raw foods: I've be transitioning to Primal Dog Food patties. So far there have been no problems but I'm not convinced that raw is the right diet.|||when I fed raw, it was at home raw, not commercial raw. But I never had a problem, and i've never heard of anyone i know that feeds either having a problem. Raw's always been the best to go, even though vets love to say otherwise. Mostly because they don't trust people to do it right. That and they get loads of kickbacks from the dog food companies to fund their businesses and schools.|||Why not do regular raw food, instead of processed stuff?|||Raw food increases the risk of E. Coli, Salmonella, and other bacteria... looking at their website. stay away from food that take care of all life stages.... this is one of those diets. Your puppy has a different nutritional need than a dog that is 10yrs old. Would you feed your 5 month old baby burger king or steak... or pop (soda?)|||Actually, a raw diet is the best thing you can do for your dog. It is disgusting, yes, but it is still the most natural. When I trained a German Shepherd to be a Seeing Eye dog, they made her be on a raw food diet. This is because it is just what they need. Dogs were wild animals at one point. When they lived in the wild, they would hunt and this gave them everything they need. Many dog foods have the a same ingredient that is found in AntiFreeze--another reason why raw food is the best. It is unprocessed and all natural. Also, a raw food diet actually gives the dog smaller and firmer stools (which any pooper scooper would appreciate!). You need to make sure that the Primal Dog Food patties are quality meat. I fed my dog turkey necks and other totally natural and unprocessed meat. Again, it is disgusting, which is why the dog I own now is on a kibble diet, but in the long run it is better for your dog. Just make sure to do your research!|||I don't raw feed. But have read alot about it and it's very good. I'll stick with wellness food with raw bones, fruits a veggies for now. Good luck.|||Why go to all that expense? That stuff is incredibly expensive! I feed my dog from the grocery store and it's much easier. I feed raw/prey model; my 50-pound shar-pei mix gets about 12oz a day, but when I have a gorge meal for her, like a turkey carcass that will take her 4-5 hours to eat, she won't be hungry or interested in food for 2-3 days. In general, a dog is fed 2-3% of the ideal body weight each day. A puppy gets 2-3% of the ideal anticipated adult weight each day, divided into 4 meals. The ideal diet should consist of approximately 80% raw meat, 10% raw edible bone, 5% raw liver, 5% other raw organs, the occasional egg, shell and all, raw. NO veggies, NO fruit. Dogs cannot digest vegetables or fruits; they lack the enzyme necessary to break down cellulose. Look at cows: they have the enzyme, and they still need four stomachs and they have to eat the cellulose twice. Dogs have one stomach and a straight-and-simple digestive tract. They also don't have flat-topped grinding molars: the dog's back teeth are carnassials, designed to scissor through meat and bone, to break up prey animal carcasses into chunks small enough to swallow. NO grains; again, dogs can't digest cellulose, and the other ingredients are the primary cause of allergies and diabetes in dogs. NO dairy; dogs are lactose intolerant: another digestive enzyme they don't have. NO supplements other than a spoonful of deepsea fish body oil for the Omega-3 that corn-finished meat does not contain. Chewing up raw meat takes work, as does chomping through the incidental bones. The exercise involved in handling Big Complicated Food (several days' worth), and in breaking up bones into swallowable chunks, keeps dogs teeth clean and satisfies a part of their brain that nothing else touches. These dogs are less hyper, friendlier... and a bit more inclined to protect their food: after all, this food is worth protecting!