Sandy,
Do not worry with breaking the bones up, just give them to you pup whole, if you are giving them wings, give them the whole wing, nothing done just give it to them. That way it is way to big for them to just swallow down without having to chew.
My pup didnt read your post and has decided he would like to swallow them whole. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I even try holding them and get the same result. I stopped because he was vomiting up bones, any ideas?
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.....My pup didnt read your post and has decided he would like to swallow them whole. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I even try holding them and get the same result. I stopped because he was vomiting up bones, any ideas?
A lot of dogs swallow whole. Enzymes digest bones in their systems. At first, some will "wolf" down hunks, regurgitate, and gradually become accustomed to the process (I mean, the system re-acclimates).
But chicken backs are ideal, IMO. Soft bones, loads of cartilage, the right meat-bone ratio, and cheap as heck.
Sandy, I too had a puppy that inhaled chicken necks. No chewing at all, he just seemed to suck them up. Gone in less than a second. Scared me to death. He's two now and I have learned that he needs something bigger than chicken necks. He even had plaque on his teeth that raw feeders were suprised at. He didn't chew anything enough to benefit his teeth and gums. I stopped the chicken necks and graduated to backs/whole frames and eventually large turkey necks at about 9 months. Don't be afraid to give larger size bones. It seems that once a "gulper" always a gulper. Make the portions large enough so that he "has" to chew.
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Thanks for the input Lori. Actually it was Steve who wrote the post about his pup swallowing the wings whole, but I think I have a gulper like you were talking about, too. I gave him a half of a turkey neck yesterday, since it was too big he was forced to gnaw, for a while at least, as I watched it got smaller but still too big for MY liking, thinking "oh good, he's still got a ways to go" and of course that's when he decided to swallow it. I myself could never get anything that large down my throat, which I'm sure is bigger than his!
I fed the turkey neck thinking along the lines of what you wrote about the bigger bones. I can't even get chicken necks or backs at my grocer's, cause he said he can't even get them. I have to drive to Timbuktu to get them I guess. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Check with your local resturants, hotels etc...many get in whole chickens and strip them themselves, you might be able to get pieces, frames etc fairly cheap.
My dogs love the maryland pieces as well as the frames etc. I also often get those small whole soup chickens and give them to the dogs whole. (Dogs didn't do well on raw/barf diet so get it as a side to their kibble)
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Thanks for the info, I'll check with restaurants. There's a meat market about 25 miles away that specializes in raw dog food (Butcher Bob, as he's called). Wanted to avoid going that far, but it's really no big deal, as I would buy enough to last a while.
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