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. Yes the risks are there in every day life and we are equipped to deal with that - dogs and small children are not. When my dog eats and empties her dish my child could easily go over and handle taht dish, leading to contamination from raw meat - if the meat is cooked - no risk. Most of the pathogens that ordinarily live in my dog will not cause my children harm - but those which cause food poisoning in humans - which you get from raw meat, raw eggs, unpasteurised goats milk and so on, are extremely harmful. They are excreted live in dog faeces - they once again do not pose a risk to most healthy adults but they do to children and thise who are immunosuppressed and the elderly!
Why is this so hard to understand? Would you let your children handle raw meat? Would you let them eat raw meat? Why not? Could this be the risk of food poisoning? Can you be sure that you have removed 100% of pooh from the garden, are you sure your dogs ears have not been in the meat etc, etc. It is not the dog that is the issue - it is the raw meat. Please do not question my ownership of dogs - I feel feeding a dog a raw diet is irresponsible but I am not being rude and questioning your ability or suitability to own a dog.