Chemicals in raw Chicken?

While i totally agree with what you are saying, and I don't particularly like the way our food is processed, the chicken wings I buy are from the supermarket or butcher so safe for human consumption. So hopefully as safe for dogs?

 

Oh, I totally agree and I am sure hormones are used. I suppose the safest thing is using meat whose source is traceable, is ethical, and meets the standards you want - but not easy by any means.

 

I can see your point, but where do we stop eating food or feeding our pets the same meat products as ourselves.
A proportion of the meats that I feed are obviously farmed for the human chain (presumed safe),
A fairly large proportion of our dog food is wild "Game", venison, rabbit, pheasant, also sea caught fish. I am sure if we wanted to be critical there would be problems with wild caught food too!

 

Unless you go certified organic, you can't be sure, end even then there are caveats as to what qualifies as organic. The biggest time bomb in the food chain seems to be antibiotics, with its continued widespread use weakening its effectiveness so much so that the experts believe that soon they will have little effect when treating ailments. And when we start dealing with the USA, you can add chlorine-washed chicken and GM foods to your lists. I wonder if these foods will be marked as such? I hope so, but the pessimist in me says that our trustworthy government will make sure this isn't the case so as to boost trade. Just to add to the scare mongering (sorry!), read up about the recent 2 Sisters scandal (one example here) - and this is what passes as fit for human consumption! There was a similar expose some years back in relation to fresh fish.

I yearn for the days when my father was around - he grew most (if not all) of our fruit and vegetables, so we knew where it was grown and how it was produced. Sadly, this skill wasn't passed down to me as I had no interest at all in gardening, which I'm now beginning to regret. Now we rely on the honesty of the food industry, and there are sadly plenty of examples where this trust is misplaced. Me? I have little choice other than to use supermarkets and local shops (for local people ).

 

You did better than me - I was off on one there for a bit, but it's easy to do given the subject matter. Sorry if anyone feels I've hijacked this thread.

 

As briefly touched upon before, if we eat it, so can our dogs. I understand your point that the dog will eat it much more frequently, however a dog's stomach is much more robust than ours. Perhaps for your own piece of mind feed a variety of different meats with chicken lower on the most frequently fed list!

I'm a fan of a raw diet providing it is done properly with the right balance, not too much bone etc which is a common fault.

Remember that dog's derive from wild animals where they hunt, kill and eat other animals which could have a whole array of diseases and health risks.