Are chicken drumb sticks ok for raw feeding my gsd pups?

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by cookiedam on 02 January 2012 - 22:01

Hi guys I been doing backsnecks and breasts but today I seen my pup swallow a big piece of drum stick. Any imput he is 10 weeks

by yellowrose of Texas on 02 January 2012 - 22:01

As long as it is raw he will probably be ok

I do not give drumsticks for that reason..
Gsd are bad about WOLFIN ' down large pieces of anything they eat

Stick with the wings and neckbones and backs

Calf liver, pork knuckle bones or neck bones , and round steak bones...until he is an adult..even they swallow leg bones too big.

..it worries me so I never use the drumstick...

YR

by Jenni78 on 02 January 2012 - 22:01

I had one eat 2 frozen drumsticks, swallowed them whole, slid right down. For those who will jump to criticize, I didn't mean to give them to him. He snatched them as I was trying to walk past with them. I wasn't too happy about it but nothing bad happened. I would keep trying to feed things too big to swallow whole if it's that kind of pup. Try leg quarters because they don't have that torpedo shape that seems to slide down their blessed little throats so easily.

by TheWildWolf on 02 January 2012 - 23:01

My pup has swallowed a drum stick whole several times before, and even swallowed a whole turkey wing. Hunter passed it without any issues whatsoever, there wasn't even bone in his stool afterwards.

by cookiedam on 02 January 2012 - 23:01

Im so worried I hope hell be ok my female chews her food good but but my lil male doesnt believe in wasting time chewing. Thaks guys I will only feed backs necks a bigger pieces. I asked my vet what he tought he got more worried than I was he said he didnt know raw diets included bones” I pretended not to hear that

by Jenni78 on 02 January 2012 - 23:01

Oh lord. He didn't know raw diets included bones? Another reason not to trust vets on nutrition.

He'll be fine. I wouldn't worry about it. Healthy stomach acids are pretty powerful;-)

by cookiedam on 02 January 2012 - 23:01

Thanks for the helping bring down the degree of worriness jenny.

by M_Asbury on 02 January 2012 - 23:01

It has been my understanding that "raw" is ok as it is exactly what nature would provide. So I don't think you have to worry.

It is the cooked bones that make me cringe at the thought of a dog getting to them... some can splinter and become needle like and that makes me nervous when I hear that people save the beef rib and chicken bones for their dogs...

Take Care, Happy New year

Marsha

by aaykay on 03 January 2012 - 01:01

Never had a problem with raw drumsticks with my Field Lab pup....he chews them well and takes them down. Frozen, fresh and anything in between, works for him. Definitely not a guy who is fussy about his food.

However, my GSD girl pup simply does not like or eat raw. She nibbles at it a bit and then walks away. The only raw stuff she takes in, are (organic) eggs with shell.

by Von Ward Kennels on 03 January 2012 - 03:01

You can feed chicken leg quarters that has the drumstick and thigh together.They have to chew this.

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