I feed Finn a raw diet, mostly consisting of chicken leg quarters. He gets raw pork, beef, and, fish, too. I feed him veggies and fruit when I eat them, but, not as a necessary part of his everyday diet. I had previously fed Bruno (two years prior to his death) a raw diet as well. He was pretty much at this death bed at that point, and, I was simply bowled over at the difference taking him off kibble made, it was like he was ten years younger.

Yes, feeding ANYTHING has it's risks. Dogs die every single day from diabetes, bloat, and, many other nutrition related diseases and problems. Yes, there is a chance that Finn could die from splintering chicken bones, just as there is a chance that he could choke from enhaling three cups of kibble at once. I don't give him really hard bones too often, like pork and beef, just because he can't really chew them. The chicken bones clean his teeth well enough, I don't really worry about giving him other bones to help out. Most vets get one chapter of nutrition when in college. It's just like regular doctors. Unless they specifically become a nutritionist or just simply go out of their way to learn more about the subject, they aren't any more educated in it than the pet owners. And, a lot of vets push whatever food they are selling at their office. It's a retail business when it comes right down to it, just like anything else, unfortunately. They will try to sell you things that you don't actually need (someone recently said something in uabassoon's post about paying too much for a fancy pill plunger, as an example). So, you will run into that a lot with vets. I was lucky enough to have a vet that also has an education in nutrition, and, is very open minded to learning new things.

Good luck, I'm sending you a pm as well, explaining a little more about feeding raw.

Kari