I had both of my dogs on a raw diet and the only problem I ran into was cost. It was extremely expensive, especially since I only bought free range organic meats from the local Whole Foods market. If I had small or smaller dogs it would not be so hard, but since I adopted this big rottie/GSD mix, and I also have a medium to large aussie mix, it was just too much. I also got sick of throwing raw veggies in the food processor every morning.

There is a really good base that I used, and in fact, now that I am giving my dogs a partial raw diet now. It's called Sojourner Farms and it's a wonderful human-grade mix of oats, grains, kelp, almonds...etc. It's fantastic stuff and my dogs LOVE it. You pour a measured amount into their dishes and add the correct amount of water, cover it and let it sit over night. I never even referigerate when I let it sit...I just cover their bowls with one of those bowl covers made my saran wrap.

Anyway, for a fully raw diet, you add meat (chicken wings work great) and ground up veggies (I used a food processor to get the veggies very small, and I used carrots, parsley, and whatever I happened to have in the fridge) to the pre-soaked sojo's mix and whatever supplements, if any, and give it to the dog. My dogs dove right in and loved it. The chicken wings were gross to watch them eat (in my opinion) because they CRUNCHED and it was a bit hard to watch at first, but it got easier. As a snack, I would offer them chicken wings, and they really loved them. Of all the meats, chicken wings were great because they had pleanty of protien, plus they had the bone and nutritious marrow. As long as it's raw, chicken bones are wonderful for dogs. They also really liked them and they were inexpensive, compared to the other meats I would occationally feed them.

Anyway, good luck. If it were not for my finances, my two dogs would still be on a fully raw diet. For now, they eat a high quality kibble, supplements, Sojo's, and I do add some raw ground beef to their food.

The Sojo's site seems to be down now, but here is a link that tells you a bit more about the Sojo's food mix: Sojo's food mix