I ahve also been feeding my dogs raw food, mostly chicken backs/necks, and veggies 3X a week run through the food processor since they lack cellulase to digest the cell walls. From what I have been able to find, the acid in a dogs stomach is much stronger than ours (can't remember the exact %). This helps to destroy some bacteria. Also, like someone else mentioned, in the wild, they would bury their meal and eat it later (aged meat, hehe). My dogs are thriving on this diet. One, who I could not get to lose weight, no matter how little I fed him, has lost 12 pounds since eating BARF (bones and raw food or biologically appropriate raw food). They will eat whenever it is given to them, but then they always did that. Teeth/breath are 100% improved, coats are shinier and softer, and they have more energy. In fact, feeding them that way is what led me to Paleo. They were eating better than I. If anyone is thinking of feeding their pet this way, I would also recommend that you read one of the books that were already mentioned. (Give Your Dog a Bone by Billinghurst - available online; or the Kymythy Schultze book (title escapes me right now). Jane _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com