Hi all

I currently give Chester a couple of chicken wings/lambs neck or breast a week. Can anyone advise any other raw meaty bones that I could give him as I'm not too sure what is ok and what isn't. Can I give rabbit? Chicken thighs or legs? Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
nikki & Chester

yes, yes and yes! Just avoid the really large beef thigh bones as they can chip teeth.

Thanks for your reply. Going to the farmers market soon and going to stock up. I read somewhere that you should freeze them first is this right? The bones he has now are always frozen and then defrosted overnight in the fridge

A lot of people freeze the meat & bone for at least 48 hours - this wont kill bacteria of any kind (although dogs stomachs can deal with this anyway) it is mainly to deal with parasites. They need water to live and the freezing therefore kills them. You should not really have a problem with most good quality human grade meat though anyway...

Regarding what meat/bones - really anything appropriately sized for your dog... so anything that is big enough that they cannot swallow it down whole/thew wrong way bascially!

Ribs are good bones from lamb & pork. Turkey legs and wings. Chicken/duck leg & thigh quarters and breast & wing quarters...rabbit halves/quarters...etc etc

I pretty much feed anything that isnt a weight-bearing bone of a large animal. As spid says, this means that bones are too dense and so could potentially chip the teeth/enamel. So avoid leg bones from cows & sheep mainly.

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hi, proberly a silly question, but are raw pigs trotters ok? My beagle cross is 6 months and I was going to try him with some raw bones.

Thank u so much. He's a miniature schnauzer so I'm going on the basis of anything the size of his head will be good for him and could take him a while to get through

thats actually a brilliant size!!! I didnt want to say that in case I scared you, but yep good rule of thumb to go by!

hi there - yes pigs trotters are fine - but I would probably not recommend starting as the first raw thing you feed...it may be ok, but I introduced normal meats and easy bones like ribs/wings/thighs etc before giving things like this...

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Hi

for bones that size would that be his food for the entire day. He weighs just under 11kgs but needs to lose about 1 kg

when feeding a completely raw diet, we go by about 2-3% of adult body weight per day. so for an 11kg dog that should really weigh about 10kg, 2%-3% of 10kg = 200-300g per day raw food weight. So as you say he needs to lose weight you could start towards the lower end of this weight range and see how you go.

I currently feed my dog the top end of this, but thats because she is still just under 1 year, but I will be lowering it slightly once she reaches 12 months.

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I am going to start off feeding him raw at the weekends so I can supervise him. Bit awkward during the week as my mum looks after him and not so keen on raw food around her house lol. Will have to get myself some decent scales