Grow Your Pups with Bones: The BARF Program For breeding Healthy Dogs And Eliminating Skeletal Disease Paperback – August 14, 1998

i would recommend this book for all dog owners. this is how nature intended dogs to eat. feeding kibble to dogs causes problems. this program prevents problems. I bought this as a gift for a friend. I have had a copy of this book since it first came out in 1998.

I REALLY GOT A LOT FROM THS BOOK

excellent material I can't leave without it, my dogs are healthier than ever I recommend it 100%, used book in excellent conditions, love it

for feeding raw it's a good book to have, lots of questions at first so this book helped a lot

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DR IAN BILLINGHURST METHOD OF FEEDING RAW MEATY BONESHIS BOOKS: RAW MEATY BONES; GIVE YOUR DOG A BONE; AND GROW YOUR PUPS WITH BONES ARE EXCELLENTI RAISED MY HIMALAYA MASTIFF THIS WAY IT WAS INEXPENSIVE AND HE LIVED HEALTHILY FOR NEARLY TWENTY YEARS(A LARGE BREED FED COMMERCIAL FEEDS BARELY SURVIVE 6 YEARS BEFORE DYING FROM THE TOXICITY OF NAME BRAND DOG FOODS)HE HAD FREE RANGE CHICKEN LEGS AS THE MAIN STAPLEKEPT FROZEN THEN RINSED AND PAPER TOWEL DRIED AND SERVEDSUPPLEMENTED A KELP BASED POWDER MADE BY THE ORIGINAL SOLID GOLD DOG FOOD COMPANYGOOD COLD-PRESSED UNFILTERED OILS, GHEE, AND VARIOUS LEFT OVERS FROM OUR MAINLY VEGETARIAN TABLE BOTH RAW AND COOKEDWE NEVER VACCINATED WHICH I FIRMLY BELIEVE ALSO PROTECTED HIS HEALTHIF NECESSARY WE WOULD BE USING HOMEOPATHICS - WHICH WERE NEVER NECESSARY AS HE WAS COMPLETELY HEALTHYHE EVEN HAD GOOD PURE CHOCOLATE FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT ANY ADVERSE EFFECTSHIS EVERY DAY WAS STRONG AND HEALTHY ...EXCEPTING WHEN ONE VET CAME TO OUR HOME AND TRIED TO KILL HIM WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION OVERDOSING HIM ON A BIG SHOT OF MORPHINE - WHICH HE ALSO SURVIVED - MUCH TO THE VETS SURPRISE AS HE SAID,QUOTE: I HAVE GIVEN HIM ENOUGH TO KILL AN ELEPHANT :END QUOTEI DID HAVE TO HELP KEEP HIM BREATHING FOR A FEW HOURS AND I SHOULD STILL SUE THAT HORRIBLE OLD MAN VETI THINK HE DID SHORTEN HIS LONG LIFE WITH THIS DESPICABLE ACTIONTHE GRASS OUTSIDE WHERE HE LEFT HIS BODILY GIFTS WAS VERDANT AND VIOLETS WOULD GROWNO PLANT WAS EVER HARMED BY HIS URINE AND POO YET RATHER ENRICHED BY IT AS NATURE INTENDED(VERY DIFFERENT FOR FOLKS FEEDING COMMERCIAL FEEDS WHERE DOGS EVACUATIONS KILL THE GRASS - THAT IS TEACHING US SOMETHING)YES THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO FEED RAW BONES - AND NEVER FEED COOKED BIRD BONES OF ANY KIND NOT CHICKEN, TURKEY, DUCK, QUAIL, NO COOKED BIRD BONES OF ANY KIND AS THEY WILL SPLINTER INSIDE HARMING THE BODY - ONLY FEED RAW BONES TO YOUR COMPANIONSBEST WISHES FOR YOU AND YOURS ~ HEALTHY LONG LIVES TO YOU ALL

I fed a home cooked dog food for about 13 years before switching my dogs to raw. It was not an easy change for me and I found the Billinghurst books to be a great introduction and guide for the beginner. The only other raw feeding book available to me at the time was a difficult read for me where Billinghurst was "down to earth" and easy to understand. I've also learned that there are as many ways to feed raw as there are people feeding raw to their dogs and cats. The guidelines in these books are sound and the information is useful. Each person will adapt the diet to the resources available where they live and their own knowledge and experiences. I've been feeding raw now for about 14 years and am happy with the results. I owe a lot of that to Billinghurst.

Billinghurst works hard to help people understand the nutritional needs of dogs in the wild. I have been following his nutrition for my Shiba Inu pups since they came to me, and I can attest to the following:- glossy, shiny coats with no skin conditions to speak of- healthy teeth- outstanding energy- right weight, no obesity/fattiness to my dogs- sweet breath even after they're a year old- smell great, very few baths needed- no impacted teeth - all came loose naturally- love chilling out with their bones- healthy, hard stools (no anal gland draining needed, ever)- no waste of meat scraps/veggies around the house (we use after juicing pulp and mix it in)If people ate as well as my dogs do (thanks to Billinghurst) I know that we would have a healthier country!!! While it may seem like a little more work, the health and well being of my babies makes it well worth the effort. His style is enthusiastic and he really drives all of his points home.

Okay, I know Billinghurst is considered the raw feeding guru, but this book is seriously over-long and over-done. So many people want to make raw feeding seem difficult and complex, but truly, it isn't! Books like this that are overblown only feed that myth. This book is twice as long as it needs to be because the author repeats himself over and over, that is, when he's not dispensing some truly terrible (and dangerous) advice (grapes? really??).A much, much better book in my opinion is Raw Dog Food by Carina Beth MacDonald. Her book is concise, witty and incredibly helpful to the raw diet beginner. She gives you everything you need to know to begin and maintain your dog on a healthy raw diet.Here's the thing to always remember about raw feeding and the one thing that I believe is the biggest stumbling block to many a raw food feeding wanna-be's: YOU don't get every single vitamin and mineral every single day, in every single meal. Your dog doesn't need this either. So relax. Some days he'll get more meat, some days more bones, other days a bit more veggies, or types of veggies, etc. You just want to be able to say at the end of the week, that overall, he got a good variety and it all balanced out over the week. See? Not so bad when you understand it this way. :-)

If your feeding your pups a raw barf diet this is a must for your library

Great book I was already feeding my breeding small breed dogs barf with excellent results this book enlightened me to fine tuning my recipes with missing elements.

Very useful information!

Interesting read.

Great condition, great information.