Lisa,
I can tell you this, I use the services of several vets; one of whom is my “primary care” vet and who practices integrative medicine. The other is a holistic vet that I see for chiropractic, etc. Both of them recommend raw and when I visit my primary care vet and tell her I’m not using raw at the time, I can tell she gets a little disgusted with me. Both of these vets are highly trained and aren’t afraid to think outside of the box when it comes to believing that food can be medicine.
Most vets who practice traditional Western veterinary medicine, tend to follow whatever the FDA and AAFCO (etc.) recommend. They’re also the same vets who say, just pick “whatever” food and that as long as it meets AAFCO guidelines, your dog should be fine. I use those vets also, we just don’t talk about food.
I wouldn’t try to encourage you to do something you aren’t comfortable with, but am saying that there are some vets who do encourage and support raw feeding. Just like a teaspoon of ACV, feeding a bit of raw won’t hurt and it actually just might help.
I’ve used the food Melissa has mentioned, Nature’s Variety. I found it very easy to serve, very clean and both of my dogs love it and did very well on it.
