[107barney]

Vets receive little training in a variety of topics so I don't know why there is a constant barrage of negativity regarding their training in nutrition. They still have more training and science backgrounds when compared with the average raw food instructor on the internet.

I'm not judging anyone else who chooses raw, but would not choose that option for my dogs. I choose home cooking first and foremost with mostly local ingredients from pastured animals and either organic or sustainable farming practices. I think my dogs have had good overall health despite some breeding issues and some bad luck. I know people who have fed nothing but kibble for their dogs' entire lives and they lived til ripe old ages free from disease. It's in the luck of the draw, I'm convinced or that, or maybe some animals pick their owners (but I digress...) I do use kibble for convenience, and yes, it contains corn because that is the company I trust for quality control and safety, which is my personal #1 factor in selecting a dog food. And anyway, corn is pervasive in our society -- just look at what we feed America's food sources! We have fat pigs, fat cows, and fat chickens and even farmed fish are fed corn. So, if you're buying your meat and fish off a supermarket shelf, you're inevitably unable to escape corn completely.

I do have a question though. If raw is a wolf diet, then why not feed it to puppies? I'm guessing but I would say that it's unlikely the pups in the wild were snacking on kibble while the older kids and parents were dining on flesh and bone and organ meat. Just trying to follow the logic here...