Hi, I am hoping to change my dogs over to the BARF diet very soon as I've reasearched it and seen nothing negative - only positive things. We've tried a couple of chicken wings to see if they would take to it.

The problem I have now is that my OH does not want the dogs to touch him and especially not lick him and he doesn't want to pick their toys up because he says eating things like raw chicken will mean he will get salmonella from them...... Is this likely to happen? how long after eating is it "safe" for them to lick you etc.

I'm starting to loose my argument to change their diet because of this so any helpful advice or good websites to look at would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Alan is the best person to answer but I have been feeding a raw diet for a month so will say a little LOL
Tell your hubby hes talking rubbish!!!! I have NEVER heard of anyone catching anything from a dog licking after eating raw chicken or any raw meat!!!!!
I do have to wipe their mouths after they eat but only b'cos I own a VERY drooly breed. I get slobber on my hands and just wash it off after - changing your dogs to this diet is whats best for your dogs - thats the important thing here - have a google and see if you can find any statistics regarding humans catching something from a lick off a dog who is raw fed....
I know plenty of people who feed raw and I have never heard anything so daft

I want to change Toff over to a BARF diet ... but its very daunting , well for me it is , lol

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Thanks for the reply Debbie. I have been trawling through the internet and found a few things that say the dogs saliva will kill any bacteria so hopefully the OH will stop worrying. He is in total agreement that it is the best for them so no worries on that score, he is just one of those people that everything has to be spotless and germ free so was struggling with that side of things

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I've been feeding BARF for 3 years and I'm still here - minus Salmonella

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Jo, Nelly, Bhu and Molly
Some people talk alot.................and say nowt

you would probably say a dogs mouth has more germs in it before eating anything like raw chicken lol . I feed my 2 raw and i dont even give it a thought , i also right or wrong let them lick me , they jump on my 12 year old sons bed in the morning and livk him to death to wake him up , he is still here too !!!! although were half way through the holidays and im wishing he wasnt here ( joke ) . I wouldnt worry about it to be honest tell him to stop being silly , my O/H had reservations about raw feeding about giving raw chicken wings ect so i buy the chicken already minced up so it makes him feel better about the bone lol .

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