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OK then, you can be looser about the ratio of the meat to THK when the meat is an RMB.
With ground turkey (or boneless breast), you would have to follow the THK instructions for add-ins in order not to go astray of the acceptable calcium:phosphorus range.
With RMBs, not so much because the RMBs are already CA:Ph balanced in and of themselves (as the THK is).
With chicken breasts, I'd probably remove a slice of boneless meat for another purpose if you have use for it. Breasts are pretty meat-heavy compared with the entire bird.
Are there any other chicken parts I should consider giving her? My biggest concern is not chipping her teeth. My dad gave her a soup bone and she ended up chipping a tooth, basically taking the point off...she is a heavy chewer so I don't think that helped the situation.
Also, how often should I rotate between the chicken breast (and other parts) and the THK?
Chicken necks, and backs are very soft bones that should not chip any teeth. You could use chicken wings too, it's just that they have a lot of skin/fat and not a whole lot of meat on them, but many people still like to feed those too. Chicken thighs as well as leg quarters all are in the preferred list.( might be a bit much on the meaty side though if you are doing HK.)
But you could certainly feed a leg quarter for morning meal only and then HK at night too.
Or if you can find Cornish game hens, they are like mini prey models, and you could cut those up to feed half of one along with the HK.
Have you ever tried turkey necks? Those can usually be found at Walmart and not only are they cheap, but they have a nice meat to bone ratio. Even though they are considerably larger than a chicken neck, most dogs consume them just fine.
RMB's are a nice addition to the HK. I fed that for a long time and still do on occasion, for variety.
My biggest concern is not chipping her teeth. My dad gave her a soup bone and she ended up chipping a tooth, basically taking the point off...
HUGE difference between the raw meaty bones that Joyce listed and a soup bone.
Any bone from a cow, or similar sized animal, is required to support a massive amount of weight and has to be dense and hard to accomplish this. Not good for most dogs. Especially not an aggressive chewer.
Poultry, small mammals, and fish will usually be entirely edible. A lot of bones in deer and pigs are edible as well. Just not the weight bearing bones in the last two.
I gave her a breast in the a.m. and 1/2 cup honest kitchen and 1/3 cup ground turkey in the p.m. last week. The next day her stool had this strange mucus like coating around portions of the stool. I decided maybe I gave her too much to soon and waited for her stool to go back to normal. I thought it had returned to normal, but this morning she had the mucus again. The stool was solid initially but she squatted a second time and the stool was quite loose/borderline runny. I don't know if feeding the breast had anything to do with the mucus the first time or not now since mucus showed up today. My dad said he does not think this is too abnormal as he has had many dogs in the past and every once in awhile mucus shows up.
She always goes to the bathroom when we go for walks...and we walk at least twice a day and I have never seen this much until now.
edited to also ask, What are your thoughts on parasites and bacteria in raw? Specifically parasites as I saw on the news recently that it has now been determined that bacteria is on dry dog food....
Ok. Thanks for the links. I gave her a chicken breast for her morning meal this morning. She will have her regular 1/2 cup honest kitchen and 1/3 ground turkey this evening. I will see what her stool does.
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