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I love the title of this 2013 forum post!
You all "know" the answer.
<em>"We have a 6 month old American Bulldog/Mastiff Mix and he has been on a raw diet because the processed dog foods were causing coughing and diarrhea issues and we realized that he also cannot tolerate chicken. At every meal (one in the am, one in the pm) we give him raw ground beef and/or raw chopped pork (approx 6 oz each meal), preference (from H.K.) and one raw egg with the shell slightly crushed (he loves to chomp and lick the shells). We also give him raw meaty bones once a day usually around lunch or a nice big one on a Saturday or Sunday morning when he can entertain himself outside for a little while: Turkey Necks (or part of it depending on the size), ox tails, pork chop bone with meat, pork shoulders, we also cut up a slab of ribs into two bone pieces and he loves those, along with a squirt of Salmon Oil now and then with heart/liver/gizzards once a week. He has been on this diet for 4 months now and he loves his food, is very healthy and has the most beautiful teeth and fresh breath and no health concerns or skin issues.
My problem is that my sister-in-law who is a doctor and has a best friend that is a vet (she is not our vet, we use the Humane Society and they don’t really support raw diets either although they say our dog is very healthy and doing great). When my sister-in-law heard that we have our dog on a raw diet, she immediately told me of all the salmonella warnings, trichinosis warnings and told me raw meat and any, I mean ANY bones were dangerous especially pork bones and she called her friend the vet to have her tell me how dangerous this diet was.
I would love to have your opinion/reply to this and I would really like to be able to comment back to them (and everyone else that tells me it is dangerous for my dog) that I believe and support my dogs diet as do many others including professionals. She is dead set that my dog will suffer the consequences if I do not stop immediately and put him on processed dog foods."</em>
You all "know" the answer.
<em>"We have a 6 month old American Bulldog/Mastiff Mix and he has been on a raw diet because the processed dog foods were causing coughing and diarrhea issues and we realized that he also cannot tolerate chicken. At every meal (one in the am, one in the pm) we give him raw ground beef and/or raw chopped pork (approx 6 oz each meal), preference (from H.K.) and one raw egg with the shell slightly crushed (he loves to chomp and lick the shells). We also give him raw meaty bones once a day usually around lunch or a nice big one on a Saturday or Sunday morning when he can entertain himself outside for a little while: Turkey Necks (or part of it depending on the size), ox tails, pork chop bone with meat, pork shoulders, we also cut up a slab of ribs into two bone pieces and he loves those, along with a squirt of Salmon Oil now and then with heart/liver/gizzards once a week. He has been on this diet for 4 months now and he loves his food, is very healthy and has the most beautiful teeth and fresh breath and no health concerns or skin issues.
My problem is that my sister-in-law who is a doctor and has a best friend that is a vet (she is not our vet, we use the Humane Society and they don’t really support raw diets either although they say our dog is very healthy and doing great). When my sister-in-law heard that we have our dog on a raw diet, she immediately told me of all the salmonella warnings, trichinosis warnings and told me raw meat and any, I mean ANY bones were dangerous especially pork bones and she called her friend the vet to have her tell me how dangerous this diet was.
I would love to have your opinion/reply to this and I would really like to be able to comment back to them (and everyone else that tells me it is dangerous for my dog) that I believe and support my dogs diet as do many others including professionals. She is dead set that my dog will suffer the consequences if I do not stop immediately and put him on processed dog foods."</em>
