| Re: What do you know about the BARF diet?
If my understnding is correct the term BARF has now been trademarked by Dr. Ian Billinghurst. He advocates meat, bones, veggies, and grains.
My dogs have been on raw for about 2-3 months now. After doing my own research (look in the food forum for other raw diet posts and follow the links contained) I have decided to feed raw bony meat, organs, fish, and veggies only as needed for bowel regulation. I do not feed grains as one of my dogs is allergic to all types of grains.
There are many ways to feed raw, perhaps a bettter term than BARF, since BARF refers to one style of feeding. Although Dr. Billlinghurst's information and studies are the cornerstone of raw feedign, the information is now a couple of decades old. Dr. Billinghurst also feels that dogs are omnivores vs carnivores, so his diet includes veggies and grains.
The choice is up to you.
My dogs get poultry RMB (ground necks and breast chunks, ground due to dental problems in one dog) for all AM meals, supplemented every other day (small dogs) with fish oil capsules straight form the aisles of Costco. The PM meal is a choice of boneless meat chunks, fish (I grind again), organ meat, organic liver at least 1x/week, and an occasional meaty bone meal such as beef rib bones (with meat attached, good dental factor, lots of gnawing and chewing) when I can find them on sale.
Your food can come from a variety of sources. My poultry comes from a co-op, my organic liver from a local butcher, muscle meat are a combo of tongue, heart, various others from co-op, and I also scout the grocery adds for anything on sale around $1/lb, fish from the local grocery, and other organs/gizzards from the co-op. I also have a slaughterhouse nearby that I'm trying to work out some arrangement for stuff they normally throw away to perhaps sell to our co-op.
There is no one right way to feed raw. Again, like kibble choices, it depends on your dog. | 
