Raw is a good choice for any dog, Barkingdog, as long as you do the homework to find out the right proportions of bone/organ meat/muscle meat. I know a lot of people who have fed raw for the life of their dogs and the dogs are in excellent health. There isn't anything inherently superior about kibble.
Also, feeding raw does not necessarily encourage begging for people food, which is usually cooked and seasoned. The biggest encouragement of begging is success as the humans involved succumb to those big puppy eyes!
