Just got 5 turkeys for .49 per lb. fresh and raw. Turkey legs are just about the only thing I've never fed before. Any of you feeding legs?? I have a serious gulper so I'm a bit concerned.
People freak about feeding weight-bearing bones to a dog, but you have to take the size of the dog into consideration, plus the fact that they're the weight-bearing bones of a BIRD . I feed turkey legs to all but my Chihuahua (he prefers parakeets), and I have never had a problem. I would think they'd be a bit big for a gulper to try to down in one piece, but I don't have any bad gulpers, so I don't know. Good price for a good find. Turkeys are generally raised in somewhat cleaner facilities than chickens from what I have gathered, and I try to feed more turkey than chicken. I would give him/her the drumsticks and just keep an eye on him/her.
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People freak about feeding weight-bearing bones to a dog, but you have to take the size of the dog into consideration, plus the fact that they're the weight-bearing bones of a BIRD . I feed turkey legs to all but my Chihuahua (he prefers parakeets), and I have never had a problem. I would think they'd be a bit big for a gulper to try to down in one piece, but I don't have any bad gulpers, so I don't know. Good price for a good find. Turkeys are generally raised in somewhat cleaner facilities than chickens from what I have gathered, and I try to feed more turkey than chicken. I would give him/her the drumsticks and just keep an eye on him/her.
I think this (above) is the nutshell.
YOUR DOG is the deciding factor. No bone chunks coming out? No violent cracking the thigh open with what looks like serious effort to incur dental bills? Then great..... normal dog!
But I would do exactly what you are comfortable with. (My choice, definitely not something in any way necessary to anyone else, but which soothes the obsession my granddog's fractured molar triggered in me..... years ago) is to feed all but the legs as is, and have the guy grind the legs if it's a big fowl. Of course, I am feeding various-size and various-eating-style dogs, including a senior who does not have all his teeth.
Yup, I tend to watch over him when he eats something new anyway. His "style" ! Ha, LOL, he eats like he's crazed. always has. I've tried feeding him completely alone as well, thinking he was concerned about competition but he still inhales. These legs are pretty big so he'll have to chew, I just hope he chews enough.
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. I feed turkey legs to all but my Chihuahua (he prefers parakeets), and I have never had a problem. I would think they'd be a bit big for a gulper to try to down in one piece, but I don't have any bad gulpers, so I don't know. Good price for a good find. Turkeys are generally raised in somewhat cleaner facilities than chickens from what I have gathered, and I try to feed more turkey than chicken. I would give him/her the drumsticks and just keep an eye on him/her.
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