[want4rain]

hey I have a big fat question for all you raw feeders. The main reason I've heard that folks don't want to feed raw is because of "deadly" pathogens such as samonella and campylobacter that are picked up in processing plants. A vet told me that he treated a dog that almost died of food poisoning that had been fed raw. So they say I should cook her food a bit to kill such bugs. What do ya'll say about that?

thats not really a big fat question.

take a look at this site-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis

and also this one-
http://rawfed.com/myths/bacteria.html

im sorry, i was looking for an actual study that showed kibble fed dogs shed salmonella and what kinds of molds are present on the different grains in kibble.

needless to say, harmful bacteria is EVERYWHERE. your bathtub (of which your kids slurp up bath water), your kitchen sink, if which you 'wash' dishes in, OUR dry cereal, breads, the floor your dog licks, who knows what lives in your carpeting... your car steering wheel.... thats a real doozy!!!

does my dog sometimes get an upset stomach??? yeah... when the silly thing buries chicken in the back yard and its a daytime high of 95f and then eats it two days later. but will it kill him?? unlikely.

the only times you shoudl ever partially cook your meat are when you are trying to trick your dog/cat into eating raw or if you have a sick puppy, sick senior or a dog/cat have a compromised immune system. feline HIV, for example.

-ashley