Are Raw Diets Safe?
For You and Your Family: ANY food product that is not processed, stored or handled
properly is a potential health problem. A raw diet is no exception, and because a raw diet
is based upon uncooked meats, extra care is required in storage and handling.
For dogs and cats: Have a very different digestive tract and process.
Dogs are not just predators but scavengers, and evolved eating rotten and decaying flesh,
as well as the droppings of herbivores and even other carnivores. They can handle bacterial
loads that would kill us, without blinking an eye.
Genetically and evolutionarily speaking, today's dog and cat are no different from their flesh and bone-eating ancestors. Dogs and cats have a shorter digestive system than we do, which means that foods are processed quickly -- before harmful bacteria have a chance to multiply and cause problems.
Also, carnivores have a very high level of acidity in their digestive systems. This high acidity, which allows them to process raw meats and bones, is also hostile to bacteria. We’ve all seen dogs eat true garbage (rotten foods, decaying squirrel carcasses, etc.) without any ill effects. Nature did not evolve carnivores to eat a diet that would kill them. And remember, we aren’t suggesting you feed spoiled, contaminated foods.
A raw food diet consists of good quality, USDA inspected and approved meats and bones – the ingredients we feed our own animals and you get when you BUY from THE DOGS CHOICE!.