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Who is Dr Ian Billinghurst and the history of B.A.R.F

Dr Ian Billinghurst is a vet in Bathurst.  Since 1976, he has worked full time as a veterinary surgeon. Although city born, his reasons for becoming a vet was to work with cattle and horses. However, fate, God or the universe had other plans. Shortly after graduating, he abandoned his dream of being a large animal practitioner.

Family responsibilities pushed him to the Southern suburbs of Sydney where he established a small animal practice. Since that time, events have kept him treating mostly cats and dogs and, a surprising number of horses.


Right now, he is in general veterinary practice in Bathurst, New South Wales Australia. He still treats mostly cats and dogs, some horses and the occasional bovine and budgie.  He is largely responsible and credited for exposing the general population to the B.A.R.F concept through both his published books and seminars throughout the world.  His first book “Give your Dog a bone” proved an instant hit with many breeders adopting its ideas.  Since that time, it has been making steady inroads into the minds of breeders and dog owners throughout Australia and around the world.

By 1995, "Give Your Dog a Bone" had found its way to England where it developed a steady following due to the enthusiasm of a dedicated group of dog lovers called the "Canine Health Census" (now called the "Canine Health Concern"). This culminated with an invitation for him to be the principal speaker during a four seminar lecture tour in England in September 1997. The lectures were held at Birmingham, Bristol, London and Manchester. The seminars proved an outstanding success. They were well attended and began a strong movement of raw feeders in England. They also attracted interest in the United States.

By 1997, "Give Your Dog a Bone" was beginning to take off in the United States. Following the success of the English tour, He was invited to present an even more extensive series of seminars across the United States. The venues for these lectures included Seattle in Washington, Dallas in Texas, Orlando in Florida, Hartford in Connecticut, Richmond in Virginia, Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, Chicago, Toledo in Ohio, Bellingham in Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and finally Honolulu Hawaii. These one and two day seminars were held in October, November and December of 1998.

The American tour proved an enormous success. It was during this US tour that he released his second book, "Grow Your Pups With Bones." This new book has formalized the concept of BARF. BARF is an acronym that stands for Bones And Raw Food. It also stands for Biologically Appropriate Raw [or Real] Food.  He wrote this book for breeders and the owners of large dogs. It covers feeding to prevent and treat skeletal disease in growing pups and feeding for breeding.  Like his first book, it is selling brilliantly.
As a result of the US seminars and the increased book sales, a quantum leap has been made in increasing the awareness of the American dog feeding fraternity regarding raw feeding. People who feed their dogs according to this BARF philosophy have become known as "BARFERS."

There are now numerous Internet sites that deal with feeding our pets raw food. There are groups of people - numbering in the thousands - who discuss the issue daily on the net. His E-mail is constantly jammed with people requesting information and help with feeding their dogs according to BARF principles and by those wanting to buy his books.
For More on Dr Ian Billinghurst go to www.barfaustralia.com
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