Thread: Should I feed Raw food to my Mainecoon Cat?

Originally Posted by Antonia

Some studies show that raw-fed dogs and cats shed more pathogens such as salmonella and e.coli in their feces than commercially-fed dogs and cats. So perhaps the people in your puppy class were nervous about raw-fed dogs spreading infection.

I once read about a pet therapy program in the US that excludes raw-fed pets too, for the same reason. Made me wonder how many old folks or sick kids got salmonella infection before that measure was implemented, and whether their numbers dropped afterwards.

In my country we have no such stipulations, at least not that I've heard of. Also I can't see how they could be justified... during puppy training or a pet therapy session people don't play with cat or dog poo, do they?

Perhaps in your country fear of litigation might play a part... excluding even the remotest of risks to avoid a lawsuit.

I checked also with my friend who shows her dog and also does puppy classes in the Netherlands... and they have no such stipulations either, in fact half of the group feed RAW

Plus I checked with another UK friend who takes dog classes and again no stipulations on what you feed.

I know when I was showing my Japanese Akitas as high as Crufts level, my mentor and breeder friend was the one who got me on to feeding our Akitas the meat and Vegetable diet way back when!! I remember I had to cook it all up in a baby burco... the veg that was we also fed brown rice and raw meat