Hello all, firstly, my apologies for posting this as I am sure it may have been covered quite a bit.
We are currently feeding our pup on kibble but considering switching to BARF, after reading up on it from a few sources.
The reason that we are considering switching is due to the following.
We brought our pup home at just over 12 weeks, the 2nd or 3rd night we had him home he had diarrhoea really bad which then had bits of blood in it. We got him to the vets and they put him on a course of metronidazole followed by a course of probiotic paste.
The vets also advised us to mix some cooked rice with his meals to help form his poos. We took the decision to remove the rice as it was coming out as it went in! His poos did start forming but have been very inconsistent in that some will be quite well formed and then they will be creamy. His poos have now been inconsistent for a couple of weeks.
He is back at the vets tomorrow morning for this reason and also that in a number of poos today they have been thoroughly littered with what looks like tiny grains of rice (I mean a lot!!) he has had full courses of worming and flea treatments, so unsure if it is the aftermath of the treatment or whether some cheeky type of worm has slipped past the treatment. He had his last dose 2 weeks ago.
So this had added to us wanting to go au naturel and give him BARF, we have read from a source (Lab owner and breeder) to just go full turkey onto the BARF, but to start with one type of protein and then after set time add a 2nd type of protein etc etc. We have read that he should get around 10% of his bodyweight, which in Hunters case would be 1.1KG as he is 11KG. (If my maths is correct!?) now is that per day or is that per meal. We were thinking of starting him on 3x times a day due to age and then down to 2x a day once he is older.
Any help or advice from owners who feed their labs on BARF would be much appreciated and I thank you for taking the time to read. I also hope that this makes sense!
Regards.
We are currently feeding our pup on kibble but considering switching to BARF, after reading up on it from a few sources.
The reason that we are considering switching is due to the following.
We brought our pup home at just over 12 weeks, the 2nd or 3rd night we had him home he had diarrhoea really bad which then had bits of blood in it. We got him to the vets and they put him on a course of metronidazole followed by a course of probiotic paste.
The vets also advised us to mix some cooked rice with his meals to help form his poos. We took the decision to remove the rice as it was coming out as it went in! His poos did start forming but have been very inconsistent in that some will be quite well formed and then they will be creamy. His poos have now been inconsistent for a couple of weeks.
He is back at the vets tomorrow morning for this reason and also that in a number of poos today they have been thoroughly littered with what looks like tiny grains of rice (I mean a lot!!) he has had full courses of worming and flea treatments, so unsure if it is the aftermath of the treatment or whether some cheeky type of worm has slipped past the treatment. He had his last dose 2 weeks ago.
So this had added to us wanting to go au naturel and give him BARF, we have read from a source (Lab owner and breeder) to just go full turkey onto the BARF, but to start with one type of protein and then after set time add a 2nd type of protein etc etc. We have read that he should get around 10% of his bodyweight, which in Hunters case would be 1.1KG as he is 11KG. (If my maths is correct!?) now is that per day or is that per meal. We were thinking of starting him on 3x times a day due to age and then down to 2x a day once he is older.
Any help or advice from owners who feed their labs on BARF would be much appreciated and I thank you for taking the time to read. I also hope that this makes sense!
Regards.