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Diet Shaped Dog Domestication
  The Dietary Evolution of Dogs

Your dog is not a wolf; stop trying to feed it like one
  Opinion from The Raw Feeding Community

How Are Dry Pet Foods Made?
  From Prep to Cook

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Do Vegetables Lose Nutrients When Cooked?
  Depends on the Veggie, Depends on the Method

Cooking Meat: What Happens to the Nutrients?
  Depends on the Meat, Depends on the Method

How the Extrusion Process Damages Pet Food Ingredients
  About 95 percent of dry pet diets are manufactured using the extrusion process

FDA Recalls & Withdrawals
  Recalls – of which there are three types – are actions taken by a firm to remove a product from the market. Recalls may be conducted on a firm's own initiative, by FDA request, or by FDA order under statutory authority.

WILL BACTERIA IN RAW MEAT WILL HURT MY DOG?

Please Read Our Important Article: Safe Handling of Raw Dog Food

Raw meat does definitely contain bacteria such as salmonella. These can harm your dog, which is why you need to be sure your dog’s immune system is up to par. If your dog is healthy and has no underlying health issues, your dog should be more than equipped to deal with these bacteria. Here's why:

• The saliva of a dog is antibacterial which is why they lick their wounds (and more often than not try to lick yours!)
• Dog’s digest meat in an acid bath within their stomach. Stomach acid is very, very strong; so strong in fact that bacteria cannot survive it providing your dog and their digestive system is healthy.
• Dog’s can pass bacteria through their feces, this is very true. Sometimes you may not even notice a change in your dog’s behavior, yet his body has passed a bacteria that would have most of us in an awful state. This proves how hardy their systems are and teaches us a very important lesson.
• If you are hygienic, and wash your hands after being in contact with poop, you shouldn’t contract anything which is passed.
• There have also been many cases of Salmonella from kibble fed dogs, so the problem cannot be pointed directly at raw fed diet.

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