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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie  honestly i don't think it would hurt them to cook the hamburger. i wouldn't cook the spinach or the vitamins in with it, or cottage cheese either, but i'm sure cooking the meat would be fine, and the eggs get pretty much cooked up in the rice.
i'd keep researching that though...
there are lots of people on both sides of the raw diet, but what i've read is that dogs are used to eating raw meat from their wild ancestors, i know you've heard that before in a totally negative connotation, i wouldn't let mine eat hairy food either, but i really don't think the raw will hurt a dog, they have different things in their tummies to break it down without getting salmonella or e coli like a human would. but i understand not wanting to feed raw food too, we use little condiment dishes and just pop them in the microwave to take the chill off (not to cook) and i think freezing it might help kill some stuff that is in it, but i'm not sure, but those dishes, you can switch them out and use the dishwasher on em so they don't stay dirty for a week...hope that helps,
there is a recipe sticky in the health and diet section of this thread for more "cooked" food recipes as well
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There is the possibility of ecoli and somonella, but raw is much better than cooking.
Working with my vet, who is also a canine nutritionist; and studying more on the digestive system of yorkies; since their digestive system is their weak point. Per his findings, raw liver is best, then ground sirloin, then extra lean hamburger. The only problem with the liver is that it is very high in colesterol...