Dog Stories Bones

[Guest guest]

Sorry to jump in but you've hit one of my areas of interest... Bones are ok for

dogs as long as they are not cooked and are not small enough to be swallowed

without chewing. Poultry bones are very soft and chewable when they are raw but

splinter when cooked. My mother actually feeds both her dogs a raw diet,

initially because of health/allergy issues with a previous dog, but she stuck

with it because of how amazingly healthy they are. Both dogs get a selection of

both whole and ground bones throughout the week. Bone is actually really good

for them and a necessary part of a raw diet. Though try and tell that to my

cat, who is on a modified raw diet, and she'd laugh in your face; its only

ground-beyond-recognition food for her, though part of the ground is small bone

pieces and bone meal to make up a " whole prey " diet. She too, is even healthier

now that she is being fed raw (though she does get some Innova Evo low carb

kibble in the evenings).

 

~Rachael

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I do approximately the same thing. I make their soft food, but they have

kibble 24/7. I have a VitaMix and can grind bones down to powder if

necessary. I add the powder to the soft food which is raw if it is beef or

lamb, but do to the processing of poultry here in the US, I cook the chicken

first. Not the bones!! And I do 1/3 meat, 1/3 cooked grains, and 1/3

chopped raw vegetables, and the vet is amazed at the health of these

animals.

 

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

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Rachael Whitney

Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:15 PM

Re: Dog Stories Bones

 

 

Sorry to jump in but you've hit one of my areas of interest... Bones are

ok for dogs as long as they are not cooked and are not small enough to be

swallowed without chewing. Poultry bones are very soft and chewable when

they are raw but splinter when cooked. My mother actually feeds both her

dogs a raw diet, initially because of health/allergy issues with a previous

dog, but she stuck with it because of how amazingly healthy they are. Both

dogs get a selection of both whole and ground bones throughout the week.

Bone is actually really good for them and a necessary part of a raw diet.

Though try and tell that to my cat, who is on a modified raw diet, and she'd

laugh in your face; its only ground-beyond-recognition food for her, though

part of the ground is small bone pieces and bone meal to make up a " whole

prey " diet. She too, is even healthier now that she is being fed raw (though

she does get some Innova Evo low carb kibble in the evenings).

 

~Rachael

 

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[Guest guest]

Good to know another vegetarian who does the raw diet thing. It was an issue

for me in the beginning, even though I knew it was what was best for my little

tortie girl. I'm still not so happy about handling the raw meat, but since my

reasons behind being vegetarian are primarily concerns about the treatment of

" meat " animals, I just make a point to get all her meat from free-range, organic

and preferably local (so I can see the farm). Other than her issue with

" chunks " , at least those that aren't kibble, she is doing really well on it. I

would love to get her onto wings or necks at least, but I'm not sure its going

to happen anytime in the near future and she can hunger-strike longer than I can

handle watching her not eat. She's such a brat!

 

Heh, this is a random topic for a vegetarian list.

 

~Rachael