[Ichneumon]

Everything is raw. We either buy the ground beef at Costco or grind meat at home and freeze it. The eggs are raw but we wash the shells first.

I'd be concerned about E. Coli or Salmonella. They sneak into ground beef and eggs somewhat often, and can be dangerous. Cooking takes care of it, but eating raw meat and eggs can be risky. Most batches are safe, of course, but eating a lot of raw meat/eggs is like playing Russian Roulette, sooner or later you'll get a bad one.

[Ribeye]

From what I uderstand the Salmonella as related to eggs is usually on the shells, which we wash. The dogs get Coscto eggs, the family and I eat our homegrown. Costco eggs are sub-par (thin shells, runny whites and not-very-yellow yolks).

Dogs appear to be able handle E. coli, Salmonella and the like.While they avoid the gut contents on animals they kill/scavenge, they still get messy and ingest the bad stuff. I've seen dogs eat rancid game and dig through week old gut piles and not even belch let alone get sick. They are not made to eat grains and veggies and rice. My family has been feeding our animals this way since my grandfather was raising working dogs and no problems.

Ya know those pig ears and chew hooves everyone feeds there dogs? Read the bag...you need to wash your hands after handling them because of Salmonella, etc. Yet they expect you to give them to your dogs. That because dogs have cast iron guts. The only time my dogs have had problems (wicked gas and/or diarreah) is when some bonehead friend of mine tosses them a piece of pizza or the like.

Anyhow, I'm not preaching but it works for us! What ever makes them happy.