part 1: Feeding dogs with bones and raw food, Part 2: is about breeding and feeding, Part 3: Growth without developing HIP or elbow displaysia.
Customer Reviews
This book is a must
If you have a pup and are contemplating a BARF diet this book is a mustand a great addition to any library. If you have one of the larger breedespically a gaint(like me) give them best chance of a fantastic long lifewith the help of this book.
The only fault I found with this book isBillinghurst did not publish his refernces ( As Lonsdeal did in Raw MeatyBones). I personally would like to be able to corss referance some of thestudies that he mentions.
Your dog will thank you.
Whereas "Give your dog a Bone" is about the BARF diet in general, this book very much deals with the nutrition and care of puppies - from antenatal into adulthood. Once again, Mr Billinghurst is a tad repetitive, but it does get the point home. His advice is sound and thorough, from feeding and nutrition to exercise, and it does force you to question the commercial pet food industry and how it brainwashes our newly trained vets. It helps you to see that what is perhaps convenient and "tasteful" for us, is not good for our dogs. The section on bone diseases is heavy going, but sound, glaringly obvious and frightening. My 17 week old pup munches happily on her food as do my older dogs. She is calm and full of energy, lean and strong. I would NEVER go back to commercial foods even if I was paid.
A must for any dog breeder
I read this book after putting my three Airedale Terriers on the BARF diet with amazing results. This book goes into more detail of the problems caused by inappropriate feeding of our dogs, ie on commercial dog food. I found the chapter on hip dysplasia particularly informative and interesting. I wish more breeders would listen to Dr Billinghurst and his unique approach to dog nutrition. Most people feed their pups and bitches on tried and tested means and on advice from their vet, this book tells you all the things the vets don't. I know many dog breeders and I will certainly recommend they read this book. Excellent, read for yourself!
