Whats the difference other than cost? Gurus. - Page 1

For my dog , get fresh human grade skinless chicken breast for $1.89 per pound and human grade fresh chicken quarters for $0.59 per pound. Other than the cost, what is the nutritional /content difference between the two?

Sorry if the question seems simplistics, I been busy trying to keep up with Phd classes, esp the difficult applications of Tensor calculus.

Bone

and skin.

Better to feed the leg quarter  There is a better bone to meat ratio and you get the fat from the skin.  I feed mine raw and they get 85-90% leg quarters. I have been feeding this way for many years no problems.  I start all my  puppies on chicken necks.

With all due respect (seriously- though you'll probably still be snotty to me in your reply, but I care not- I'm trying to help the dog ;) ), if you don't know whether to feed skinless, boneless breasts or leg quarters, you are likely to do more harm than good until you learn more about a balanced raw diet. Follow a reliable, established prey model diet. There are many out there. Feeding boneless meat all willy-nilly is not a good idea.

Chicken leg quarters are great and predominately what I feed at 69 cents per pound from the local grocery or WalMart. Generally load bearing muscles and bones such as legs are better than non-load bearing. I also feed the dogs whole raw leg quarters. Some breeders feed chicken parts such as backs ground up but I prefer to feed raw whole parts and let the dogs chew up the bones when I feed leg quarters. Some add sweet potatoes mixed with ground chicken parts. I try to feed beef liver ( 1/4 lb per adult dog ) with the leg quarters once per week. I also like to feed beef with bones ( beef ribs $2.50 per lb ) at two pounds per dog once each week to clean teeth. The chicken bones in the legs are so soft that an adult GSD can easily crush them and the beef ribs give their teeth a better cleaning and their jaws a bit of exercise. Beef hearts are a great food that the dogs love but I have a difficult time finding them. I gave my adult GSD a young two point buck deer that was hit and killed by a car .. they ate everything but the horns and the hooves. If you do not feed a meat source with sufficient fat content then adding additional fat or carbohydrates may be necessary .. chicken breasts are lower in fat than chicken leg quarters.

I feed my entire kennel (German Shepherds) twice a day...One of those times I feed them a RAW Chicken Leg Quarter...Skin...Bones and all...

The skin of the chicken is good for them...the fats and oils are good for them...The bones are good calcium and natural bone meal...

Our dogs are out of Wild Wolves...What did they eat...Meat...Not all the time was it so fresh...So just keep this in mind when feeding your dogs...

~Bob~

Bubba, what else do you feed besides quarters?
I feed quarters and Honest Kitchen base mix in the morning, Farmina in the evening. Throw in a duck egg once or twice a week, as well as coconut oil.

I buy 120 lbs of RAW Chicken Leg Quarters a week...This is 1/2 of my food for my dogs...I am now getting the Chicken Leg Quarters for $00.42/lb unless it's on sale which I get it for less...

~Bob~

hntrjmpr434 .. I feed adult dogs or those 8 months or older once per day about 1 1/2 - 2 lbs of meat per day year round. Puppies under 4 months get fed all they will eat of meat, milk, and animal fats two to four times a day depending on how they look and feel. Puppies get pro-biotics and extra D3 and C vitamins plus a multi-vitamin up until 4 months by which time they will weigh from 30-40 pounds. Puppies fed high quality raw meat do not have growth spurts but they will grow uniformly fast however their leg and body growth is balanced with none of the odd leg growth sometimes seen from feeding dry kibble. Some puppies get Pano and some don't .. Pano occurs primarily in large male puppies when fed a raw animal protein diet and I saw little or no Pano in females. When I had a lot of dogs and many were in outside runs I fed a cheap dry kibble ( Diamond Naturals Beef and Rice ) or raw beef fat trimmings to provide additional calories during winter weather and during very bad winter weather ( less than 32 night time temperatures, rain and cold, or rain and wind ) I doubled their meat ration and gave all the dry food that they could eat to provide additional calories. I only have a few dogs now and they all have inside shelters with heat if needed so I don't feed kibble at all anymore to my adults. As I stated earlier I feed raw beef ribs, beef liver and chicken liver as well as other meats such as beef hearts when I can get them.  All of the raw meats that I feed are human grade meats.  Exercise and plenty of it is also necessary and my dogs did better in outside runs ( 200' x 60' ) even when they had to endure cold weather when they got plenty of exercise, had adequate unheated shelters, and got plenty of food.