Diamond Paws
BARF Puppy Menu
Our diet is based on Dr. Billinghurst BARF diet books
This Diet plan is for our Staffordshire Bull Terriers who are under 3 months of age. Your plan may be different depending on your area and breed.
Puppy Milk
(Usually given when mom weans her puppies. May be given at any time though, even to adult dogs)
1
cup or 250ml of Goats milk (cows milk may be used but it is
harder to digest, Goats milk is much better)
1 teaspoon of natural unprocessed honey
1 teaspoon of flax seed oil
1 raw egg (no shells)
1 junket tablet (thickener) This can be left out.
1 teaspoon of natural nondairy yogurt
Several drops of liquid vitamins, multi B and C (20 drops of each)
If you need to make more than this multiple the amounts by how many cups of goats milk you use. For example if you use 3 cups of goats milk than you would use 3 eggs, 3 teaspoons of yogurt etc.
Put all of this is a blender and mix very well. The liquid should froth a bit. Put the blender jar in hot water or you can pour the contents into a bottle and put that in hot water, stirring occasional.
As the mixture gets warmer it should get thicker. This is what you want. When it reaches room temperature it is ready to be given to the puppies. What is left can be put in the refrigerator and stored until needed again.
Puppy Mush *
1
teaspoon of kelp powder
1 teaspoon of flax seed oil
2 gloves of garlic
1/2 whole Romaine (COS) lettuce
Add some other veggies, start with 1 or 2 and small amounts and slowly increase over several weeks (see adult menu for veggies to use),
Blend until all veggies are chopped very well, next add
1
large spoonful of cottage cheese
1 large spoonful of natural yogurt
2 eggs with shells
3 chicken livers OR 1 slice of beef liver
Blend until all is mixed and blended together, empty into a big bowl
Add ground beef or chicken or turkey to fill the rest of the blender. We prefer to use chicken carcass mince available at your pet store
With large spoon mix very well, stirring until the meat mince is completely blended with the veggie mix
* With young pups make sure there is more meat than veggies. Over a period of weeks, slowly increase the amount of veggies used. It you put too much veggie’s in, the pups may not eat it. Continue to feed this until you feel the pup is ready to switch to the adult menu.
Basically any fruits will do all blended together. Start out with say apples and bananas to make sure your puppy will eat these, then add oranges, kiwi fruit etc. You do not want to feed any seeds or pits from any fruit. Make sure you remove these before they are blended together.
Breakfast – RMB’s
Lunch – meat mince
Snack – fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner – puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
Breakfast – RMB’s
Lunch – meat mince
Snack - fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner – puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
Wednesday
Breakfast – Whole lamb shank (they will not be able to chew the bone at first but it gives jaw exercise to pull off the meat) Allow them to keep the bone for daily recreational chewing.
Lunch – meat mince
Snack – fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner - puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
Breakfast – RMB’s
Lunch – meat mince
Snack – fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner - puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
Breakfast – RMB’s
Lunch – meat mince
Snack – fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner - puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
Breakfast – Whole lamb shank (they will not be able to chew the bone at first but it gives jaw exercise to pull off the meat) Allow them to keep the bone for daily recreational chewing.
Lunch – meat mince
Snack – fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner - puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
Breakfast – RMB’s
Lunch – meat mince
Snack – fruit mush with puppy milk
Dinner – puppy mush, top with scoop of natural yogurt lightly mix
RMB (Raw meaty bones)
Chicken necks
Chicken wings
Lamb shanks
Ground meat mince
Roo mince
Rabbit mince
Duck mince
Offal mince (organ meat, beef heart, liver, kidneys, brains etc.)
60% raw meaty bones
15% crushed vegetables & fruit
25% meat mince & offal (organ meat, heart, liver, kidneys, brains, stomach (Tripe), intestines etc.)
Please understand that these are only guidelines and are not meant to replace the advice of your vet. In order to fully understand feeding a raw diet based on Dr. Billinghurst books, you will need to read, “Grow your pups with bones” and “The BARF diet”. These books will explain how to calculate the daily feeding amounts.
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