Here is a list of fruit and vegetables that can be used for BARF:
Please note:
Dogs can't digest cellulose – fruit and vegetables are made up of individual cells, but unless these cells are broken
down they will pass through your dog in very much the same state as they went in. So, we have to do this for them.
In the wild this wouldn't be a problem as a wild dog would eat the stomach & stomach contents of it's herbivorous prey!
This consists of ground down, partially digested vegetation just oozing lots of yummy nutrients!
For your dog to digest vegetables & fruit properly it is best to mash down the RAW vegetables and RAW fruit!
The easiest way to do this is with a blender or mincer.
Fruit and vegetables should make up 30% of your dogs daily food ration.
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watercress chicory chinese cabbage endive salad lettuce- usually any green salad can be used daily dandelion cucumber - use without the skin (alkaloids in skin) cauliflower *broccoli- max. 1x a week, because of the bitter substances (alkaloids)- see below green cabbage- best only 1x a week, can cause gut ache carrots leeks brussel sprouts - best only 1x a week, can cause gut ache beetroot Zucchini/courgettes sweetcorn pumpkin *spinach - should be slighly steemed (explanation below!) celery |
Fruit
should be used at its ripest- overripe! pineapple apples (no pips) apricots bananas pears blackberries strawberries blueberries raspberries red currents black currents cherries (no stones) kiwi fruit *plums- but careful, too many they can cause gut ache gooseberries |
*An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and other animals.
The name derives from the word alkaline; originally, the term was used to describe any nitrogen-containing base
(an amine in modern terms). Alkaloids are found in plants (e.g., in potatoes and tomatoes), animals
(e.g., in shellfish) and fungi (e.g., in mushrooms), and can be extracted from their sources by treatment with
acids (usually hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, though organic acids such as maleic acid and citric acid are sometimes used).
(taken from Wikipedia)
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*Spinach should be slightly steemed, because of the existance of nitrate.
Spinach hinders the intake of calcium and should always be eaten with a dairy product,
idealy a low sugar one, like - COTTAGE CHEESE.
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All information given on this page is entirely based on my own experiences and research.