I thought it was a big deal at 5 months. You don't know how much better I feel already.

Not for a day or two, no ... and it hasn't even been that. She ate a half-pound of ground poultry today!

Update

Around 7:00 I tried another piece of back with smooshed ground chicken. She licked the ground off again but was not interested in the back.

I had to leave the house for a bit and while I was gone my husband fed her some pork brisket bone (against my instructions - men!) and she actually ate some. I was worried when he told me but there has been no vomiting.

Unfortunately, she still hasn't pooped so I don't have that update.

Is it possible she just doesn't care for the backs? My other 2 dogs will not have anything to do with backs.

As of 7:30am PST still no poop. I took her out a couple of times during the night and she pee-pee'd but no poop.

Pork bone? How much?

He says about 3/4 inch worth. I'm sure I don't need to tell you this but that bone is also pretty soft in comparison with most others.

My question about how much bone was because of thinking about the poop shortage.

How about feeding a little more muscle this morning? Like 1/4 cup with some yogurt? Too much?

Greta Noodle is now eating the same thing as the other dogs.

The chicken backs just never worked out. I just posted on another thread that the dogs in my house have NEVER liked chicken backs. They just won't touch them. Perhaps the backs I get have too many hormones or are not fresh enough? I don't know but I'm not going to force it. They'll eat chicken necks though.

It takes her a long time and it's alot of work for her to get through the pork brisket but she obviously really likes it.

Greta Noodle's poops are beautiful.

It's true that I buy all Smart Chicken.

Pork brisket has two strikes against it for me as a beginner-RMB. One is that pork is a later addition for me, since it gives a few dogs GI problems. But also is the difficulty for a beginner of estimating bone-meat ratio in it.

If someone has been feeding raw for ages and "gets" the bone-meat ratio, then of course all kinds of things work.

P.S. I recently mentioned chicken backs to the butcher at the natural foods store where I buy whole chickens, since they also sell parts, and he had more than 15 pounds saved for me next time I came in. He said "I don't know how much these should cost" and I said "How about 79 cents a pound? I have paid that for backs elsewhere" and he said fine.

So I am getting Smart Chicken backs for 79 cents a pound. I was so pleased that I emailed Cindy the next day.

Always ask! And it doesn't hurt to be a long-time shopper at the store, either. The butcher wants long-time shoppers to be happy and to run in to pick up an armload of chicken backs and probably buy more stuff on the way through.




Edited by Connie Sutherland (12/31/1969 06:00 PM)
Edit reason: ps