ABOUT US
Hi - My name is Veronica. My partner Wayne, and I have had dogs all our lives. They are our family (our fur-kids), and our lives revolve around them.
"A Family Business"
Raz, our beautiful 4 year old shepherd, is an amazing creature. He is healthy and athletic, with an endless amount of energy. Raz loves his sport and recently gained his Companion Dog Title (CD), his Agility Dog Excellence Title (ADX), Jumping Dog (JD), but his favourite sport is Flyball for which he currently holds his FDCh Title (Flyball Dog Champion).
Fortunately Raz has never suffered any health problems. Our only concern with Raz was that he has always been terribly thin, and unable to retain weight at all. Vets told us that this was okay, because he was such an active dog, so we accepted this theory, and continued to feed Raz as we had always done, as the breeder had recommended - on commercially produced pet food.
Raz was an only child up until about 2 years ago when a cute little black & white Labrador Cross decided to adopt us. She came from a nearby neighbour who neither had the time nor devotion for a highly active 17 month old dog. After weeks of seeing this little soul roam the streets or finding her in our yard wanting some attention or food, we eventually came to an agreement with her owner, and she became part of our family. Our "second chance" dog!
We soon came to realise that Ce-Ce was not a very healthy dog. She had terrible skin allergies, ear infections, eye infections, anal-sac problems, the list goes on. This led me to search for a better diet for both our dogs, as I was convinced Ce-Ce's problems were food related. I found Dr Billinghurst's books, and the more I read the more I realised that what we had been feeding our beloved dogs was so far from what they should have been eating, and what they deserve to eat.
This is how we became BARFers! I am very happy to say that Ce-Ce no longer requires vet intervention to control her allergies, as they have ceased. Her eyes are no longer full of gunk, nor her ears! Her coat is shiny and soft, and she is one very happy, very contented dog who now has an active, busy life trying to keep up with Raz and his achievements. And surprise surprise - Raz has actually managed to retain some weight and no longer looks starved. So I continued this way of feeding, and promised my dogs that I would NEVER again feed them commercially produced pet food!
I was excited to learn that Dr Billinghurst produced his own BARF patties, and tried to find out where I could purchase them in South Australia. I soon found out that they were not available here yet, so that's how I became distributor. I realised this was something that needed to be shared with all pets and their humans, sooner rather than later!
Feel free to contact us, we'd love to hear from you
Phone/Fax: (08) 8262 1009 or 0413 428 842