Got the July copy of Your Dog at the w/end and there is a full page 'promotion' (translates to an Advert!) from Novartis who make Milbemax wormer about  risks to dogs, different types of wormers etc and on a bright blue ground in larger print it says:-

TOP 5 TIPS FOR REDUCING RISK
1. Cover children's sandpits when not in use.
2. Ensure you and your children wash your hands.
3. Wash all food.
4. Cook meat thoroughly and do not feed your dog raw meat.
5. Don't allow children to put dirt in their mouths.

Hands up those who disagree with the bold part of item 4 as it is printed :-D :-D

*HAND FIRMLY UP* :-D

I have fed a raw diet for around 16 years, never had any problems with worms or salmonella or any other nasties that are so often bandied about when discussing raw diets. Sensible precautions and vigilance is all that is needed.

Hands AND many paws up here. :)

Yes, another set of hands up here. What an absolutely stupid statement!!!

Slightly off topic....I know someone who thinks if you feed a dog raw food, it will make them nasty!! Thats one conversation, I just couldnt be bothered with...

I don't feed raw - well Zuma has Burns with 1/2 block of Natures menu a day - so just a little raw. but I thought there must be a humungous number of Raw feeders who could crash the Novarti web site if they all emailed to argue the point :-D :-D

if you feed a dog raw food, it will make them nasty!!
I used to work as a home-help and when I had my 1st GSD about 23 years ago I used to go to an old bloke who kept insisting that 

'Yew doan want to give im any raw meat or he'll get a blood-lust and go fer yew

Grew up being told that a little dirt never did anyone any harm.

Why is there always a huge fuss about dogs when few bother to mention all the local cats who use your veg patch as a toilet. Nothing against cats but why is it always the dog that is the villain and

Hands up here.
I was talking to a cat owner in the vets who said she would love a dog but couldn't cope with having to pick up poo. Obviously one of the ones happy for her cat to go poo in every body elses garden. Really annoys me cats get away with murder

Don't know if it is true but read an article that stated that the worst of the recorded cases of cysts caused by animal worms were cat worms, not dogs. Don't no if that is cause and effect because the toilet habit of the cat make ingesting more likely than the dog.

I was talking to a cat owner in the vets who said she would love a dog but couldn't cope with having to pick up poo. Obviously one of the ones happy for her cat to go poo in every body elses garden.

Or maybe it simply was a responsible cat owner who would not dream of letting the cats go outside so used litter trays. :)

Good point Goldmali. Unfortunately around here we don't seem to have any of those. Especially the woman across the road with 9 cats

Hands and paws up here too. That stupid women on that program about dog food saying you could catch salmonella from their coats didn't help either. !
Raw feeders that I know who use worm count and the like usually find there are no parasites present without worming and yes there are cats pooing in the soil
For heavens sake don't touch soil when you are gardening lol