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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Anyway, back to raw. Even if we just give the benefit of the doubt and say risk of contamination is very low if handled properly, there is still more risk than cooked meat. So, I still see no reason to feed or recommend it and I can think of many reasons not to/many things that can't be answered. |
Ya know what would be interesting (but I'm too lazy right now, and in the foreseeable future)? It would interesting to contact NV and Primal for some bug level/temp/pasteur. reports and info. Often, the companies will share some of those details w/ customers. (it doesn't answer anything about prey-mod, but still interesting)
I love feeding raw. When I got the Pfeiffer girl, I bought some Orijen (one of the few kibble I'll recommend) to mix in w/ the food her Mama sent with her...bc I didn't want to switch her to raw right away. So, I have this huge bag of Orijen doing nothing in my house. I'll throw some in w/ their raw for a few days once in a while lately, just for variety....and ugh...right back to puffy, smelly, voluminous poops. Like always, it still convinces me that so much stuff is being pooped right out (with kibble). Whereas with raw, so much seems to be absorbed, rather than made into waste. Anyway, just a poop anecdote
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I've been feeding raw almost 3 yrs now, and we haven't had any problems with germs so far. I can't say that feeding raw is the "best" diet...bc I real don't feel qualified to
just know that
. But, I do think it's one of the choices as an appropriate diet for dogs.