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Re: Well, here goes raw feeding...!
[Re: Sarah Morris ]
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So far, so good. True is loving his new food with no tummy upset or diarrhea. I'm watching him right now chewing away on his marrow bone...his first ever...and it's a big hit.
I found a great resource near my home for raw food and bones and while I was there I picked up chicken frames (backs?), and I plan on giving him 1 frame for dinner tonight.
Does that sound OK for his first-ever raw bone meal? It's not very big so should I add a patty as well?
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Re: Well, here goes raw feeding...!
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So far, so good. True is loving his new food with no tummy upset or diarrhea. I'm watching him right now chewing away on his marrow bone...his first ever...and it's a big hit.
I found a great resource near my home for raw food and bones and while I was there I picked up chicken frames (backs?), and I plan on giving him 1 frame for dinner tonight.
Does that sound OK for his first-ever raw bone meal? It's not very big so should I add a patty as well?
Frames sometimes mean no-meat carcass. Sometimes it means backs. Is it a meaty spine with maybe kidneys clinging?
Backs are a terrific first-raw, because the bones are soft and cartilage-y.
If it's not meaty, then I'd add a patty.
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Re: Well, here goes raw feeding...!
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
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Thanks, Connie
It's meaty so this must be a back. I usually add Prozyme powder to his food, especially now with the diet change. This may be a stupid question but should I sprinkle the chicken with it? I'm guessing if anything would be a shock to the digestive system it would be this.
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Re: Well, here goes raw feeding...!
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Thanks, Connie
It's meaty so this must be a back. I usually add Prozyme powder to his food, especially now with the diet change. This may be a stupid question but should I sprinkle the chicken with it? I'm guessing if anything would be a shock to the digestive system it would be this.
Well, I'm sure it won't hurt.
I consider chicken backs, with their soft bones and nice ratio, to be a perfect first-RMB. No shock -- just the perfect beginner's choice in a species-appropriate diet. 
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I agree with the chicken backs. My pup is a food gulper and he inhales chicken necks which scares the hect out of me. But with Chicken backs he has to chew. Also if you give them frozen he will have to chew more on them. I think chicken backs are a great combination of RMB's.
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Re: Well, here goes raw feeding...!
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He finished his first chicken back about an hour ago!
It was still a bit frosty so he gnawed at it for awhile and then I turned my back for 2 minutes and the rest of it was simply gone. I'm confess I'm feeling a little anxious about that.
He's not a gulper and he was definately crunching the bones but it was a fairly large piece he apparently inhaled. I'm sure he's fine...he's running around like a maniac as I type this so he must have really enjoyed his dinner
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Re: Well, here goes raw feeding...!
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Oh Sarah, GOOD JOB! Did you notice the expression on his face? It really is something to see how much they love raw meat and bones. That alone is worth it, to say nothing of the extrodinary health benefits!
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I wish I could have seen the expression on his face, Sue. He picked it up, turned his back to us and went at it until it was gone...LOL Someone said I might not like the sound of crunching bones but all I could think was CLEAN TEETH!
I'm kicking myself for being such a weenie about this for so long but at least I've cleared the major hurdle. And he really does enjoy it.
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He finished his first chicken back about an hour ago!
It was still a bit frosty so he gnawed at it for awhile and then I turned my back for 2 minutes and the rest of it was simply gone. I'm confess I'm feeling a little anxious about that.
He's not a gulper and he was definately crunching the bones but it was a fairly large piece he apparently inhaled. I'm sure he's fine...he's running around like a maniac as I type this so he must have really enjoyed his dinner
Digestive enzymes process the bones in a dog's gut, so once a pile of soft cartilage-y bones like the ones in chicken backs get down there, they are easily digested. That's the beauty part of necks and backs.  The systems of dogs who have been eating kibble can slack off on producing some of those enzymes because there is no demand, and it can take a little time for the system to re-adjust to normal when the dog gets the RMBs he was designed to eat. This is why lots of raw feeding advisers recommend probiotics and digestive enzymes at the beginning of the switch.
Then the natural processes kick in and the dog's stomach does what it's supposed to do.
Backs and necks, IMHO, are terrific for that period because of their softer bones.
Long way of saying that I wouldn't feel anxious at all about the gulping of chicken backs. And anyway, dogs are SO efficient at hawking up and trying it again when their eyes are bigger than their stomachs. 
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