Butchers are great too. But in the UK it is really easy to get raw food, about 25% of people here feed raw

Pork neck bones have been my bones of choice. Turkey legs are damn dangerous unlike chicken legs. Never tried turkey wings necks are ok

I have a dog like that. My last one had chicken bones for years with no problems, but my new St Berdoodle had a compacted poo and some internal scraping from the shards. So for him I just use minces with ground bones, lamb necks and rabbit feet (tiny contribution to bone intake, mostly for fur), not had any problems with those sources.

@@Veganbutchershop Chicken legs & wings do splinter, so they are not safe, all it takes you cutting one to see!

@@ronu7313 cooked chicken is problematic not raw. You think coyotes are dying eating wild fowl and birds Einstein? My dog is over 4 years old eating raw chicken legs and feet whole 3-4 days a week the majority of his life for one of his meals daily. If there was a problem it would have manifest itself by now. On top of that my former fox terrier also was fed raw chicken legs from time to time and never had an issue. My brothers chesapeake bay retriever eat a whole chicken leg quarter daily and his dog is over 4 years old. Take your foolish fear mongering somewhere else.

does your cat eat the whole chicken foot and the whole chicken neck? which one is easier for them to eat?

Thank you so much, I'm glad it's helpful!

You are so welcome!

Thank you so much

Hi, fellow picky dog owner here! My dog was a little hesitant to eat certain raw meaty bones at first as well; something that really helped was sticking it in the freezer just long enough to firm up a tad without being actually frozen. This really helped him get over the texture thing, and I do this if he's being picky with stuff like organs as well. I also recommend holding the chicken neck and encouraging him to kind of gnaw on it to get the hang of it. Good luck on your switch to raw!!

Oh, strange!

@PawsofPrey I try to buy pasture raised and those I have bought are sometimes missing the tips. The ones I have seen at the grocery store usual have the tips.

I have the same issue here in Sweden😞 I can't seem to find any chicken wings with tips, all I've seen are the tips cut off 🥲

@KhaleesiCirilla That is a bummer. I guess they figure people don't eat them, however they are great for dogs.

@pawsofprey could you please tell me if I can feed my cat lamb grind bones? They look dense and almost like human tooth size, I bought lamb meat already grind with bone and I’m a little scared to give it to my cat

Great for kitties!

Hmm, do you mean some of the flesh or the actual bone?

@PawsofPrey It was a long time ago. I just remember my dog pawing at his mouth and then it looked like a piece of the neck was sort of wrapped around his teeth. It was probably just flesh. He is a yorkie with a very small mouth. However, I managed to dislodge it. I haven't fed necks for awhile because long slender things are tempting to him as far as gulping. He does well with odd shapes like backs and wings. Chicken feet are risky for him too.

Salmon isn't recommended for dogs because they tend to carry parasites. If you freeze them to kill off the parasites it's fine.

livers have good copper.

​@RoseNZieg lol thank you but my boys name is copper. He loves his liver. He is just allergic to all poultry and I can't find any farm, butcher shop, local breeder, or foreign market that sells half the stuff she talks about. I've done a search within a 3 hour perimeter from my house and there's nothing.

You can do just fine with Beef, Rabbit and depending where you live: Pork. Maybe you find some Horse meat as well! If your dog is picky on fish, try cod liver oil. Just remember to cut down the percentage of his liver-potion to 2% if you only feed rouminant animals liver. (since the oil also containts vitamin A) I don't know where you live, but here in Europe we have Breastbone which is also very good bone to feed. They are fairly "soft" comparing to the other bones in bigger animals. Also lamb ribs and pork ribs are just fine too. I dont think there is a "to small to feed him". Just try new things out and you will find more things that work for you 😁 My dog loved fish at first, then hated it and now she loves it again 😅 dont give up on the first try. maybe it will work if you mix it with something he loves. (like a 50 : 50 mix). You can also put a sprinkle of yeast powder (the ones for dogs, here it's called "beeryeast") ower the food. this makes it smell very delicous and maybe he will give it a shot.

oh and i forgot: I have to order online. We also don't have local farmers here who are willing to sell anything to a privat person unfortunately. maybe it will work for you as well

Pork...ribs and pork meat but you may need to supplement with calcium because chicken backs and leg quarters provide huge amounts of calcium.

I have heard it may cause thyroid issues so use sparingly

Because of the residual thyroid hormone in the tissue I recommend swapping it out every so often

@@PawsofPrey Is diarrhea a common symptom of this? I've been feeding my puppy turkey neck one day and duck head the next day. I couldn't find duck head (but found duck neck) this past meal prep session so I've been feeding her duck neck one day and turkey neck the next for almost a week. Is that too much? Last night, she started needing to go out every hour, and it's the most liquidy diarrhea I've seen from her (sorry for the tmi). I'm planning to call the vet if it continues past 24 hours or if other symptoms pop up.

Yep, those are great!

