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Originally Posted by Gr33zyinc

To be clear, I never stated any Facts. It is my opinions based on what I have read, thus I said "considering what I've learned". I also said I am no vet or nutirionist. I'm saying what I know, and I'm also here to learn.

The biggest problem I've read about Raw is the possible bacteria, which if you freeze the meat for 3 days should not be a problem.

I did not know about the Therapy Dog thing. Can you tell me why that is exactly?

As far as how long they live, can a wild dog be compared to a domestic dog? Their living conditions are completely different. They don't get fed x amount x times a day like domestic dogs do?
^It's the same argument with people comparing high quality kibble vs low quality kibble. "My neighbours dog lived 17 years on Purina, so is a high end kibble really necessary?" -> Said someone I was talking to.

I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with Raw. That is also partially why I am on edge about switching my Yorkies food, regardless of what my other dogs may be eating.

Something I've noticed through different forums, is that large breed dog owners seem to be more pro-raw. I'm wondering if maybe smaller breeds don't take as well to it?

Again I'm not arguing, nor am I saying I am completely for or again a raw diet. I'm hear to share what I've learnt, and I am here to learn.

One of the big issues is room temperature meet grows bacteria. Also when a dog eats their raw and then goes to the water dish they are essentially contaminating the water because the raw that is in their mouth get rinsed into the water. You also can not soap and wash all the raw off of the dogs face and or paws every time they eat so its easy for contaminates to spread. The recommend that you definitely not feed raw if you or any one in your house has a compromised immune system and if you have any kids or elderly people. There was on person who talked about raw with her vet and her vet said if she fed them raw she would be required to handle her yorkies with gloves. It also must be balanced or you are looking at serious health issues like bone loss. I'm not a fan of Purina because they took years to pull their chicken jerky that was killing lots of dogs and they wont pull there food beniful which has been linked to many many sick and dead dogs but some of their food does have lots of research in it just like Royal Canin and Hills. I am a huge supporter of home cooking but my older girl who was the only one I had at the time didn't take to it and ended up with IBD so we decided to go to a prescription diet which has helped a lot. With puppies you would have to do a consult with a vet nutritionist but you can start by checking out balanceit.com and petdiets.com. Home cooking is so much safer in my opinion and just awesome! I had never cooked before minus small things so I really enjoyed it. Sorry if I came of harsh I had to do an essay on raw food in my vet assistant class and am just not a fan.