ʻO ka mea nāna i hana ka papa ʻaina BARF he kauka holoholona ʻAukekulelia, ʻo Dr Billinghurst, nāna i kākoʻo i ka hoʻi ʻana i kahi papaʻai kūlohelohe no nā ʻīlio, a no laila ke hoʻi nei i kahi papaʻai e like me ke ʻano o ka ʻīlio hae. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo ia i ka meaʻai ʻīlio ʻoihana no ka mea he kuleana ia no ke ʻano o kekahi o nā maʻi a nā ʻīlio e kū nei i kēia lā. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o nā cereala, nā mea hoʻohui a me nā preservatives i ka hana ʻana i nā meaʻai a ka ʻīlio e pilikia. Manaʻo pū ʻo ia ke kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai i nā meaʻai a luku hoʻi i kekahi o nā wikamina a me nā pono e pono ai. Hoʻohui ʻia, ke kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai ke kumu o nā mole carcinogenic e ʻike ʻia i loko o ka meaʻai.

Hoʻokaʻawale ka papaʻai BARF i ka hana i nā meaʻai i kuke ʻia mai ka ration. Pēlā e hānai nui ʻia ai ka ʻīlio me nā ʻāpana o ka ʻiʻo maka (moa, hipa, a pēlā aku) a me nā iwi me ka ʻiʻo ma luna o lākou. No ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi papaʻai kaulike, ua kōkua ʻia ka ration me nā lauʻai a me nā huaʻai, nā aila, nā wikamina a me nā limu i kekahi manawa.

ʻAʻohe noiʻi e hōʻike ana he pono maoli ka papaʻai BARF i ke olakino ʻīlio. ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau, i koi ʻia e ka mea hana, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau e koi ai i kēia ʻano hana hānai iā ʻoe.

I mea e hāʻawi ai i kahi papaʻai BARF pololei, paipai ʻo Dr Billinghurst e hāhai i nā kumu nui ʻehā.

1. Pono e hana i ka ʻāpana nui o ka ration i nā iwi momona, ʻo ia hoʻi i uhi ʻia me nā ʻiʻo maka.
2. Pono ka maka o nā kumu āpau (a i ʻole ka hapa nui)
3. Pono e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka meaʻai i hāʻawi ʻia, nā iwi ʻiʻo wale nō nā paʻa mau o kēia ration.
4. ʻAʻole like me ka papaʻai ʻoihana e hōʻike i kahi meaʻai kaulike i kēlā me kēia pāʻina, kaʻai BARF, kūlohelohe, hoʻomanawanui i ka papaʻai e kaulike ʻia ma ka manawa (i loko o nā mahina he nui).

E kuapo mai kahi hānai ʻoihana i kahi hānai BARF pono e mālama i nā lula ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka lāʻau ʻai o ka ʻīlio i ka meaʻai maka a me nā iwi pū kekahi.

Pili ka nui i hāʻawi ʻia i ka paona o ka ʻīlio. Hiki ke ʻimi i nā hoʻomoana BARF ma nā pūnaewele loea.

ʻO ka hoihoi mua o ka papa ʻaina BARF ka hoʻi i ka papaʻai maoli. ʻAe iā ʻoe e loaʻa hou ka kaohi o ka maikaʻi a me ke ʻano o nā mea i hāʻawi ʻia i kāu ʻīlio.

ʻOi aku ka digestible ka meaʻai maka i kaʻiʻo. Hoʻohui hou, hoʻohana hou ka ʻīlio i kona waha a me ka digestive tract e like me ke ʻano, i ʻae iā ia e loaʻa kahi hoʻomaʻemaʻe waha maikaʻi aʻe. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka iwi mauʻu e pale i ka hoʻouka ʻana o ka tartar.

Ma ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kāna hana kūlohelohe i ka digestive tract, ka maikaʻi o ka ʻōnaehana digestive a pēlā e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ai ka ʻōnaehana pale o ka hope (pēlā e pale ai i ka ʻīlio mai nā parasites a me nā bacteria i hiki ʻole ke hoʻopau ʻia e ke kuke ʻana).

ʻO ka ʻīlio, ma ka ʻai ʻana iā BARF, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomohala hou i nā maʻi e hoʻopili ʻia e ka hānai ʻenehana a me ka kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai: nā maʻi digestive, nā maʻi periodontal, nā maʻi ʻaʻai, a pēlā aku.

