I am farily new to raw feeding. My question is this. Should I leave the skin on the chicken? I worry about fat, i.e., pancreatitis. Did some reading on the disease, very scary.
I'm using a fish oil suppliment and throwing in sardines from time to time.
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I leave some skin on some of the pieces...depends on the type of piece of meat. ie I leave on for chicken leg quarters...but often pull off any other additional fat that you can see. I also cut off some of the skin on chicken backs if I feel it is too much. I would also take the skin off or at least some of it if you are concerned about excess calories that your dog is eating. My burn off most of the calories so I don't worry too much unless as I stated...I feel that there is an excessive amount on a piece of meat. I do pull off all of the icky skin on turkey necks, as I don't want my dogs eating that at all. Wings, when I feed them, which isn't all that often, if feed intact. Hope this helps.
I never take anything off, I feed as if it was killed by the dogs and what they would eat and on a chicken most likely the whole thing all skin included. I believe that the skin is beneficial,on a chicken I don't think there's alot of extra skin to worry about.But everyone has preferences on how they like to feed their dogs, IMO I wouldn't touch the skin.
On a healthy dog at a good weight, no, don't bother. The skin is a good source of nutrients so I always leave it on.
I do trim the fat off for my 10-year-old female shepherd because we're trying hard to keep her weight down (she's dysplastic).
She gets Omega 3 fats from eating raw sardines and mackarel so she's getting the fats she needs. In her case though, since calories are a big issue, I make sure that she only gets fats that are worth it (i.e fish).
As for my young male, I let him eat everything whole. I don't even bother skinning and gutting rabbits for him. He scarfs everything and anything down and couldn't be healthier.
(When he was a young pup I did remove excess fat - not skin - off his meat so he wouldn't get chubby).
It all depends on your dog's general condition. If he's fit and healthy, he'll deal just fine with the fat content of the meats.
If the dog's chubby, stick with leaner meats and trim the fat until you can get him back into shape.
Don't worry so much, just watch your dog and see what he needs
I've only peeled off the skin for young pups, not yet eight weeks old, depending on how vigorous the pup is eating. Not to prevent it from eating the skin, just to avoid potential problems trying to swallow an overly stretched piece. For adults, if I had the whole chicken, I'd probably leave the feathers on as well, but I don't raise my own chickens (yet).
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