Jean in Newcastle Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 The title says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I buy 80 pounds a month for my dogs but they are on a raw diet. You could definitely do it and it would be a GREAT healthy treat but there is a chance it will upset your dog's tummy - just like if you ate fast food everyday and then made a meal of fresh veggies. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yes. I feed raw turkey necks, and chicken necks to my show Dane. He's doing fantastic on RAW food. It was difficult to start feeding RAW after all years of "ACK, DONT feed dogs bones!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yes, Ma'am. We give it to our dog as her holiday meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Does anyone here know if the same holds true for cats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Cats can too, but cats can be slow eaters for raw food. It's actually the reason we switched back to regular food for them. Our dogs will chomp down whatever you give them in five minutes, but the cats will gnaw and bat things around all afternoon. I don't enjoy stepping on chicken wings that have escaped the food bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I believe raw is safe - it is when the bones are cooked that they are apt to splinter and cause harm in the animal's insides, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I believe raw is safe - it is when the bones are cooked that they are apt to splinter and cause harm in the animal's insides, right? Wolves and lions, etc. certainly eat all their food raw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Again Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Raw is safe, but not cooked. Cooked bones may splinter and do internal damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Does anyone here know if the same holds true for cats? I have 4 cats who have been raw all their lives - my eldest cat is 13. :) Cats can do raw quite well but they usually need it ground. They can do chicken necks for dental care but they need things like taurine that is much easier to give to cats ground up in their raw food. I feed either Instinct or Primal to the cats and I supplement with ground liver and a lot of ground hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 You can, I would watch for any reactions due to the different food. Does anyone here know if the same holds true for cats? I switched my kitty to 100% raw about 5 years ago and it improved her health a lot. She is now 21 years old, and still in (relatively) good shape. Absolutely deaf though. :glare: I do grind up her food, as she has bad teeth. If she were young I'd give her whole bones to gnaw on. (That's supposed to be better for the cat, but it's not possible for my old girl.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Even puppies? She is about 7 months old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 So after reading this thread, I offered the turkey neck to our English shepherd, thinking it would be a big treat. She sniffed it, licked it a bit, and proceeded to ignore it.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 So after reading this thread, I offered the turkey neck to our English shepherd, thinking it would be a big treat. She sniffed it, licked it a bit, and proceeded to ignore it.:glare: Rocky loved his and did not get any tummy upsets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Well the Brittany got the neck. Of course, she had to eat it IN the house, too good to eat it outside. (I mean, it feels like a beautiful spring day and we have almost no snow, but the poor puppy, outside! How could we do that to her?!) :) And yes, sometimes it takes a bit of work to switch a dog's eating habits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I feed mine in the tub (clean the tub after... easy :)) I know it's done by now, but I was just going to offer that sometimes it takes the dog a bit to understand it's food :) Like maybe cut off a bit of the meat... feed it... and then they'll "smell" that it's the same as the neck meat :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I feed our kittys some raw and cooked meat, they also catch there fair share of live animals(they have caught mice, chipmunks and birds that I know of) they seem to be doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhschool Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 No--it could get stuck in the dog's throat before and after it's chewed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Rocky loved his and did not get any tummy upsets. I was wondering if we steered you down a barfy path. Hooray!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 She is now 21 years old, and still in (relatively) good shape. Absolutely deaf though. :glare: Is she deaf all the time, or just when you want her to get off the couch? ;) My dog went deaf when she had a stroke, but she adapted very well to it. Thankfully she was a super-smart dog and already knew a lot of hand signals. She was a Sheltie, and she was always by my side, so I didn't have much trouble with having to call her from another room in the house. We also had a deaf cat, and although she was fine with the whole thing, I definitely think she used it to her advantage. She'd look straight at me with big blank eyes, like, "I can't hear you so you can't tell me what to do! :001_tt2:" I know full well that she secretly knew exactly what I meant and was just toying with me to prove she was the smarter one, but there wasn't much I could do about it. (Again, probably all part of her Evil Master Plan...:tongue_smilie:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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