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Originally Posted by yorkiemom1970

pat, i'm a big fan of raw egg yolk also. i cant imagine raw chicken wings. (with bones at that) yuk. and what about the possibilty of samonalia? sp? gosh. if you or i ate a raw chicken wing we would puke. why would we feed that to our babies? it seems pre-historic to me. and yes, i can imagine the smell. even with their hair pulled back, it would not be pleasant. a good quality dry and wet food combined with goat milk, yolks, and cottage cheese, white meat chicken (cooked) and fresh garlic has been great for my dogs for years. my friend feeds a raw diet. her dogs who are older than mine do not seem to be any better in health, coat, or anything better than alot of toy dogs i've seen. her dogs to tend to have more loose stool than mine. i have really noticed this. i say to each their own, but i do not like raw diet for dogs. the fresh garlic does tend to give a stinky breath odor, but not near as bad as i can imagine a raw meat diet would. yuk.

here is the link to the break down of the BARF diet http://www.barfworld.com/html/barf_d...specific.shtml

specifically a section on garlic

GARLIC
Garlic is nature's antibiotic. There is no doubt that garlic does confer some health advantages. Garlic has been found to have effective antimicrobial properties, inhibiting the growth of both bacteria and fungi. Garlic helps stabilize blood pressure and gives a good solid boost to the immune system, keeping at bay infections of various sorts particularly upper respiratory tract infections. Much of it's success is due to various compounds of sulphur. Garlic is a health building and disease preventing herb. It is rich in potassium, zinc, vitamins A and C, and selenium. It also contains calcium, manganese, copper, vitamin B1 and some iron.