[YorkieChick1]

Hi Deanna, It's your GE Buddy Brooke!! We are on raw too!! We use Nature's Variety and prey model raw like you are trying to do. The first time I ever tried bone-in chicken with them I kind of had to help them and show them how to eat it! For right now you should take the skin off the chicken, it is hard for them to chew when they are starting and is too high in fat at the beginning and will give them diarrhea. Then I rip a bite sized piece of the chicken off the bone and feed it to them, I did this about 2 or 3 times and then I just ripped some of the chicken so it gave them something to start chewing on and I put the piece next to them. My one big Yorkie Booboo caught on right away and I heard him crunching on bone and digging into it. Bitsy my 3 lb. chihuahua turned into a lion and was trying to steal everyone elses meat!! It just takes a bit of time and then he should get the hang of it. Depending on what you have been feeding Nolee he will have some adjustment time in detoxing also. This means that he could have loose stools for quite a few days. My little chis and Brooke only had loose stools for about 4 days but my 2 older yorkies it was like 12 days!!! Believe me it was no fun but I asked my holistic vet and she said that it is common because their bodies are detoxing all the grain and other things they don't need and are learning to process the enzymes and protein in the raw meat. My dogs have been on raw since March and I notice that their coats are better, they are calmer around food, my little one has built muscle mass instead of being scrawny and their breath and teeth look better. Plus they love to eat!! They get excited when I bring out the meat!! Also, I don't feed mine the bone-in meat in a bowl. I put a vinyl table cloth on the kitchen floor (since I have tile) and I make them eat on the cloth. Then I use a huggie wipe on their face and paws when they are done eating. And I wash down the table cloth with a few antiseptic wipes and put it away until the next meal. Hope this helps and pm me anytime if you have more questions. There was also a good thread going on her about prey model feeding with some very knowledgeable people, I will try and find it for you.