Raw Chicken Breast??
 

Just reading over a breeders site and she said she gives her yorkies raw chicken breast to help keep their teeth clean. Does anyone else do this? Isn't this bad to give a dog raw meat? This is exactly what was written:

YORKIES HAVE BAD TEETH: they have a tendency towards bad teeth. Yorkies have bad teeth when they are older if he was fed poorly for his entire life. If you are going to feed your yorkie soft food or table food, he will have bad teeth. Many manufacturers’ offer food for small dogs in tiny pellets. Although this is somewhat necessary when they are little babies, it becomes less so as the pups grows. Feed them a good size kibble so they will have something substantial to chew on. I also give my yorkies a raw chicken breast once a week. They love it and it helps to clean their teeth. Raw meat does not hurt animals as it does us.

Good question...... I didn't think dogs were suppose to have raw meat either...

Raw diet is becoming more accepted as a good feeding method for dogs. The key is in proper balance of foods for total nutrition. You can research this easily on the internet...google BARF (bones and raw food) for more info.

I'm homecooking (on a recommendation from our Vet) and have been doing lot's of reading on the subject and everything I have read has said no raw meat. Thank goodness - I think it's icky and I'm germ paranoid to boot!

Never, ever raw chicken. Salmonella is always a risk. If you wouldn't eat chicken raw, don't give it to your dogs.

I have read that raw meat (not chicken though) is good for them but I will never do it anyway.

People that feed their dogs a raw diet feed the chicken raw bones and all to the dog. I would never do it.

This is an informative site on feeding dogs raw meat. http://www.barfworld.com/main.shtml
This must be something new and if it was so dangerous I don't think too many people would be doing it.

Its healthy alot of people feed this way. Its supposed to be better for them too then the dog food we feed them.

I don't think there is anything wrong with feeding them raw meet. I also don't agree with "if you wouldn't eat it, neither should they". I would never feed a dog chicken bones becuase of splinters, but I would feed him boneless chicken. I know of some dogs that are on the raw diet and are thriving! I guess others may not. I really don't think occasionally or frequently giving a dog raw meat will harm him/her. jmo

There many member including myself feeding their dogs a raw diet using this company. I believe Bil-Jac is another frozen raw diet also.

http://www.naturesvariety.com/

Can you say BIRD FLU!!!! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

hmmmm
I guess you can learn something new every day.

GROSS! It's called BARF for a reason...from what I understand, they get all stinky. :eek:

I am a certified food service manager. Can you say anal when
it comes to food because that's me. I have been through so
many food illness related courses in my time that I couldn't
bring myself to offer that sort of diet in my house with out
driving myself crazy with the bleach bucket.I can only cringe
to imagine where traces of that raw chicken may end up.
Eww...the thought just sort of grosses me out.

Pixie ONLY gets raw meat (including raw chicken necks). I've had absolutely no problems at all. They're dogs, not people, and their digestive systems are totall different from ours. They're able to handle bacterias that would make a normal human sick.... I could eat all the choclate I want and get nothing but a stomache ache.. If a dog did that, it would kill him!

The best part is, I know EXACTLY what she's eating. There's no fillers or by-products or toxic dog food (which recently happened) or unnecessary addives/preservatives. I found a holistic vet in my area that actually encourages people to feed their dogs a 100% raw diet. I encourage everybody to at least do the research before condemning it. A lot of people (especially those with dogs who have allergies) are finding there are more benefits than risks!

I have a new baby, Chloe, and I am determined to try the raw food diet. I have a friend who does this with this papillions, and a standard poodle. He treid to talk me into this about 6 months ago. Then when I got this puppy the breeder says she does it too. Says her dogs teeth are in great shape. I just lost my Rosie of 11 years and I had to get her teeth cleaned evey 6 months. I wonder.....So I decided to try it and that Chloe can just eat in her pen on paper, that is cheep and I can remove it and replace it and mop under it as needed. So far so good, she sure likes it!

my sister feeds her dogs raw chicken and lamb that is frozen in a little cube. Their stomach supposidely produces enzymes that can take the raw meat. She said their dogs coats and eye drainage look so good. Her dog also has a very sensitive stomach and this has been really good.

I mean this in the most respectful and noncombative way, but equating dogs with humans is, in my opinion, a major error. I wouldn't feed people my friends dog food, nor would I crate train my kid or teach him to walk on a leash. Furthermore, biologically the two are entirely different entities, and what is okay for one species often has no bearing on what is fine for another.

One paper has been published which I found on PubMed which addresses the risk of salmonella to humans through dogs shedding it in fecal matter.

http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/article...medid=12058569

A thorough response to this is found here:
http://www.bonsah.com/forum/viewtopi...85e3e58ffd434f

Personally, I feel that the criticism of the paper is justified. As a researcher myself, the paper has no significance due to its low sample number, and consequently results are anything but conclusive. Also, none of the dogs that were tested were mentioned to have any ill effects themselves, and the authors have admitted that no papers have been published linking BARF to salmonellosis in dogs (though salmonellosis is found in dogs most frequently in immature puppies and pregnant bitches)

Until conclusive evidence or experiments have been conducted in a scientific manner to address this issue, what we have left is only the first-hand accounts of people who have used this, none of which I have personally found to be negative in any manner. However, we do also know that dogs are capable of shedding salmonella in their feces, so just be aware of that for your own health.

In response to the bird flu statement, I work specifically on avian influenza, and that has about as much relevance in the US as not feeding your dog anything beef-related because you are scared of mad cow disease.

I'm going to use homecooking instead
 

I have some friends who feed BARF and some who feed homecooking. Both have their reasons and do well. I have done my research and will do homecooking. Some books to look into are Plechners book, The Burns dog food site has info on BARF, and Azmira did a study on it. They are not "for" it but instead encourage homecooking. however!! Before the raw people attack me, I am for whatever works for your dog. If you feel comfortable with BARF and have done the research, go for it. I feel more comfortable with homecooking from my research. You can find pros and cons to anything.
suzie

Mitzi gets homecooked food all the time. I dont give her raw meat, but I do give her beef with a bit of blood in it. It's like having a medium steak. She also had bones. Lamb and beef bones, NO CHICKEN or POULTRY BONES!! I don't think there's anything wrong in a raw meat diet for dogs. I guess it's more of the owners preference than the actual animal itself. :)