hemura Momoko
Savage Destiny
Nakamura Momoko
Yes it is dangerous to have an animal on a raw diet when there are small children around unless you never allow the dog around the baby. Raw foods contain salmonella and listeria, and those bacteria can be transferred through saliva fecal matter.
Yeah cause it's not like kibble ever gets recalled for salmonella, amirite?
Anyway, OP, as long as you are careful about sanitizing after feeding- just as you have to be when preparing meat for cooking- you will be fine, and so will your children. Fun fact: I live with an immunocompromised person, and he has no problem with our raw fed dogs and cats. Been feeding raw for 8 years.
I never ever promote the use of kibble. It isn't even remotely nutritious plus it is dangerous. But since you want to argue over things. Homecooked diets never contain harmful bacteria because they have been cooked. Plus unless your dog is already healthy it can be deadly to switch to a raw diet. I would rather feed nutritious foods based on a meal plan designed by my vet than take the chance on a fad. Which is what raw feeding is. Yes it is a tradition in the dog race industry and in sled dogs but both of those are controversial. Please leave me alone. I have made my point. Raw diets can be dangerous. It is dangerous and even people who promote raw diets say to be extremely careful and to monitor the health of your dog. If you don't believe it is ever dangerous in any situation, then you need to check your priorities. If you never check your pets levels to see if all the needs are being met, then you need to check your priorities. Just looking healthy is not enough. If you get offended by this then you obviously are not an animal lover, nor do you care about the quality of life for your pets.
I'm going to be honest here. I'm immune compromised. I have a genetic disorder and as a result have pretty much no immune system to speak of. I'm actually currently on bedrest and have been for a week due to catching a virus from my dad... one he got over within a day.
4 of my 5 carnivore pets eat raw. Three of them since before I discovered my problem. I own snakes, and snakes kind of have to eat raw rodents (I personally feed frozen/thawed). I kiss my snakes. Like... all the time. I handle one of them while I'm eating sometimes. I handle their food, their poop, and themselves on a regular basis. Snakes are known carriers of salmonella.
Do you know how many times I've gotten salmonella over the years? None. And I've been tested, many times, because of my immune and digestive issues.
My fourth carnivore is my raw fed dog, who licks me, who's poop I scoop, who's food I handle. Look how not bothered by salmonella I am.
(Btw, your tidbit about homecooked never having bacteria is, well, laughably false. Everyone in the foods industry knows that bacteria starts growing on meat as soon as it cools, and you can't feed your pet boiling hot food, so uh. Especially if you are using a fridge to store food prepared in advance... there's bacteria on your food. Sorry. Germs happen. How do you think stuff goes bad in the fridge? Also, ever heard of cross-contamination?)
(Oh, also, uh. Kibble is cooked too... And has a good track record of recalls due to salmonella.)
OP, as long as you practice safe handling habits with the meats (like you would anyway unless your family is vegan) and are, well, sensible about the poop (yeah it's pretty much never a good idea to put dog poop in your mouth which is how salmonella on poop would spread...) you and your child will be safe. Creed is a puppy and still aims for my mouth sometimes. No salmonella here and trust me, if someone was going to get sick from this I would definitely be on that list.
Funny enough, the only dog that's ever made me sick was a kibble fed dog that I passed strep throat back and forth with as a kid.
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