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Originally Posted by RawfedYorkieLuv  In regards to questions about green tripe and why we should feed this, instead of putting it in my own words, I thought I should post this to make it easier, lol; Green Tripe Site Index
Like somebody else already mentioned; Elderly dogs and younger dogs even with joint/muscles/hip problems really benefit from chicken feet (glucosamine), (beef) trachea and gullet as they're loaded with natural chondroitin sulfate.
I don't believe in feeding supplements as everything canine could possibly need can be found in nature. My own senior has made great progress by eating these things and I'm preventing possible future problems in my young dogs.
Really bad teeth and gums will need a little extra time and effort to clear up. For extreme cases I'd say 6-9 months. The key is the chewing/crunching/ripping of meaty bones. The actual density of the bone has nothing to do with it. As the meat is being ripped off, teeth are flossed, cleaning out gum disease causing bacteria. Bone will scrape off existing tartar. I don't feed beef bones either and if I do, I only give beef ribs and take them away as soon as the bone has been stripped off the meat. If you want to step up the cleaning process then you will need to feed your dog even bigger pieces than you're already feeding so your dog will spend adequate time on it. When I first switched to prey model, I would give my senior Yorkie pieces the size of his head. Of course I didn't intend for him to eat the entire thing, the goal was that he had to put more effort into getting anything off as it didn't fit neatly into his mouth hence more repeated teeth scraping back and forth action. (Am I making sense??? LOL)
Fish meets a nutritional requirement for the Omegas and for a change of pace on the menu. Two of my dogs won't touch fish unless it's been ground and put in their food bowls. I stick the entire fish (ungutted, eyes, scales etc. intact) in my grinder and mix it in with their organ meats. Works like a charm! This will also work for eggs if you have a dog(s) that doesn't know how to crack an egg or doesn't want to eat the shells. For more ideas on what to feed, I'll post this website again; Raw Feeding Recipes
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Thanks for the info, very helpful! I do feed chicken feet but have not yet tried trachea. The idea about putting fish in the grinder is a good one - I might actually catch some fish and try that.
OK, not to be dense but when you say I need to feed bigger pieces... I currently feed a chicken quarter. Sometimes a breast. But are you saying I should feed a whole chicken, at least as much as she would eat? Or are you saying I should feed some other type of bone with a lot of meat and take the bone away once all the meat is gotten off of it? Sorry to be dense....