Raw Feeding Thread

[DobieLover]

Is it true that dogs can choke and die if they eat chicken bones? My hubby often lets our dogs eats chicken wings...we call it chicken-boner-soup..it has rice and chicken thighs...so, while not raw. For this meal, I was just curious if the bones will kill them. I say they can. Anyways, we often give our dogs raw chicken ang hamburgers, but only my one will eat veggies. Sorry for interrupting.

You're not interrupting!
A dog can choke on anything. The danger was not the raw bone but the size of it for the dog. She wasn't going to bother chewing it up and tried to just swallow it. She's incidentally also almost choked on a big wad of grass. I had to pull that out of her throat as well. She nearly passed out that day. Scared the daylights out of me!

 

[DobieLover]

Raw turkey necks also clean dogs teeth! It's a trick I learned from our vet. They highly encourage their clients to give some raw meals.

Those are excellent for large dogs. But the little ones need something smaller. That is why I feed them chicken feet. The min pin gets two toes off the foot and the rat terrier gets the rest. If I want the min pin to really work on the bone for the teeth cleaning benefits, I hang onto one end and make her chew off the other end.

 

[DobieLover]

I've fed raw chicken with bones and all to my dogs. They really like it. Turkey necks, gizzards, and chicken livers are their favorite things. I'm not 100% raw with my dogs, but I do give them raw. They even get raw eggs on top of their food some days.

I feed raw veggies and fruits as well. Berries, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, cut apples, wax beans, and green beans.

I feed cooked veggies as well sometimes. It all depends what we are eating for dinner.

They can eat the veggies raw but if you lightly steam them, they are easier for the dog to digest and get the most out of them. Think of the wolf eating the stomach of a prey animal. The vegetable matter is partially digested before the wolf eats it.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

So, obviously you don’t think dogs can get sick from raw chicken...why is it that they don’t get salmonella? What about rabbit? My husband shoots them in our garden and makes sure the dogs don’t get them...I suppose because of the guts?

 

[FortCluck]

Those are excellent for large dogs. But the little ones need something smaller. That is why I feed them chicken feet. The min pin gets two toes off the foot and the rat terrier gets the rest. If I want the min pin to really work on the bone for the teeth cleaning benefits, I hang onto one end and make her chew off the other end.

I have 2 dogs that are larger and the two littles usually like feet. I'm going to dehydrate chicken feet, have you ever tried it?

 

[FortCluck]

Those are excellent for large dogs. But the little ones need something smaller. That is why I feed them chicken feet. The min pin gets two toes off the foot and the rat terrier gets the rest. If I want the min pin to really work on the bone for the teeth cleaning benefits, I hang onto one end and make her chew off the other end.

My mother used to have a min pin. I loved it. It was definitely the boss

 

[DobieLover]

I have 2 dogs that are larger and the two littles usually like feet. I'm going to dehydrate chicken feet, have you ever tried it?

No. Why are you dehydrating them?

 

[DobieLover]

So, obviously you don’t think dogs can get sick from raw chicken...why is it that they don’t get salmonella? What about rabbit? My husband shoots them in our garden and makes sure the dogs don’t get them...I suppose because of the guts?

There are more reported cases of dogs getting sick from commercial kibble. Mine have never gotten sick eating a raw diet.

 

[FortCluck]

No. Why are you dehydrating them?

To make treats that I can vacuum seal. I'll keep some frozen raw and some dehydrated.

 

[FortCluck]

There are more reported cases of dogs getting sick from commercial kibble. Mine have never gotten sick eating a raw diet.

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