6 BENEfITS Of A ANd RAw fOOd (BARf) dIET

BY ANNA BAIN & ALISON FROST

As owners, giving our dogs the very best diet is incredibly important; this informs their wider health and, naturally, we want them to be as healthy and happy as they can possibly be.

According to many experts, this necessitates a BARF (Bones and Raw Food) diet, which they believe is the optimal food for man’s best friend.

Araw food diet, the positive impact of this dietary choice to dogs’ health and vitality is also backed by science, with countless published nutritional studies available.

So, would a BARF diet suit the needs of your West Highland White Terrier?

Our names are Anna Bain and Alison Frost and we are passionate dog nutrition experts from Raw. We are dedicated to enriching dogs’ health and, as part of the wider ProDog team, support the development of products that do just that. Now, to help fellow dog owners give their dogs the right diets and truly understand the realities behind BARF, we’re here to discuss all-things raw.

The advantages of raw feeding for dogs are truly insurmountable and for West Highland White Terriers, it’s an ideal diet choice. At their very core, dogs have evolved to eat the way their ancestors did in the wild; raw and natural. Dogs are carnivores and their optimum diet is one nature intended.

West Highland White Terriers often have intolerances to wheat and grains. As a result, many owners opt for hypoallergenic processed foods without realising that raw foods are naturally hypoallergenic (containing none of the most common ingredients that trigger allergy symptoms). West Highland White Terriers as a breed, also tend to suffer badly with yeast imbalance; This can affect their skin, ears, microbiome and makes them extremely itchy, smelly, and miserable. Kibble and processed foods which are high in starches and sugars exasperate this. Quite simply, a raw diet is optimal for West Highland White Terriers.

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