I have been a RAW feeder for almost seven years now ( I still love you if you feed your dogs differently)...I have explained why many times on this list and I won't do it again now, but what I will say is that feeding raw hamburger to any animal is a risky business....grinding any type of meat creates more surface area and the grinding process increases the chances of bacteria and other troubling things to contaminate the food...most of these bad guys are killed during the cooking process.....I do feed raw hamburger to my puppies, but I grind it myself, I have a very powerful almost commercial grade grinder, I paid about 400 bucks for it about two years ago....I have feed kibble for more than 30 years...these dogs for the most part lived very good healthy lives......six years ago I heard about this Raw diet on this very list...I did my own research...I saw the results on my dogs...and I have feed raw every since ...one thing I can say with absolute certaincy ( Penny is that a word?)...if you feed kibble...I pick up far less poop than you do...lol...now lets fight about something else!.....I miss my kids already!....lol...FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================