I'm thinking of trying a raw food diet for my dog for the first time. I understand that dogs are much more resistant than humans when it comes to parasites and bacteria which may be in the raw meat. What are some precautions that I can take? I heard soaking the meet in apple cider vinegar for a bit will take care of any parasites, etc. Thanks.|||You don't have to soak it in anything. I just wash the dog and cats meat like I do mine. Run it under cold water for a few seconds. After they are done eating you can wipe up their area with 50%white vinegar and 50% water. My dog with a sensitive stomach has never had a problem with bacteria. We tested apple cider vinegar for riding of ecoli bacteria in my biology lab and it did very poorly and if you were to use apple cider vinegar you want it to be raw and organic. EDIT: Vets hardly know anything about dogs diets and raw chicken, pork, beef, fish, bison, lamp, goat etc can be fed with no problem. The bones clean the teeth without brushing. Their is no risk with raw unless you don't feed it correctly.|||No need to soak the meat in apple cider vinegar or anything else. Just utilize safe food handling practices. Keep meat properly refrigerated. Wash meat under cool water before packaging or preparing. Freeze meat for long-term use. Thaw meat properly in the refrigerator, or allow to thaw in cool to warm water. Wash hands, bowls, utensils, and counters with warm soapy water to prevent the spread of germs. Keep feeding areas clean; a vinegar and water solution is a cheap, safe, and effective cleaner. I've been feeding raw for over a year now, and neither me or my dogs have become sick from Salmonella, E. coli, or any other food-borne illness. And as long as you follow safe food handling practices, you and yours won't either. Also, in case you hadn't seen these links before, here are some great raw-feeding resources: http://www.rawmeatybones.com/petowners/w鈥?/a> http://www.rawmeatybones.com/diet/exp-di鈥?/a> http://www.ukrmb.co.uk/images/ww.pdf http://www.rawfed.com/myths/ http://preymodelraw.com/how-to-get-start鈥?/a> http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfe鈥?/a> http://dogfoodchat.com/forum/raw-feeding鈥?/a> Hope that helps! Good luck!|||Check out this site: www.dogfoodchat.com Log onto the forum there and go to the raw feeding section. You will find all you need to know about feeding raw. When you get time, trawl through the archives because you will find a whole lot of info to help you. Re meat, I freeze pork for 2 weeks to kill any parasites and I do that with organs as well.|||You've heard a lot of things that are frankly wrong. (sorry, but its true). I'm not so worried about parasites, more the bacterial load. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwB-w5ImP鈥?/a> for a more detailed discussion.|||No need to soak it in anything. Check these sites out to help you with your research. You need to know what you are doing before attempting the prey model raw diet. http://www.rawlearning.com http://www.rawfeddogs.net http://www.rawmeatybones.com http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfe鈥?/a>|||You don't need to do anything. Just give them the meat. If you really worry about parasites you can freeze the meat for 3 weeks to kill anything. And like cavy slave said, vets are not nutritionists, they are doctors.|||it can be complicated to change the diet of your dog from dog food to a raw food diet, i suggest that you ask a vet about this, try http://bit.ly/c6qYat - online vets that are ready to assist you in 5-15minutes. hope it helps!|||The best thing that i found was Eating the right foods. I found a book that helped me.|||buy from only certified companys, slowly transition dog to it. It will build resistance. Hope this helps!|||Chicken & Pork are more dangerous then Beef, Why risk your dogs on a raw diet? Its actually bad for thier teeth (so I have been told by a vet) because no one really brushes thier dogs teeth. Raw mince is ok but I woulnt give anything else raw to my dogs, Some types of worms can potentially be in the meat. Soaking it in vinegar? would your still eat it after that? You might as well boil the meat that way its at least half cooked.

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