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To: Salamander

My puppy is never going to eat dog food, he will eat a "raw" food diet with all of the same things we eat, except he will have a perfect nutritional balance, unlike us!


184 posted on 01/26/2007 8:07:07 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake.)
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To: word_warrior_bob
My vet is not 100 percent sold on the all raw diet.

She's concerned about the diseases that can be transmitted through raw meat and bones, or through spoilage or poor sanitation.

Be very careful in selecting, storing, and preparing anything raw. Food grade - no butcher discards. And remember to clean your work surfaces thoroughly after the raw meat sits on them.

.. . iow, you'll have to use better-than-human food prep protocol, because cooking kills a lot of germs. So no pork, no bear meat.

Remember that back in the days of dogs running wild and eating raw food, a LOT of them died. They were just wild animals, not family pets, and if one - or a dozen - died, nobody missed them.

185 posted on 01/26/2007 8:36:57 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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