Our girls have been on a raw diet for 3 months now. During the first 2 weeks we had trouble with them throwing up neck bones roughly 8-10 hours after they ate (2-4 hours before their next meal). We started them on a pro-biotic and within 3 days the issue seemed to resolve itself.
Now I'm wondering if it was a coincidence that it stopped when adding the pro-biotic, because one of our girls is throwing up her neck bones again. Its happening every couple of days and always in the early morning from her evening meal.
Any ideas what is causing this? The only thing I can think of is that we have been slowly increasing her food to get her to the proper amount for her body-type/metabolism and maybe its just too much? She is at her ideal weight so I'm at a loss as to what to change - any input would be appreciated!
What animal are the neck bones from? One of my whippets does the same thing with pork neck bones which I will feed in large slabs. I think the reason he does this is because he eats too much, too fast and doesn't take the time to chew well. He will puke the next morning and there is usually some residual chunks in the next few bowel movements. My other whippet has no problems, I am assuming because she eats slower. The Malinois pup also doesn't have an issue, she will leave the hard vertebrae part and that's the part the one whippet seems to have problems digesting.
My solution was not to give the one that had problems the really hard part and limit his pork necks for the most part. Digestive enzymes probably wouldn't hurt to add either. None of mine have trouble digesting poultry necks, so if that's what you are feeding, sorry I wasn't much help. Maybe use a different type of RMBs?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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... My solution was not to give the one that had problems the really hard part
Mine too. Different end of the dog was giving back chicken leg bones, so now I grind the chicken's legs (well, the butcher does) coarsely*, and keep the rest intact. (This is a small dog; I haven't run across many big ones here or in person who have a problem with chicken legs.)
All kinds of ways around a dog's GI idiosyncrasies.
* they call it "chili grind."
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Sorry! Yes - they are chicken necks (good guess Michael!)- which is why we are perplexed. Poops are normal, no signs of bones in them...normal, happy, active dog. And its only once a day that she's throwing them up - why not twice a day since she gets them twice a day?
Yesterday's meals consisted of 24 oz chicken necks, 24 oz beef heart, one teaspoon of Pro-Bios, 400iu Vitamin E, Salmon Oil and one Egg (no shell - both girls refuse to eat the shells, even if we grind them up). Now we split all of this up into two meals, but this is the sum of what she got yesterday.
Danika is a 95 lb Black Russian so I don't know why the bones are giving her trouble, but not her 80 lb sister - especially since chicken necks are so tiny for them
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I've been doing raw for about 10 yrs with current and a previous GSD, and can count the up-chucks on one hand. I think all of them were chicken necks (except one turkey neck - way too boney ) In recent years, I've adjusted the raw feeding to grinding some of the bones. I prefer not to test the limits of her teeth and digestive system as she get older.
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) In recent years, I've adjusted the raw feeding to grinding some of the bones. I prefer not to test the limits of her teeth and digestive system as she get older. 
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