You see you just don't get it - I am not paranoid. It is a reasonable and very sensible argument. The fact that no one else wants to take it seriously is th eproblem. You see why can anybody understand that feeding raw meat increases the risk - end of story.
But I think there must be a degree of paranoia here, Hon. This "debate" has gone on for days now, we are on page 8.(And 5 new posts added as I typed!!!) An honest "debate" would lead you to just state your case and see how everyone else feels by their responses. No-one needs to "batter" us with endless facts!
I am beginning to lose the will to live to be honest.
What I make of this is that kb doesn't agree with BARF. Some other COLers agree with her to a point, but don't necessarily feel as passionate about it. Some other COLers feel very passionately abot BARF.
I don't see that anyone is going to succeed in battering any other into changing their views. Those of us who are still a bit undecided, well, we will decide one way or another, but I don't think it will be because we have heard of the infection risk 100 times (believe me, I'm intelligent enough to "get it" after reading it just the once!).
BTW one advantage of dry kibble that I can see is that if we go out for a long day, I can just take the bag of kibble for Buddy's feed in my bag. Whereas if I feed BARF I would have to take ice packs too. Not a big deal, but it crossed my mind on our walk this morning. Also, Ben can feed Buddy sometimes without us having to be around (if we are ever lucky enough to get a lie in!). BUT he (Buddy) stinks, so I am thinking of doing partial BARF with a view to progressing if/when I get the hang of it.
I'm done with this "debate" now.