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06-30-2007, 07:53 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DFW, Texas
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| Chicken Necks Lacy (7lbs and almost 3 years old) has been eating Nature's Variety Raw medallions for a year now. We tried the beef once and fed chicken/turkey for a while but have been on venison and rabbit for the past several months. She has done great on it. I know a lot of people that feed raw like to feed raw bones as well. The main reason I haven't fed bones is because I'm afraid of the mess - the floor getting messy and her face getting nasty. I bought some chicken necks at the store tonight. I'm planning on trying to give her one tomorrow night before I bathe her. Just wondering if any of you have any advice on feeding this for the first time and any way to possibly minimize the mess? I'm also going to try to give a small piece of a neck to my cat as well as her breeder recommended them when I got her to keep her teeth clean. My cats eat a combo of raw and canned, but for the same reasons as with Lacy, just haven't tried a bone yet.
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06-30-2007, 09:18 PM | #2 |
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| I usually lay an old towel or sheet down on the floor in the kitchen and give them the bone on there. If they take it off, put it back on. If they keep doing it, take away for a while.... My kids now know that they have to eat them on the towel and they're pretty good about staying there. |
07-01-2007, 12:30 AM | #3 |
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| Take the skin off. Joey tried to swallow the skin whole and got choked on it.
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07-01-2007, 08:25 AM | #4 |
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| I've never fed raw and my dogs now and all I've had in the past 45-50 years had never been fed raw and they were all very healthy. I simply don't trust raw meat. http://www.secondchanceranch.org/tra...eat/index.html |
07-01-2007, 09:26 AM | #5 |
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| There's always arguments for and against raw meat & bones... It's just important that anyone considering this diet do their homework and decide what is best for them and their dogs. http://www.shadyspotcatahoulas.com/D..._meat_safe.htm http://rawfed.com/myths/rebuttal5.html |
07-01-2007, 01:28 PM | #6 |
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| I did a lot of research on raw a year ago and I'm positive it's the best thing for most dogs. Lacy's been on raw a year and has done great on it. I know a lot of people that feed raw and would never go back. I just don't trust most commercial dog foods because of the crap they put in pet food, and no dog would choose kibble over fresh meat - it's just not natural for them. Dogs weren't meant to eat grains and that's mostly what kibble is. Dogs were meant to eat meat, bones, and organs. anyway - I did cut all the excess skin/fat/meat off that was kindof hanging off the neck. All that is left is the neck bone and a thin layer of meat/skin around it. I'm planning on give her one tonight before I bathe her.
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07-01-2007, 10:39 PM | #7 |
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| I gave Lacy her chicken neck tonight. I spread a big beach towel on the kitchen floor and gave it to her. She is used to eating torn up medallions so wasn't doing a very good job of tearing the skin off of it so I held it for her so she could chew it better. Once I thought she had the hang of it I put it down but she just stared at me so I picked it up again. I ended up holding it for 40 minutes until she was done with it LOL. Hopefully she'll get better at chewing it on her own after a while. She seemed to really like it. I had also cut a smaller piece off and put it in a bowl on the towel for my cat, Sophie, to chew on. She mostly at some of the skin off of it and chewed on it a little, but didn't eat much of it. So I gave that little piece to Lacy as well. Afterwards, I threw the towel in the washing machine and bathed Lacy. I'll probably give her another one next Sunday before her bath again.
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