After receiving a number of PMs from people worried about feeding their dogs whole prey - unskinned, fur/feathers and all, I decided to take a little video of my pup eating a freshly killed rabbit:
No need to skin or cut anything up into little pieces for a dog - they can handle it I didn't even bother gutting the rabbit in this case since I fed it to my pup immediately after killing it. Very fresh food, lol.
Feeding a whole unskinned animal is also a great way to teach gulpers to chew. Worked on my pup at least!!
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Hardcore! Did you kill the rabbit yourself, Yuko? Must be nice to live in an area where you can hunt your dogs food. Looks very nice indeed with the snow and all.
Hardcore! Did you kill the rabbit yourself, Yuko? Must be nice to live in an area where you can hunt your dogs food. Looks very nice indeed with the snow and all.
Yep, killed it myself. It was an instant painless death for the bunny, but still very hard to carry out
Lol, no hunting was involved! That rabbit was hand-raised from birth by a rabbit breeder friend of mine. I traded her one of my own baby rabbits for it (I breed pet rabbits too, as a hobby - can't kill those though, I get all attached to the little fuzzy buggers and name them all)
As a courtesy to the potentially squeamish viewers, I waited until my pup was done with the "bloody" parts (head & neck) before starting to film.
My backyard looked like a murder scene when he was done... I always try to shovel clean snow to cover up the blood in my yard (wouldn't want the neighbours to freak out ).
The bunnies going into my dogs are all hand-raised from birth (indoors). So were their parents (and grandparents etc.).
I get my dogs tested a couple of times a year for worms and other parasites. So far, not a trace of them
(Mike: I agree, those "related" bunny videos are funny next to mine. I also have some adorable footage of my own baby rabbits on my other youtube account but since this is a dog board...
PM me for a link to my cute baby bunny videos if anyone is interested. I'll stick to posting only dog stuff here )
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Steven makes a good point about the wild critters, though. My "hunter" friends have offered to donate "parts" for my pup, but I decline since I feed raw - don't want any pesky little varmints in my pup!
Tapeworms aren't the end of the world as long as you stay on top of 'em, like you should any parasite when feeding raw. Keep in mind a healthy animal has far fewer issues w/parasites than an immune-compromised one.
Yuko, don't worry what the neighbors will think; Steve sure doesn't, lol;-)
Michele McAtee Webboard User Reg: 02-05-2006
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I fully support raw feeding. I admire your dedication to taking it a step further with the fresh rabbit thing. When watching the video, however, I was drawn to the thought of "domestic animal" and what it means for us to have domestic dogs...and, well, your doggy looks like a wolf. (in the video) Let me add, a *healthy* wolf.
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Video - GSD puppy eating rabbit
I didn't even bother gutting the rabbit in this case since I fed it to my pup immediately after killing it. Very fresh food, lol.
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