How to Get Started Feeding the Barf Diet for Puppies Puppies and adult dogs thrive on healthy pet food. Breeders and vets are often good sources of information on how to feed your new puppy, and there is also lots of good information available about animal nutrition on-line. What if your breeder has not kept up with all that information or what if your vet is not educated on nutrition? You will want to know the best way to feed your puppy, and that the most natural dog food available is raw and grain free. Many people are feeding their dogs bones and raw food (barf), but what about the barf diet for puppies? Are you wondering if it is complicated? It is very simple if you design your pup’s diet so that it is similar to what wolves eat in the wild; they eat a variety of prey animals, and they usually eat the whole animal. Perhaps you are wondering where to start? Breeders often start feeding the barf diet for puppies when pups are only a few weeks old, and good breeders will be happy to educate puppy buyers about why and how to feed the b.a.r.f. diet. Puppies that are fed commercially prepared pet food may be switched over to raw food easily. Start with chicken necks or ground chicken with the bone ground in. Add some pureed or juiced fresh veggies (about 25% of the meal) to the ground meat and watch your pup devour the meal. Add new varieties of meats and vegetables on a regular basis. Keep in mind how important raw bones are to your pup and feed him lots of them. Bones are important nutritionally to provide minerals like calcium, and to balance the phosphorus in meat. Physically, bones are important in providing exercise to the jaw and facial muscles, and to ensure a good foundation for teeth. You will be amazed at how well your new pup will do on the barf diet for puppies. Check out Grow Your Pups with Bones by Ian Billinghurst D.V.M., or e-books from other nutritional experts to support you, while you learn about feeding puppies.