Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I have a little Maltipoo puppy who thinks he is a big, tough guy. Anyway I have been feeding Honest Kitchen and Raw since I got him home. He loves chicken, especially wings and pork necks too. I supplement with some cut up chicken, hearts and gizzards in his food. I use steak as training treats. He seems to be doing well. When I got him 3 weeks ago (at 8 weeks) he was 3 1/2 pounds. He is about 6 now. Today however, he scarfed the chicken wing. It disappeared very quickly. There has always been a small piece left over, but this time nothing. Later in the day, I took him out for a walk and he puked up the chicken wing, with one section practically whole. Then before I could move him away from it, he ate it again. Can this hurt him? Should I be breaking up the bones more?
They'll do that: Scarf down anything that fits, and re-eat it if it doesn't stay down the first time.
This is just me, but I do chop the wings in half. I use backs and necks much more because they happen to have such slidey soft bones. But I know lots of people who feed lots of wings.
If you are there when he eats, and if you aren't feeding anything really big and hard (like legs), then MHO is that he will be just fine.
You're posting to a board with a lot of raw and THK feeders, so I'm sure that if anyone has different advice, they'll post it.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Hmmm,
My 5Mo, 45lb Rottweiler pup eats 2/3 cup embark (plus supplements like fish oil) and 3 chicken wings or 1 hind-quarter twice a day. He also gets maybe 1/4 cup liver or gizzards and hearts or an egg several times a week. He also gets a few hot-dogs for tracking and several treats (mostly Liver Biscotti) for training bait. He is very energetic for a rot, has a great coat and is growing like crazy. I would say lean and mean, but he certainly isn't remotely mean. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> .....That seems to be quite a bit less food pound for pound.
I meant to answer this before, and I forgot.
I'm not puppy-experienced. However, I have seen in friends' puppies and in my own adult dogs that energy level (and growth rates, in puppies) can really affect the food amount needed. So now I start with the basic instructions (raw and THK) and then adjust up or down to keep the dog, as you say, lean-and-not-mean. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Feeding Raw Bones and Honest Kitchen
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