Do You Feed Raw Chicken? - Page 5

I'm getting my 6 week puppy in few days. What do you guys recommed for feeding her? I like the raw chicken idea, when should I start with her?

My vet says no way

I brought Pharaoh home when he was 8 weeks old and I was feeding him a prepared raw frozen food. 

Nature's Variety is a good brand that is available at some stores.  Pet Food Express carries it.

Here is their website:  www.naturesvariety.com/raw_QandA

I bought a heavy duty meat grinder to run turkey necks and chicken legs, wings etc through it because I had only fed raw food to adult dogs previously.  With encourangement from others, I started giving him whole chicken parts, drumbsticks, wings and necks at eleven weeks.  That went pretty well and and he mostly eats chicken parts since then.

I am surprised that you are bringing home a six week old puppy and I really don't have any advise for a pup that young.  A good friend who is a dog breeder feeds her baby puppies a mix of soaked kibble mush mixed with ground turkey necks.  That way her pups can go to kibble or raw when they go to their new homes.

There are many more knowledgeable raw feeders here.  Maybe they can help.

Good luck with your baby puppy.

PS.  DO NOT EVER GIVE YOUR PUPPY OR ADULT DOG COOKED BONES-THEY ARE BRITTLE AND CAN KILL YOUR DOG SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY.  DON'T DO IT!!!!!  MICROWAVE IS COOKING.  DON'T DEFROST RAW DOG FOOD WITH THE MICROWAVE.

here's what lonsdale say about feeding puppies in his diet guide http://www.rawmeatybones.com/petowners.php 

this is the link to the pdf file Diet Guide

Puppies and kittens
From about three weeks of age puppies and kittens start to take an interest in what their mother is eating. By six weeks of age they can eat chicken carcasses, rabbits and fish.

During the brief interval between three and six weeks of age it is advisable to provide minced chicken, chicken carcasses or similar for young animals (as well as access to larger pieces that encourage ripping and tearing). This is akin to the part-digested food regurgitated by wild carnivore mothers. Large litters will need more supplementary feeding than small litters. (The meat and bone should be minced together. Meat off the bone can be fed, but only for a short time, until the young animals can eat meat and bone together — usually about six weeks of age.)

Between four and six months of age puppies and kittens cut their permanent teeth and grow rapidly. At this time they need a plentiful supply of carcasses or raw meaty bones of suitable size.

Puppies and kittens tend not to overeat natural food. Food can be continuously available.

I feed raw chicken, and raw everything; have done for 8 years, my last pup was tucking into carcases at 7 weeks old.

I started feeding raw meaty bones and chicken months ago an Halo loves it and her coat has vastly improved as well as her stools. I supplement with innovo kibble and missing link mixed with one fresh egg.