Northwest Denver Undressed

Found a BARF (Bones and Raw Food)Resource near Northwest Denver!

When I moved back to Denver with my three dogs, I immediately noticed I had a problem. At my Sweet Home in Alabama, my dogs had 4 acres to, um, poop in, but here in Northwest Denver, they have something like 1000 sqft… maybe. Not a big pooper-scooper, I decided to give the BARF diet (Bones & Raw Food) a try because I’d read that it significantly reduces the poop factor. TMI? Oh well.  

You can read more about BARF here.

Well, we’ve been BARFing for a few months now and it’s going well! My dachshund’s skin problems are all but gone, the dogs all seem healthier and more energetic and  oh yeah, the poop-factor is unbelievable. I’ve only scooped once or twice - seriously! The stuff just dries up and blows away, I guess. And of course, the dogs LOVE their new diet.

I’ve been feeding them mostly chicken, but am worried because Ziggers has been wolfing down her chicken wings whole. Doesn’t seem to bother her, but I’m a nervous mom.  So I read that you can buy a meat grinder and grind up the meat, making it safer, but… I’m not in the meat grinding business and don’t really wanna be. What to do, what to do?

I found a little butcher shop in Wheat Ridge called “Rocky Mountain Meats.” Hmmmm… I wonder if they could grind some meat up for me?

Well, apparently, Rocky Mountain Meats is THE place for BARFers! As soon as I uttered the words Dog Food, the owner showed me an entire freezer full of ground up meat especially for dogs! Bones and all!

Cost? Like… $1.29/pound! You can get Wild Game or a Chicken/Turkey mix; I bought some of each. I’ll let you know how it goes over.