RAW Bones
 Does anyone use these for their dogs? Any info on this would be great...thanks |
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| It has always been my understanding that raw poultry bones are dangerous because they splinter.... |
| EXACTLY!! Thats what I thought too and thats why I'm asking...she claimed they splinter when cooked but now raw and its great for their teeth...I always thought you could get sick from raw chicken but she said noooooo...I have no plans on trying it out unless alot of you have had luck with it...I'm pretty protective of this girl. |
| I agree. I'd never give a dog chicken bones. We had a German shepard almost die years ago from swallowing one. It splintered and did some serious damage. |
| Raw chicken does contain germs and bacteria, such as salmonella, which is killed through cooking, however from a raw feeding point of view, a raw fed dog is thought to have a stronger immune system and is able to deal with it naturally. In my opinion, it would be dangerous to feed it at all, because of bones splintering and I don't think it would be wise to feed this to a puppy whose immune system is immature at best. JMO |
| Actually raw bones are exactly what you want to give to your animals. Cooking dries the bones and makes them splinter. Raw bones, expecially the smaller poultry bones and smaller bones in other animals are chewed up quite nicely. I'm talking neck bones in chicken, turkey and small pigs.
Many dogs are started on raw bones as pups just being weaned. Here wing tips are excellent. They are mostly cartilage, so soft for those mouths with the new teeth. As for disease, I keep my bones frozen, letting the just thaw before serving. At the other extreme are the larger bones, the femur and to a certain extent, the lower leg bone, make good gnawing bones. I avoid all bone sizes inbetween. Around here it's neck bones, wings and the giant bones. It is a leap of faith to feed your dogs raw, repeat RAW bones. Do some research on BARF feeding. It is a wonderful way to feed your dogs......boy to they LOVE it and their teeth, coat, etc sure do respond nicely. |
| I always give raw beef bones served up right from the freezer to make a nice bloody popsicle. The doggies love them. I have chime in that raw chicken necks are fine too as long as they are not cooked at all. I know a lot of breeders will give the raw bones.
Stacey, what does your breeder give to her dogs? |
| She doesn't feed raw, and I don't know if she ever gives certain raw bones as a treat, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't feed any chicken bones at all.
She does feed them a local natural food base kibble, and for weaning pups uses Eukanuba. Sheepieboss seems to know what she's talking about, I don't have any expereince with it at all, just what I've been told. Knowledge changes as people learn |
| First of all, Raw bones don't splinter, cooked bones do. So NEVER feed your dog cooked bones!
Second, raw bones do clean teeth--they scrape away plaque and tartar buildup plus dogs love 'em . My girls love getting raw bones. However they're messy so feed them outside or in an area with easily cleaned flooring.
Your trainer is wrong about raw meat not making an animal sick. Put the meat in the fridge or freezer before feeding is a good idea, and you might want to wipe the paws off after they're done eating. My dogs get raw + Bench & Field kibble and are soon going to be on all raw and they have no problems. |
| Here's a good website by a veterinary nutritionist www.petdiets.com. It has a lot of good information regarding diets, including raw diets. A raw diet isn't everything is cracked up to be. I would never put my animal's life at stake by feeding it. |
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