Every living being on this planet needs food to survive; but to enjoy true health and longevity, a balanced diet is essential.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet food be your medicine and medicine be your food.\u201d<\/strong> Our best friend, the dog, is no exception to this rule. If we truly want a physically and mentally healthy pet with a longer life expectancy, we must take its nutritional needs seriously. <\/p>\n We were born and raised in a world that taught us that our dog\u2019s food comes in bags \u2014 from the vet\u2019s shelves, pet shops, or even supermarkets. That\u2019s what we learned, and that\u2019s what we do. <\/p>\n We also grew up believing myths such as \u201craw meat makes dogs aggressive,\u201d \u201cit awakens their wild instincts,\u201d \u201cif they smell blood, they\u2019ll attack,\u201d or \u201cwe must kill before it eats our chickens.\u201d That\u2019s what we were told, and that\u2019s what we repeat. But perhaps it\u2019s time to question these ideas more deeply. <\/p>\n If we stop and think about these questions, we\u2019ll realize that somewhere along the way, we\u2019ve been taught wrong.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first documented answers came from Australian veterinarian Ian Billinghurst, who began questioning why diseases and premature deaths in our pets were on the rise. The answer was simple: poor nutrition. He based his research on what animals would naturally eat in the wild and studied their needs in depth. This theory quickly spread worldwide, with many renowned veterinarians contributing to its refinement \u2014 leading to what we now know as the B.A.R.F. diet (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food). <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every living being on this planet needs food to survive; but to enjoy true health and longevity, a balanced diet is essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[29,32,31,30],"class_list":["post-100061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-barf","tag-cat","tag-dog","tag-raw-food"],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/span>Hippocrates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
What is the BARF raw diet?<\/h2>\n
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B.A.R.F. is not a trend or something new; it is a return to the correct nutrition for our pets. Since 1993, it has been used around the world with consistently positive results. <\/p>\n