I am still can't get my 3 yr old Pap to eat bones because of the lack of jaw strength, do you think I could use bone meal to make up for the lack of bones till I can get him to eat them? I am giving him a wing bone to work on-20 min a night-then back into the fridge, and I know it is something that after time he will adapt to so I really don’t want to put the expense into a grinder nor getting him use to the premixed patties. Any suggestions?
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Do you have a hammer? I know I read somewhere on here that some people with smaller dogs break up the bones (chicken and turkey) with a hammer for their smaller dogs. Maybe that would work???
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I am still can't get my 3 yr old Pap to eat bones because of the lack of jaw strength, do you think I could use bone meal to make up for the lack of bones till I can get him to eat them? I am giving him a wing bone to work on-20 min a night-then back into the fridge, and I know it is something that after time he will adapt to so I really don’t want to put the expense into a grinder nor getting him use to the premixed patties. Any suggestions?
I'd give backs and necks -- much softer bones than wings.
Unfortunately he isn’t too impressed with the Raw diet, right now he only eats his Raw every other day, and he won’t touch organ meat either, only the muscle meat, and he is very underweight, was before we even started this diet-he hasn’t lost any weight so far with the every other day eating. I have tried the hammer technique and the necks, any bone fragments get spit right back out as well as the eggshell, he is a very picky little turd. He generally will avoid chewing any food, he has no jaw or teeth problems-he’ll chew other things just fine-but when it comes to food, he is just lazy with chewing. The wings he has started to chew on a little but once the meat is gone, no more interest, but maybe if I find some really small necks and wings like Quinny hen (spelling?) and he actually gets something off it by himself some magical instinct will kick in and he will learn that chewing is a good thing. He never chewed his kibble either so I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised, I just worry with him being such a small fart.
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My Bloodhound "carried and buried" his chicken for the first few days. He didn't know to eat it, but he did not want to give it back either. So I used my meat scissors and cut them up into more manageable chunks and voila!! he figured it out and no more cutting.
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This may seem an odd suggestion but he sounds the perfect size for a feeder mouse. Everything he needs in two bites- bone, meat, organs, and fur for a wrapper. Of course, the worst part would be slicing the things open to get him used to eating them.
Anyone ever feed rats and mice to their dogs, meaning those specifically raised as food for reptiles? I don't mean the ones at the local pet store raised on junk but the ones that are properly raised and "loaded." Even raising your own if that's what it comes down to.
If he's really picky, there's always the meat grinders that can grind bone as well. What a pickypants, that would certainly drive me crazy. Good luck with him.
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