When I decided on buying a new puppy, the question came up which feed I should use ( as it's often the case ).
Should it even be puppy-feed? If so, which , how long etc.

After I turned this topic over in my mind I decided to inform myself about the Barfen and bought two books which a friend of mine who braft, too, recommended me.
They are called Natural Dog Food by Susanne Reinerth and BARF (for puppies) by Swabie Simon (really great books, understandable written and with some good examples and diets ).

I was keen immediately so that I determined to barf my puppy.

What is Barf?

Barf stems from the English language and stands for bones and raw feed.

What means Barf?

That the feed is made up of raw ingredients such as meat ( beef, horse, sheep, goat, deer and also innards and bones ), paunch, manyplies, chicken, turkey, duck, vegetable, herbs, algae, fish, fruits, salads, raw eggs etc.
Different oils ( for example fish oil, walnut oil, linseed- and rapeseed oil etc.) are also very important.
You can also feed cereals, but I do not do this, because cereal is often the reason for allergies.

Advantages of Braften

• slow growth of the dog, therefor prevention against ailments of the articulation
• less dirt
• less parasite infestation
• the risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus is diminished
• less tartar
• pretty, shiny coat
• high quality of the feed
• healthful dogs

The disadvantage of barfing is that at least new barfer have to spend a lot of time, because you have to weigh many things with the utmost meticulousness and check them. But I guess after a certain time you develop a routine so that you do not have to weigh ervery cut of meat accurately. :)
But in any case you should make sure that you don not feed always the same. Dogs want to have a little bit variety in their diet, too. :) Also raw meat bones are taken with pleasure. :)

I compiled a excel-table which reckon by means of the bodyweight of the dog the exactly amount of feed, because the rate of meat insists a rate of innards, bones and paunch/manylpies and the rate of vegetable insists fruits and salads.
This offers especially primary a lot of security.
For interested parties: You can download the table on click here as PDF-file.

Wherease it is my first puppy that I barf, I'm very curious how it works. I will let you know!