Half of Breeding South African Boerboel dogs-puppies is proper feeding.
We feed our South African Boerboels raw meat and bones. Why feed a dog-puppy raw meat. Feeding raw does not make a dog aggressive, feeding raw is the best way to feed a carnivore. Dogs-puppies can better digest and absorb nutrients from raw meat because the k9 species stomach was designed for,
When food is cooked nutrients are lost and boerboels don't need their food cooked.
Kibble is cooked at very high temperatures and sprayed with vitamins to make up for what was lost in the cooking process. The sprayed on vitamins are for the most part synthetic and less absorbable than natural nutrients and minerals. Dogs-and puppies do not need these fortified nutrients to thrive.
Boerboels are carnivores and thrive on an all meat diet. What you can expect when feeding your Boerboel dog-puppy raw is great healthy shine in you animals appearance, a happier attitude, great muscle tone and definition from the appropriate meat protein source. Because boerboel dogs-puppies are intended to get their protien from meat they absorb and utilize protien better when it is from a meat source.
When a Boerboel dog-puppy is fed kibble he isn't doing the extensive chewing is mouth was designed for. In fact a kibble fed Boerboel dogs-puppies are more prone to bloat, a digestive malfunction twisting of the dogs stomach. Because kibble break down in a dogs stomach into a soupy sandy substance Dog-puppies who are fed kibble see a far greater occurrence of bloat.
Small amounts of kibble end up as tartar on the boerboels teeth. Raw fed dogs-puppies on the contrary use bone like a toothe brush when the dog is grinding the bone with his teeth this has the same effect of us using the toothe brush to remove plaque. The tripe we feed our South African Boerboel dog-puppies is like a dental floss.
Raw fed boerboel dogs-puppies also poop far less . When more nutrients are digestible and absorbable then what you end up with is less waste. The odor is low in comparison to a low quality kibble because the nutrients are absorbed so good. source.
Well now you may be thinking how can I afford to feed my boerboel dog-puppy raw meats on a daily basis? Well when you subtract the cost of often visits with your Boerboel to the vet for health related issues. Then add the money you save on items like breath freshener and toothe brushes and toothe paste. The idea the you will live a happier life for longer with your Boerboel dog-puppy. I think that it balances out.
Look at all of my South African Boerboel you will notice well filled heads. The muscles are their because of the way that the eat. Muscles are very important for the boerboel. In the videos notice how much time is spent chewing when our boerboels are fed raw. Eating raw is a workout itself. Many boerboels you see these days lack the muscle on either side of the head and that at is where they get that hump on the top of skull or peanut head as I like to call them. The best way to avoid a dog-puppy developing the peanut head is to feed them large meaty bones.
How did I start and learn about this way of feeding. When I first began my search for the ultimate champion south african boerboel bloodlines I came across many web sites that were heavily advocating the BARF (Bones And Raw Food) diet. This was totally new and exciting to me. As a boy people always said bones could cause your dog-puppy to choke, or raw meat would cause him to go mad.
My Cane Corso I had at the time would just eat enough dog food to survive it seemed. This dog never got full and would not gain the muscle I was looking for. Point blank she just wasn't in peak physical condition and I knew it. I could not resist more research about raw feeding dogs-.
After weeks of research and talking to my dog mentors I decided to give it a try. I began with a40 pound box of chicken quarters from a local meat market. The chicken quarters worked great. My CC dog absolutely loved the chicken and got fuller than ever. I could see muscles in her chest and legs that I never knew were there. So I continued to feed her both kibble and raw.
Later I got my first breeding South African Boerboel Pluto . At the time I had a litter of Cane Corso puppies on the ground. The difference in the health and appearance of the puppies made me try to find a way to feed my South African boerboel dogs-puppies the same diet that Pluto was fed in S. A. the Raw Diet.
Fast Forward to today I now get my boerboels food from the North East Ohio Raw Feeding Coop. The base of the diet that we feed is raw green tripe. About 80% of the diet that my boerboel eat is raw green tripe.
A Ohio Boerboels our dogs-puppies diet is completely raw. All of the bone meat and organs come from cows slaughtered for human consumption. All of the chicken is from the grocery store. It is the same poultry that we eat at our dinner table. When we hunt our dogs-puppies eat whatever we kill. The majority of wild kills we feed are gophers raccoons possums squirrels ducks and deer.
Your Ohio boerboel puppy will be weaned onto the raw diet as it is the nature intended weaning formula.
There are tons of articles and information out there that you can find out about this cutting edge way of feeding
The raw feeding may cost a bit more but it is well worth it. Our South African Boerboel dogs puppies thank us for it.