dog at vet

[jf1970 328]

hi all,took my wee cocker bitch to the vet yesterday as she wasn't eating her grub,i feed my dogs raw meat such as rabbit and butchers of cuts,the thing is the vet said never to feed a dog raw meat(cooked only) especially if it has bones in as they can get stuck in the dogs throat or gut,if this was the case of my cocker she would have to have an x-ray then an operation,now as it turns out she started eating her food again last night,i don't want to stop feeding my dogs raw with bones as i think they are thriving on it,especially my whippet x pup,but then again i don't want to put their health at risk,should i keep doing what i am or cook,take out the bones or change my vet,what would you do?cheers......john

[BooMster 11]

I boil rabbits in big stew pots and always removed the meat from the bones.

[richie198 28]

mate i would keep doing as you are especially if your dogs

are thriving on it and change that vet .

its the raw bones that are good for the dogs if you cook them

they tend to splinter and thats what can cause damage to the dog.

to me it sounds like the vet just wanted to make money off you.

best of luck

[daz1976 8]

i never had no problem feeding raw mate,my bitch eats rabbit and bone all the time

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Well i feed raw for years,

 

Rabbit especially and iv fed them whole not even gutted to rabbits heads only and never had any problems, I would not change to any other form of diet now..

[whippet 99 2,613]

was the vet wearing a clown costume

[markg 0]

this vet sounds like he knows naff all about feeding dogs meet. always feed raw if you feed cooked then only boil, its cooked bones which stick in dogs throght.

[PINNACLE 2,297]

Feed both mine raw chicken and rabbit as recommended by my vet who also has lurchers and they love it. It is great for cleaning their teeth and general health

 

Your vet is wrong you should never give cooked bones to a dog as they splinter.

 

Freeze the rabbit for a month first to kill off worms and parasites then give them to the dogs frozen or thawed

 

Change your vet.

[riohog 5,729]

was the vet wearing a clown costume

that made me laugh big time !!

[welshwizard 33]

I have been feeding all my yard dogs on flesh and bone for the last twelve years, I have had no real problems. My Vet who was a well respected dog vet told me also not to feed them bones, I took no notice of him. I think there are more positives tan negatives feeding them on this diet.

[jf1970 328]

will keep doing what i'm doing,when the vet said cook meat she was meaning remove bones,to much hassle if you ask me,lol

[skycat 6,173]

My own vet, who I consider to be pretty good, also doesn't like the idea of feeding raw carcases etc, but she also admitted that she's never come across a gut obstruction caused by bones, tennis balls, lumps of wood, stones.yes, but never bones.

 

If your'e worried, put your rabbits through a mincer, bones and all: that's what I do for young pups. That way the bones are too small to cause a problem. Vet's aren't nutritionists and most of them are wary of feeding raw as they have no experience of it: they've been hood winked by the science speak of the dog food companies like so many of us used to be.

[Neal 1,873]

Does your vet have a large display of expensive all-in-one dogs foods on display in the waiting room by any chance?

[jf1970 328]

Does your vet have a large display of expensive all-in-one dogs foods on display in the waiting room by any chance?

lol,no mate it's only a small country vet,i think they deal more in the farm animals dept,time to change i think,not that i went to the vet that often anyway,once to get pups microchipped and she let me in to weigh my dogs aswell,cheers......john

[Neal 1,873]

I know what you mean; it's annoying when a vet "tells you off" for the way you feed your dog despite the fact that you never need to take them to the vet, whereas all the dogs fed other ways are in several times a year and have revolting teeth, or regular (expensive) de-scales.

Edited September 5, 2010 by Neal