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I chop up the chicken necks I feed my pugs so they don't swallow them whole. They still chew the smaller pieces. As for bones I can't say I have had a problem with them wanting to swallow them whole.

Firstly get the extra weight off her. Make sure she does not jump, run or go for long walks in the two week resting period. No exercise means no exercise. My 4 year old pug girl had a sprained elbow early last year. Vet gave her a course of Rimadyl tablets and she had a three week injection course of Procaine, one injection a week. I got the extra weight off her, had steps built, for the couch and my bed, so she did not jump off the couch and my bed and did not take her walking for two weeks. He elbow had healed itself over that time and we have not had a problem since.

I feed Hills Prescripton Diet W/D to my two to keep their weight down but I only use it as a base to their foods. I add in a different fresh ingredient every day including chicken necks, sardines, scrambled eggs, vegtables, fruit, kidney etc. Maybe I am a snob but I would never feed them dried supermarket food and never ever any that are all different colours.

Two hour wait. My father stood on my pug boys foot a few years back and ripped one of his nails. Blood everywhere, I was not home so so of course my parents were paniking thinking they had broken their daughters dogs foot. Rushed him off to emergency vet. The vet ended up ripping the nail out as it was hanging by a thread, bathed the foot in antaseptic solution, bandaged it and charged $150. The nail grew back. Maybe the fact it is a two hour wait will save you some money. My advice compress the nail area to stop the bleeding if possible. If the bleeding has eased enough take a look at the nail. If it's hanging by a thread take some tweezers and rip it out. This will pobably ease the pain for the dog after the nail has gone. Bath the foot in salty water and squirt something like a betadine solution or other antaseptic solution onto the aread and bandage. Leave bandage on for the next few days or if you like bath it in the salty water and rebandage for the next few days.

Yes yes I saw that guy who had turned blue on tv as well. I think he was both rubbing the CS into his skin and drinking it to help some sort of psoriosis skin conditon he had. The skin conditon had gone but he was left with blue skin. I'm not sure that I use it on my dogs beacause of the fact that people turn blue from it so might my dogs. And the fact that the skin turns blue means that there is some sort of build up of something which can't really be healthy. Saying that I am always open to alternative medical treatments.

Maybe an allergic reaction to the anasthetic?

I cut the chicken necks up into either halves or quaters to stop the swallowing whole scenario. I suppose you could do the same with chicken frames etc. Have feed a holidaying pug with the BARF patties and she copes fine with the bones that are in them.

It's not available in Australia and there are no plans to bring it in. 4Paws wouldn't have it. I stand corrected. I thought I'd seen it there. With regards to feeding bones, the only thing to watch for is if they start to swallow them without chewing them first. I had to stop giving Gus chicken necks because he was swallowing them whole and he was only 12 weeks old at the time! That was a diaster waiting to happen. I'm just about to start him on chicken wings because they're bigger and he'll have no choice but to chew them first. In regards to the chicken necks try chopping them up into halves or quaters. My boy pug is a total guts and would eat them whole if I didn't chop them up.

Good topic. I would also like to know what people in general use to disinfect and wash their dog items with.

I have pugs and they eat anything and everything. When I feed the chicken necks I usually cut them up a bit so that they don't gag trying to get a whole one down their throats. Feeding chickens necks only doesn't seem to be a very balanced diet. Try other things like a tin of sardines, eggs, fruit, vegtables. Does he get bones to chew on?

The BARF patties are a good alternative for small dogs who eat one or less then one a day. Any more and it would be getting expensive if you're on a budget. My experience with the patties is that dogs love them and they do have some larger bones in them. Have had one pug girl holidaying here that eats the patties and chicken necks as her exclusive food. She seems to be a pooing machine and smells because of all the raw stuff. I have thought about getting some to add to my dogs diets once or twice a week as I don't really feed that much red meat as I don't eat it myself. I feed Science diet dried food but always mix something different into it each day ie chicken necks, scrambled eggs, vegtables, fruit, chicken breast, sardines. They also get a bone each once a week.