so i got my chicken carcasses.........

[armchair _hunter 5]

..........but freaked out just couldnt give my dog one (10month old staff) , there bigger than i thought tbh- i tore som flesh off for her and the snapping sharp bones exaggerated my fear of her choking etc! for handiness sake and space saving in the freezer i might mince them, anyone no of a decent sized mincer as i can get a dozen free carcasses every week if needed and thats to good an offer to pass esp when im paying for tripe! any help/experince appreciated

 

i give her a ham bone every other week or when i can afford it

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I used to be terrified about feeding raw.

 

After watching my 12 week old pup swallow 4 x whole chicken wings and regurgitate them I started to relax.

 

I think it's pretty rare that a dog chokes on raw bones. Try a breast of lamb first, they seem a little softer and go down well. This might improve your confidence with raw feeding?

 

Gaz

[Guest thebigdog]

stop being a fanny, give the dog the full carcass. if the dog was in the wild would it need them minced?

[armchair _hunter 5]

stop being a fanny, give the dog the full carcass. if the dog was in the wild would it need them minced?

 

lol i no mate- will give her a full one tomorrow, she had no trouble with a raw chicken drumstick but the wee bones are freaking me out, ill no by this time tomorrow

[martnmagik 68]

an old chap once told me minced bones will cause more damage to a dog than a whole carcass ..........i never asked why but to this day ive never fed minced bones, and ive never had problems feeding raw bones of any kind to my dogs

[Moll. 1,770]

stop being a fanny, give the dog the full carcass. if the dog was in the wild would it need them minced?

 

lol i no mate- will give her a full one tomorrow, she had no trouble with a raw chicken drumstick but the wee bones are freaking me out, ill no by this time tomorrow

 

The chciken bones (raw) are fairly soft for a dog, mine as pups would swallow them whole.

You have more chance of anything happening with the hams bones, they will be very hard bones and can splinter.

Lamb ribs and vertebrae are the best you can get...very soft.

[iworkwhippets 12,543]

Bigger than you thought, the answer is simple, cut em up, i feed my whippets on em as they come, no problems, dont deprive your dog of some good grub

[skycat 6,173]

Remember that chickens which are grown and killed for human consumption are killed at a young age so the bones are still quite soft. I feed chicken carcases to pups and they manage to digest all the bones and never have a problem. If you are worried, try smashing the carcase up a bit with a hammer to begin with, no need to mince. Once you see that your dog is digesting bits of smashed bone, then you can give it whole carcases and let it 'smash' up the bones itself with its teeth: as nature intended.

[Westy76 546]

AH

I've got a 10 month old staffie to,mine has chix carcass whole rabbit lamb bones the lot never choked yet.

If your that worried give the carcass a couple of taps with the old women's rolling pin to break it up a bit then give it to the dog,it'll go through them like a knife through hot butter.

 

[Westy76 546]

I'm a numpty didn't read all of skycat's post,what she said

[rob190364 2,594]

I just buy a full chicken and cut it into quarters, I was a bit worried when I was giving my pup raw bones when she was very young but there were no problems. As has been said, in the wild they'd be eating carcasses from an early age. At one point mine was even swallowing whole drumstick bones which was a bit concerning but even that didn't cause any problems. Thankfully she stopped doing that though.

[gnipper 6,467]

As has been said the bones are soft and when the dog chews them they will be fine to swallow. Personally i'd never smash one up as your just creating un natural fragments of bone which is increasing the risk imo. I've read loads of people saying they smash chicken wings up and feck knows why, even a pug could probably swallow a whole chicken wing and not choke. Dangerous bones to feed are load bearing bones on bigger stock like sheep and cows as they can splinter.

I've just been and got about 60 kilo of big meaty chicken carcases for me and my mate and all our dogs get them chucked in whole, sometimes even frozen and never have a problem.

Edited August 5, 2011 by gnipper

[gnipper 6,467]

That lot was processed and boxed up while we waited, ten minutes if that so they were as fresh as can be

[Mac 30]

That lot was processed and boxed up while we waited, ten minutes if that so they were as fresh as can be

 

How much does that lot cost you gnipper ?

[Pulser 14]

I feed my dogs minced chicken and chicken carcasses[full body] regular. Never had any problems.