Many people are now experimenting with raw meat diets and although these are quite good from a nutritional perspective, they have some drawbacks as well that you should consider before using them.
From a health and safety point of view, raw diets will increase the risk of introducing pathogens, that maybe previously your dog would not come into contact with. From your dogs own health perspective this is often not such a big issue but if you or one of the members of your family has a weak immune system this could pose a threat to them.
From your dog’s health perspective raw food is not great either, at least not for all dogs. The problem with raw, uncooked diets is that the body needs to do much more work to digest it and so their intestines and pancreas have to work harder. This is fine if the dog has strong internal organs, but if they are weak they may get into trouble.
I often see older dogs with a weak digestive system and are therefore not receiving enough nutrients.
Some people may say that wolves in the wild eat raw meat and therefore dogs should be ok on this as well. What you have to consider here is that dogs have been domesticated for a long time and have probably been used to eat (partly) cooked food as well. On top of that, wolves in the wild generally don’t live as long as our pet dogs. Dogs often get much older and so will have different needs, as their intestines age and gradually lose their ability to process and take up nutrients.