Hi, I'm no expert on diets at all but you should know that quite a few studies have linked raw meat diets to pancreatic disease due to the high fat content of raw meat. Pancreatic disease takes a long time to show so dogs appear healthy sometimes for years before they show symptoms.

Also worth noting that raw meat can be infected and E. coli especially is very dangerous causing heavy bleeding from both ends and all sorts.

Lots of raw food supporters will claim dogs won't choke on bones so long as they are raw, but studies on wild captured wolves has shown that they sometimes choke and sustain serious injuries from eating bone.

When we got Penelope, we fed her a dry, premium, 76% meat food, grain free with no fillers. She appeared allergic to something in it and after seeing no change in symptoms after switching to cheap supermarket dog food and plain lamb and rice we looked into prey model diet, BARF etc etc.

the more you read into it the more serious risks you will start to uncover and read about.

We switched Penelope to a vegan diet, lots of lentils, beans, some rice and other carbs, lots of fruit and veg and also a commercial supplemented vegan dog food called ami and her symptoms disappeared.
She eats a mostly vegan diet now but gets a little cooked meat now and then as she doesn't seem to react to it anymore.

Im sorry, but I must point out that you are wrong -

Much like cancer in dogs, pancreatitis in dogs is just another condition brought on by feeding your pet a low quality diet of commercially manufactured food. This commercial food, typically mush and kibble, is usually grain based and contains little to none of the aforementioned enzymes used in the process of digestion. What this means is that in order for your dog to digest the food that they are given, they are using up their finite resource of enzymes with no adequate nutrition to replace them. Over time, it’s inevitable that something’s going to go wrong and that something is often pancreatitis.

The high fat content in meats are mainly found in beef and lamb, if you feed chicken or turkey or tripe you are fairly safe. You can, of course feed beef or lamb as a treat maybe twice a week.

Im sorry, but I must point out that you are wrong -

Much like cancer in dogs, pancreatitis in dogs is just another condition brought on by feeding your pet a low quality diet of commercially manufactured food. This commercial food, typically mush and kibble, is usually grain based and contains little to none of the aforementioned enzymes used in the process of digestion. What this means is that in order for your dog to digest the food that they are given, they are using up their finite resource of enzymes with no adequate nutrition to replace them. Over time, it’s inevitable that something’s going to go wrong and that something is often pancreatitis.

The high fat content in meats are mainly found in beef and lamb, if you feed chicken or turkey or tripe you are fairly safe. You can, of course feed beef or lamb as a treat maybe twice a week.

Also he cleans his bowl every mealtime, whereas before kibble would lie most of the day untouched. C
Leona

Oh and also meant to say, that I was feeding my boy a 'good quality' kibble, but feeding RAW actually works out slightly LESS expensive. Obviously im in the uk but I spend around £30-35 a month on raw (about $45-50 dollars?). (could probably do it for even less if I shopped around a bit more )