Do You Feed Raw Chicken? - Page 4

I give my dogs raw chicken legs I can buy in big family paks, and just hand them out like treats but only after they've finished their kibble meal.  I feed a quality kibble as the basis of their diet, but then each dog gets 2 raw legs as "dessert" mainly for the extra protein and their enjoyment. It's been working well for me for years.

I know lots of people think i know nothing,, how ever i do feed raw to pups..and older dogs.My last litter was chowing down on raw hamburger 3.50 cents a pound burger.pups were 4 weeks old .After eating one pup was wondering aimlessly,acting strange. I kept an eye on her for a long time .She then frothed at the mouth and started to stagger.This was all in about twenty minutes.I grabbed her up realized she was choking!! on the food.I heimlich her several times .no change.My kids all looked at me liked i killed a dog..I chewed off my pinkie fingernail ,at this time she was limp in my hand ,i stuck my finger in sugar,stuck it in her mouth ,stuck my finger in water and shoved my pinkie all the way down her throat.      as far as it could go .All the while my kids were looking at me saying nice job mom.I gave her a few breath of my air and rubbed her up ,and presto chango she came around .she is healthy and happy to this day..I still feed raw to young pups but i sit and watch for a long time after their done eating.Talk about a horror story.I was working fast on this pup. My kids are in their late twenties and early thirties,so they had the ya killed the pup look down pretty good.Well I have the  I saved the pup look down even better!!!

I feed raw chicken all the time, and have since I got my pup.  Chicken, turkey, duck, etc.  Although I can admit that feeding drumsticks with that long bone made me nervous the first few times.  But backs, wings, necks, etc. were fine.  When I started feeding necks I held one end while pup chewed the other to teach her to chew it carefully and not gulp them.  She still chews her necks carefully as an adult :o)

I knew I would be feeding raw so I called around and found a vet that was supportive of raw feeding before I got my pup.  We only go to her, no lectures on diet or the "dangers of feeding raw" when we go in.   Only nice comments on her condition, her teeth, and her coat :o)

My boy eating a 1/2 chicken at 12 weeks

And again at ~4months.

Now at 9.5 months he eats whole chickens, turkeys, ducks, along with beef, pork, lamb & fish. Basically he eats anything I get my hands on except the weight bearing bones of large ungulates. I've never had a problem, but I always watch him eat...just in case  

Animules, my regular vet has no problem with RAW, and an oncologist veterinarian specialist I know not only feeds RAW to her own dogs and cats, but highly recommends RAW to her clients.  I think more and more vets in the USA are either OK with or recommending RAW or home cooked diets, as well as getting away from annual vaccinations in favor of vacs every 3 years.

Wow, just handing over the whole chicken and then put away the leftover in a container in the refrigerator.

That would save a whole lot of work cutting up chickens.

Thanks for the good idea London, this should be amusing.

Hey Pharoh,

You're right! I don't need to spend much time prepping the dog's meal. My prep? Buy chicken - give chicken to dog. Whatever the dog doesn't eat gets thrown back into the fridge for the next meal. Plus I save money being able to buy larger cuts of meat. As an added bonus, the larger cut  means a better dental cleaning for the dog. A big hunk of food is also more physically challenging and mentally stimulating for the dog.

Karen

I took a whole chicken and put it in his bowl on the deck,  In front of his bowl is a doomat that is a thick sculptured type that has lots of wide open areas for blasting it clean with the hose.  He will often put his chicken on it.

So, I wasn't concerned when he ate the wing while it was in the bowl and then put it on the mat.  He sniffed it and licked it then picked it up and headed into the yard where he dumped the chicken under a tree on the hillside.  He headed back up to the deck and was begging for more food!!!

He is smart and spoiled and thinks I am easily manipulated.

I ignored him for a while and then retrieved the chicken, rinsed it off and cut it into 4 big sections.  He ate two sections.

I realized that he needed an intermediate step.

So, I will gradually transition him into bigger and bigger till he is ready for the whole chicken.

for at least 25 years..no problems..

Wow Jade,

I don't know of anyone who has fed raw for 25 years,  I have been doing it for 10 years.

What exactly do you feed?  Do you use any supplements?

Have you ever had a dog bloat?

How many dogs have you had?  How many were GSDs?

I hope this isn't rude asking so many questions.  I am on #3 GSD and you know so much and I would like to benefit from your experience.  I think many others would too.