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She was concerned about the safety of her other animals because the dog was raw fed.
Those are very common misconceptions about raw feeding.
Most vets are great, but they aren't educated in nutrition. In their many years of schooling, they receive on average just a few hours of education on nutrition, and this is often by the big brand dog food companies. My vet advocates for raw feeding, and my previous vet said, "keep doing whatever you're doing because she's in perfect health and has perfect teeth"
The bacteria is not at all a concern when feeding raw, because dogs have extremely strong stomach acid. Dogs are carnivores, as anyone who, like me, has spent years studying their digestive system can tell you. They have no need for fruits and vegetables, in fact feeding these put strain on the dogs digestive system. Carnivores are meant to eat meat - what do people think they were eating before kibble came around? The only thing you need to worry about in raw meat are parasites in wild game. The solution to that is simple - freeze for a month or two before feeding. The only meat that I know dogs shouldn't eat is other carnivores, bears, and raccoons. You also shouldn't give weight-bearing bones from any animal turkey-size or larger, as those can splinter or break teeth. And obviously they shouldn't be given other very large, dense bones. All other bones are completely safe to feed, the idea that they splinter is true, BUT only when the bones are COOKED. Raw bones are safe. Raw feeding is completely safe and the best thing you can do for your dogs health.Most people don't know that the kibble they feed their dogs causes cancer.
Not to mention the meat that goes into most kibbles, comes from large processing plants where anything not fit for human consumption is thrown into a "dog food" bin and shipped off to dog food companies. Bruised meat, tumors, along with 4D meat(down, dead, dying and diseased if I'm remembering correctly) not fit for human consumption.
Check out this link;
http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/kibble-never-a-good-option/
I will never go back to kibble or processed foods for my dogs.
