[Carina43]

Many allopathic vets are unfamiliar, or uninterested in the raw diet, or anything that isn't conventional,;therefore once you tell them you're feeding raw, they'll blame everything on the diet!"

This is often true! Though I have to say I've found vets in Michigan, and in Colorado, who had no problem with my dogs' diet, even though they are pretty conventional veterinarians. Probably a lot of excellent vets who are pretty inculcated by the Science Diet myth, though...

I've heard of dogs having problems with bones, but honestly haven't heard of any bacterial problems due to a raw diet. Some people feel it's better to feed unground raw meat because there's less chance surface contaminants can get ground in....cooking doesn't necessarily destroy harmful bacteria either. There's been plenty of recalls of tainted cooked meat products, and remember the deaths in the PNW from tainted fast food hamburgers?