I'm brand new to this, I see chicken quarters all the time, my dogs are 100 lb each, I wonder how many they should eat

@@mskelseymaynarda chicken quarter is about 25% bone and 75% meat. So if my math is correct and your 100lb dogs eats 2.5% of their body weight daily, they could each eat about 1lb of chicken quarters (.25lbs bone and .75lbs meat) and would still need another 1.5lbs of other meats/organs.

Yes holding helps!

I've heard that egg shells are good. I boil them and then add them to homemade bone meal that I make.

you have to be very careful to not overdose the calcium with egg shells. they are very very high in calcium. but just have a good eye on the Ca:P ratio and everything should be fine

Yes, you can do that! Just be sure it's farm fresh eggshells or an eggshell powder if you're in the US. Store bought eggshells are sprayed with chemicals here.

Whenever I feed chicken feet to my small dog I add ground eggshell to meet her calcium needs. She usually gets 1 chicken foot which is around 35g and then 0.6 - 0.8g of eggshell powder depending on what else I'm feeding.

@@PawsofPrey I usually wash the eggshells and bake them in the oven for 20 minutes. Then grind them into a powder is this safe? No one said that they were spraying them …

Great for mental enrichment! But not good to fully chew and consume. The marrow is fine, but those bones are much too thick, I'd worry about tooth fractures

I use those exact bones to make bone broth for my kitties. I put them in a crockpot, cover with water and simmer all day or all night. After they are cooled enough to touch I make sure marrow came out of all of them, throw the bones away and put the broth in the fridge to cool down so I can get the excess fat off the solidifies on the top. You can put it in smaller containers to freeze or leave in the fridge for up to 7 days. My kitties love it and I feel like it's really a good addition to their diet.

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Do not give her garlic as garlic and onion are toxic to dogs. Maybe blend the bones up too or buy complete raw diets which is a bit pricier but generally have ground bone in

@@bambs2489 we don't give her garlic and onion. My mistype. She's still picky. I tried chopping the gizzard up and she still picks it out lol. Next step will be to blend it, hopefully that works She does eat raw chicken wings though, it's become her favorite

Hmm, I mean chicken feet aren't insanely fatty. Just giving a few a week should be just fine unless you find your dog starts gaining weight

​​@@PawsofPrey Thank you so much for responding! I take everything super seriously and worry about every detail. It's a blessing and a curse, and is why I'm trying to learn as much about raw as possible. Thank you for the videos and info

Might not be for them. I see people giving their dogs blueberries and cooked oatmeal and veggies. My Frenchie won't touch most of them or even most kibble anymore. Straight carnivore unless he's desperate to eat something lol.

Chain grocery stores, asian and mexican markets and local farmers markets.

which lamb bone was it? breast bone is usually very soft and well suited while weight bearing bones are to dense

@@SwissStrawberry I’m not sure, it just said lamb bone on it. It’s from a company called Tucker’s and it was the only lamb bone I could find. It looks like a femur though

@@oliviamcveigh900 so sorry that happened to you and your pup... we also have some companies here who sell oxtail.. those can be very very hard too.. unfortunately we cant rely on companies to know which bone are good for dogs. :(

Yeah anything larger than lamb/pork ribs scare me! I'm so sorry that happened.

I want to know this too, as I almost always feed chicken quarters to my large dogs.

I don't feed them too often to my 25 lb corgi, but I know he could chew them up if he tried. But I choose too feed bones a bit smaller usually.

Yes it does! I've lived in in 3 different states during my raw feeding journey and what I could find and the stores near me were pretty similar though, so this is just my experience!

That's great!

not even chicken thights? 😱

wings are just fine to feed!

Every meaty bone has that risk if it's not chewed well enough

@PawsofPrey True. I guess I thought due to its shape and size it may be a bit more risky for causing a throat blockage depending on size of dog.

@@mamabear9389 yes, that could be true for some. Matsu has never had this issue with necks though, but he has gagged on all of these other bones once or twice before from not chewing enough before attempting to swallow lol

@PawsofPrey That is interesting...just shows how they are all different. I have never had issues with backs. I have had issues from one dog with a neck but he has more tendency to gulp. I have never had issues with wings if I feed wingette and tip, however I have had gulping of the drummette which came up later. I cut duck heads in half and usually dice those up because I have had several issues with those. My dogs are 10 lbs and one is a meticulous chewer and the other not so much.

@@mamabear9389 yep definitely depends on the individual animal!

It's sad. I called a local butcher here in South Carolina today and he quickly told me they don't sell "stuff like that" when I asked about beef liver, chicken hearts, turkey or duck necks. He sounded disgusted😂

@@dixielandpatriot7160 In the UK it's so easy. My local butcher saves all the scraps for dogs, we then have two shops in town that sell raw dog food, one in tbe garden centre five minutes away, and a really good one in the next town over that sells everything (these are all DEFRA certified). We can also order online and get it delivered. But over here about 25% of people feed raw

Weis markets is chain store

It's called living in a food desert. One of the many terrible products of capitalism

Walmart sells chicken feet, chicken frames, chicken necks. Do you have one of those nearby?

It's called living in a food desert. One of the many crimes of capitalism

I'm so sorry it's difficult for you

@@PawsofPrey It's called living on a food desert. One of the many crimes of capitalism