Haʻahaʻa ka papa ʻaina BARF i nā ʻōpelu (ʻo ka ʻiʻo a me nā iwi ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā kō) maikaʻi loa ia no nā ʻīlio diabetic a me nā ʻīlio momona. ʻAe iā lāua ʻelua e hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i kā lākou kō kō a hoʻēmi maʻalahi i ka lawe ʻana o ka calorie o ka ration.

Aia kahi pilikia o ka lawe ʻia ʻana o nā pathogens (bacteria, virus, parasite, a pēlā aku) i pepehi wale ʻia me ka kuke lōʻihi a i ʻole ka hau. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā ʻīlio hānai ʻia me kaʻiʻo maka kahi kumu o ka haumia o ko lākou kaiapuni (no laila ke noho nei nā kānaka a noho ʻole paha me lākou). Hiki ke maʻalahi a maʻalahi kēia mau pathogens i nā kānaka. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia, no ka laʻana, o salmonella i loaʻa ma 80% i ka papaʻai o nā ʻīlio BARF Kelemania i hānai ʻia me ka moa maka.

A laila, hoʻonāwaliwali loa ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā iwi i ka hana a ka ʻīlio. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka ʻai ʻana o ka iwi ke hana i nā liona koʻikoʻi i nā ʻīlio, mai ka waha o ka waha a i ka anus, hiki i ka iwi haʻihaʻi ke lilo i kino haole perforating no ka digestive tract a me nā membrane mucous e laina iā ia.

Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā iwi i nā nui he nui e hoʻonui i ka BARF i ka calcium a me ka phosphor e hana i nā pilikia maoli a me nā malformations i ka ulu ʻana o nā pēpē, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻano nui.

Eia kekahi, paʻakikī ka ration i ke kaulike, ʻoiai ke holo nei ka manawa, kahi e hana ai i nā hemahema i kekahi mau ʻīlio a i ʻole imbalances i nā holoholona e loaʻa ana i nā maʻi metabolic e like me ka holo pono ʻole o ka renal.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo kaʻai BARF e pili ana i ka hoʻomākaukau a me ke kaupaona ʻana ma mua o nā ʻano mea like ʻole o ka ration e like me nā mea kanu i hoʻoulu ʻia a me nā ʻāpana o kaʻiʻo. ʻOiai ʻo ka papaʻai, ʻo ka "homemade" ke ʻano he koho ʻē aʻe i ka hānai ʻoihana, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kuleana holoholona āpau ke hāʻawi i kahi papaʻai kaulike a maikaʻi hoʻi i kā lākou holoholona. I loko o kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma 2014, ua ʻike ʻia ʻoiai me ka hoʻolālā pono kikoʻī a hiki i 70% o nā ʻohana home i hāʻawi ʻia i ka wā lōʻihi ʻaʻole kaulike.

I kēia lā ʻaʻohe aʻo e pili ana i ka pilina o kēia papaʻai. Pēlā nō, aia kekahi mau noiʻi e pili ana i nā pilikia olakino o kēia papaʻai no nā ʻīlio a me nā kānaka. Pono nā noiʻi ʻepekema hou aʻe e pili ana i kēia papaʻai e hōʻoia i ka pono o nā ʻīlio āpau. ʻO ke kūmole ʻoi loa i kēia lā ka ʻike o nā mea nona a me nā mea hānai nāna i hoʻohana i kēia hana e hānai i kā lākou ʻīlio.

I ka loaʻa ʻole o ka noiʻi ʻepekema hiki ʻole i kāu kauka holoholona ke hoʻokau iā ia iho ma kēia papaʻai. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe e ʻike koke i nā pilikia olakino i hiki ke pili a pili ʻole paha i kāna papaʻai BARF.

I ka nānā ʻana i nā loiloi nutritional meaʻai, pono e kaupaona ʻia nā mea maikaʻi a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole no ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻīlio a no nā ʻīlio e loaʻa ana i ka maʻi metabolic ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi papaʻai BARF.

I mea e hōʻalo ai i ka palena nui o ka meaʻai, pono e hoʻopili i ka maʻemaʻe hewa ʻole e hānai i kāu ʻīlio me ka meaʻai BARF:

• Ka lawelawe ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana me nā lima maʻemaʻe, nā ipu a me nā papa
• Hoʻopaʻahau i kaʻiʻo no kekahi mau lā
• Mālama ʻia ka mālama a me ke kaulahao anuanu
• E holoi i nā mea kanu ma mua o ka hoʻohana