[ SHOWGSD-L ] Danger of Raw Meat (Helen Franklin)
- From: "Helen" <helen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:00:51 -0800
Of course...our guyz also eat a raw diet but that's another post for another
time.
Paul
In reply to Paul's post:
After losing puppies from 4 litters, I am death on raw meat for young
puppies. I HAD used it for 25 plus years with no problem, but when the
problem hits, it's both a killer and heartbreaker.
I used to weaned puppies on market-grade ground beef (for human consumption)
and switched them to packaged frozen ground beef throat muscle meat from a
large Los Angeles pet food supply company at about 4 weeks. One day I got
up to find a dead puppy. It was completely normal the night before. To
shorten the story, I lost many puppies over the next 3 weeks and my vet
could not determine why. Upon referral, I was sent to the County of Los
Angeles for further investigation. Through extensive tests and lab work
they determined that it was the raw meat that killed them. Adult dogs are
carrion eaters and equipped to digest dead animals, young puppies are not.
Bacteria and toxins in the meat produce intera-toxins that hits the heart of
the puppy and they are fine one minute, dead the next. In the wild, the
dam would chew, swallow and regurgitate the food. The stomach of the dam
kills the excess bacteria. What's important to understand is that
contamination can happen anywhere and humans have also been the victims of
raw or under cooked meat. Many restaurants today will not serve a rare
hamburger. Bacteria levels can not be seen. My feeling now, "WHY TAKE ANY
RISKS AT ALL" when it is not necessary.
This tragedy happened to me in 1987. It was the end of raw meat for my
kids. Since that time I used a high quality kibble and canned for flavor
without ever a problem. I raised many champions, selects, etc., without raw
meat in their diet. I like to tell my story every few years so that no one
ever suffers the pain that I did.
Best wishes, Helen Franklin
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