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Originally Posted by tem_sat  Certainly not anything of the sort. However, my question was posed more specifically. I used the phrase "raw MEATY bone".
I would be very careful to avoid any sort of marrow bone, as they tend to be way too dense and risk tooth breakage. I would never feed them.
In addition, your point regarding pancreatitis is an interesting one. I would tend to feel the same way that you do due to the predominance of that issue which shows up in Yorkies. I, personally, would accept that raw dietary fat is extremely different from cooked and heavily processed animal fat. For example, raw chicken skin vs. cooked chicken skin.
With all due respect, I would be very surprised if chicken feathers or fish scales were needed to protect the wolf from digesting chicken or fish bones.
I read that and thanks...
Also, thank you very much for your welcome and I am happy to hear that your Yorkie is doing well on his diet!
-- Tara |
Yes, that's why I posted that link...since they're discussing raw meaty bones and carcasses. A carcass definitely has raw meaty bones. And yes, I think we'd all agree that cooked bones are brittle and unsafe - that's never really been an argument here, thankfully.
I've had a problem w/
consumable bones, but never w/ marrow bones - with teeth or otherwise. I'm sure this is not the case with all dogs; I'm sure there are those who've seen teeth breakage with raw bones and lots of other things. Just as there are experiences here and elsewhere w/ dog deaths from consumable RMBs.
Regarding chicken feathers and fish scales, I haven't really seen reliable info regarding this in a fashion similar to the wolf discussion link. The points they were discussing in the link seemed more like deer carcasses and other furred animals - not chickens or fish.
There are prey model feeders here too, and they love using that model. It always lends to good discussions when people share their point of view and info as it's always evolving.
I'm still not clear on what you were looking for in terms of documentation? I have a lot of raw links I could share (and there is a thread in the Library too), but it's not really 'documentation', per se. If you do have any good/new links to add to the library thread, I'd def love to add them
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