B.A.R.F. is an acronym for a biologically appropriate raw food.  Based on the writing of Australian veterinarian Ian Billinghurst, the raw diet consists primarily of raw meaty bones such as chicken or turkey backs and necks.  The dog eats these BONES AND ALL!     Because the bones are not cooked, they are not dangerous to the dog.   Because the bones and meat are not cooked, they offer the full nutrition, digestive enzymes and chewing exercise which has been lost in feeding commercial diets -- even the most expensive and carefully designed commercial dog foods.   Billinghurst writes that dogs cannot digest the cell wall of vegetables.  As a result, the wild dog will eat the partially digested vegetable matter from the stomachs of its prey.  In the BARF diet, vegetables and fruits are pulped using a juicer or food processor, mixed with a variety of lean meats, eggs, yogurt, organ meats and fed every few days.  Supplements are added which include flax seed oil, Vitamin E, cod liver oil, brewers yeast, kelp, ground alfalfa, and Vitamin C.   Although it sounds time-consuming, feeding a raw diet is relatively simple.  Veggie patties can be made up ahead of time and frozen.  Raw chicken backs and necks are sprinkled with supplements and fed "over the fence". My dogs eat with relish, developing neck, back and shoulder muscles as they pull, gnaw and chew.  Stool volume is reduced to about 10% (even of premium commercial dog food diets), and water consumption is vastly reduced due to the absence of salt and grain fillers.  I have seen superior muscle tone, extraordinary coat and colour, cleaner teeth, a reduction of allergies, ear infections, and skin complaints.  Claims by other breeders include improved joint development (with a reduction of incidences of hip dysplasia, patellar luxation) as well as improved reproductive health. Cost of the diet is less than premium dog food.   A typical daily menu for an adult dog would consist of 1 to 2 chicken backs, sprinkled with supplements.  Every 3 to 4 days, 1 to 2 veggie patties.  A puppy diet would consist of 2 to 4 chicken necks, with supplements, and one veggie patty daily.     I would prefer to keep my puppies healthy in their new homes. Would you consider feeding a BARF diet to a puppy you buy from me?