Mine have caught and eaten rabbit themselves, only with the help of a couple of greyhounds I may add!! My odd lot wouldn't catch a cold on their own!! I absolutely would not allow my dogs to catch and kill any animal unless they ate it.

My dogs have eaten whole pheasant, gamekeeper had given it to me and although I personally am vegi I do find handling meat okay except cutting it up so I just decided to throw it to the dogs and let them cope!! They certainly did cope and apart from alot of feathers they pretty much ate the lot!

I don't have a problem with people feeding their dogs whatever they want (which in reason obviously draw the line at MacDonalds ) and don't see why anyone should care what I feed my dogs, they are fit, healthy in good condition and eat all their meals with relish so I'm perfectly content with my choice of feeding.

Thank you i read this with interest but am still going to try the raw and see how it goes.

Don't want to upset you being a vegi. But my dog's on a phesant shoot, so they will be having phesant the season, but i will pluck them first in case they eat them on a shoot day!. thank you everyone this thread has helped me alot both the pro's and con's

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While I'm a strict vegi I'm slightly odd in as I don't have a problem with people and dogs working for their food. I have no problem with hunting for food, it's hunting for sport that is disgusting in my eyes. I keep my horse on the local estate so every season we have the shoot and I'm perfectly happy as long as the birds are taken for food, I love seeing the dogs working and the enjoyment they get from it. The gameskeeper is fab and I'd happily rehome a dog to him as the life they lead is wonderful. Don't ask me to help gut or kill something but I'll always support good honest working people hunting for food.

We've managed to go totally off topic now!!!

oop's my shoot's like that. Don't tell oh but i love one of our's his the only one i'd leave my dog's with

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Must admit I've got a crush on our gameskeeper...he's only 23 and GORGEOUS and all us older women at the yard do get a tad giggly when he visits!! He dropped off a boarder terrier last week that wouldn't work for me to rehome and I got his mobile number...selling it for £5 a throw to the other girls!!

I just love the fact on a shoot day the dog's never get shouted at only the owner's he seem's to no every thing but not cocky with it. oh yeah his his a looker as well.lol my friend want's to borrow my dog so she can go for a walk with him

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When we had our first GSD over 20 years ago (showing my age now ), we did occasionally give him a large knuckle bone, but it splintered and he ended up at the vets. Thankfully there was no damage, but I decided not to give him bones again.

I know that one of our clients dogs was actually rushed into surgery having got a bone lodged in his throat. It was an extremely expensive treat

Needless to say that was his last bone.

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oh no that must have scared you. my springer almost swollowed a puppy kong scared the life out of me, Where you like me brought up not to give chicken bone's? that was scarey the first time. Mine touch wood have bin fine one bone's.

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All of this thread terrifies me as an ex veterinary nurse i have seen so many dogs operated on or even die because they cannot digest or pass large pieces of bone stuck in their intestines!! You say dogs have survived scavenging from bins and eating rubbish on the streets!!! OMG is that what you really think is a good thing???? What about the many that die a painfull death with bones and 'rubbish' stuck in their bodies unable to digest it or even worse starve to death because a piece of bone is lodged in their mouth and they are unable to eat!!!! Is this really what we want to be advising is a good thing i wonder? Are we going backwards or forwards with our 'pet dogs'??
I just know that i would never ever try to feed bones as a main source of diet or even a treat to my dogs, i do not want to risk their lives when they are quite happy eating commercial food that i know is very good for them!!
Sorry to seem negative just that you have your evidence of how poorly your dog got in the first place after a couple of days change in diet, why try to fix something that is going fine in the first place i wonder???

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I think it's like most thing's it's down too choice.

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