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Originally Posted by mimimomo  Look @ it this way...when it comes to germs/ bacteria, etc...
When you handle & cook raw chicken or a steak, did you ever get sick?
Not really, bc you make sure you're handling the raw meats safely, clean the prep area. Same w/ their raw food.
Do you disinfect the sponge? Not really right? You just use it on all the other dishes...nobody got sick right?
I personally have a separate sponge just for their glass bowls. But I have used their sponge by mistake to clean human dishes! gasp LOL  but I knew it was cleaner than our sponge bc I use hot water on theirs' & not really on ours'. |
So, when you ate raw chicken, did you get sick? (This is the correct analogy.) Personally, I wouldn't dream of doing that. Dogs fed Salmonella will shed Salmonella in their stools, and people with weakened immune systems will be endangered by that since people with pets are exposed to fecal matter much more than they realize. (It's not like a chicken setting up on a cutting board that you know is there so you can sterilize the surface.) That's why they don't recommend raw feeding for therapy dogs. I could trot out a few research articles if you're interested. It kind of p***es me off that people are cavalier about dismissing scientific research and blithely endangering the health of others, so I'm probably going to step away from this thread for a while...