It's great to see a dog eat what dogs evolved to eat. :>

Along the same threadline, can someone clarify chicken backs versus necks!? From what I can figure, backs include necks and some additional meat and skin. I'm guessing that the necks are the bony/cartilage part that runs thru the back. I'm getting all natural chicken backs from Food Lion for 0.89/lb. I've been trimming off the extra skin. I'm gonna try some canned yams mushed into the raw vege's for palatabilty.

Pumpkin is a MUCH better choice; you will see on the labels what a huge difference there is in sugar between most orange squashes and sweet potatoes compared with pumpkin (and I mean plain, with all.... no sugar added).

Backs: No, they don't include the neck. Scroll down here:
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/cutupchicken.htm

On that bottom picture with the callouts, D and E are the back. It was cut in half in that picture (which is why it's both D and E).

Young Fred Loved his Drumsticks and Chicken Wings, but it came toexpensive to keep buying it from the Supermarket
Yesterday i gave both Fred a Baby Goran a Chicken Wing, the Baby Pup ate it as if he had been fed Raw all his life but it was his first taste of Raw, he loved it
I will give them a Drunstick or Wing every other day from now on as a treat, but i wish i could change right over

Necks look like this:

http://www.themodernapprentice.com/chicken_necks.jpg

Sausagey lookin things.

I don't know if this is pertinent to the OP but aside from the occassional pack/bag of drumsticks I buy, I get a lot of turkey. I was reminded of this as I finally have a chest freezer big enough for meat storage and it is coming up to Holiday time pretty qukck here.

If you don't mind doing some cutting of your own, buying whole fresh or frozen turkeys from the grocery store is a fabulous money saver. The only issue can be finding turkeys that have not been brined, that don't have sodium added or have very low sodium added, but I have never had issues finding them and they are not more expensive than the others. Right before the holidays and immediately after (before new years) you can buy whole turkeys for $.20-.25/pound.

I buy as many as I can fit in my freezer, which currently would be about 30 of them, I hack them apart while frozen, sometimes literally with an axe :laugh: wrap the frozen portions in parchment paper, then in wax paper, then in plastic grocery bags, date, and place in the freezer. I can get a years worth of turkey for 2 80+ pound dogs for about 100.00 - which I will be doing just before the holidays to start the dogs on a primarily raw diet after I move. Though I will say I only feed 50% turkey, the rest is venison, so for only feeding turkey 2 large dogs would be twice that amount.

Anyhow, just thought I'd run the holiday turkey idea over you guys.. depends on your storage and whether or not you mind hacking up meat!

When I fed raw to my hunting terriers I gave each one (12-14lb dogs) one, whole leg quarter daily. They never had any problems!

Hi Jennifer
I do not know about the Dogs but i would love a nice venision cut or steak for myself but it is too expensive over here to buy

Getting turkey cheap around holiday times is a great idea, Jennifer! I do have a large upright freezer in my basement, so I do have storage space. I only have 1 dog, so several turkeys would last me quite a while. Thanks for all the input, everyone!

So you do make turkey legs smaller, then? You pretty much need an axe, right, if they're frozen?