I have recently bought a 16 month old male Neapolitan Mastiff. He is the third mastiff in my house and I have owned the breed for 6 years. He is not eating bones. I have tried to last him out to see if he eats them when he gets hungry but he picks at the chicken backs as if he is eating a butcher bone, sometimes chewing them and spitting them out. He is eating the black minced tripe I put down to him so I am pretty sure his problem is not medical and merely thet he doesn't know what to do with the bones. He has eaten some back after 4 days of not eating, but is now back to not eating them again. I tried cutting them in half but this seems to have had no effect. I would be most obliged of any assistance and advice
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I have recently bought a 16 month old male Neapolitan Mastiff. He is the third mastiff in my house and I have owned the breed for 6 years. He is not eating bones. I have tried to last him out to see if he eats them when he gets hungry but he picks at the chicken backs as if he is eating a butcher bone, sometimes chewing them and spitting them out. He is eating the black minced tripe I put down to him so I am pretty sure his problem is not medical and merely thet he doesn't know what to do with the bones. He has eaten some back after 4 days of not eating, but is now back to not eating them again. I tried cutting them in half but this seems to have had no effect. I would be most obliged of any assistance and advice
Well, IME, most dogs love chicken necks, and they are loaded with the bony material but still soft. Have you tried that? Also, does he have so much other food that the RMBs are boring and unnecessary to him? <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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His teeth are fine and he still wasn't eating the RMBs after three or four days of not eating. I'll try the necks and see how that goes. Thanks
So then he is just being picky...... <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I have adopted dogs who were so used to commercial food that RMBs really took them aback at first, but so far I haven't had one who didn't end up happy with the raw diet.
I do grind the back end of the fowl, but chicken backs and necks have been universally popular around here...... eventually! <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
If it's been just a few days, then I wouldn't be surprised at his initial reluctance. He's probably eaten commercial foods for 16 months.
And if he turns up his nose at his bones for a few days or a week, I don't believe that a week of a lopsided diet at his age will hurt him at all. JMO!
It would be great if you would post back about the results. (I keep a lot of anecdotal info about raw feeding.)
Yes, he's just being picky. He ate 4 chicken backs last night with me standing over him and hand feeding him when necessary. I know about the dominance issues with this but it's a short term solution. He was rewarded with 4lb of tripe this morning which he devoured quickly. I'll persevere with the hand feeding and gradually decreae my role in the process. Thanks
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