Malakita Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I am just wondering if most breeders start feeding puppies necks or wings or any other age/size appropriate bones before the puppies go to their new homes. Please feel free to add if your puppy had been introduced to bones before they came to you or maybe they hadn't even seen a bone prior. Mine hadn't seen a bone of any sort, and didn't know what to do with it. Still had to hold a chicken wing for a large breed puppy at 9 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifecta Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 ~Midniara~ on here raised her last two litters of Groenendaels solely on raw Look forward to other replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 My whippet was eating chicken wings (and possibly bones too - but they only mentioned chicken wings specifically) prior to me picking him up at 8 weeks old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinay2 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes. Started on turkey necks and chicken thighs/marylands at 3.5 - 4 weeks of age. to 'play' with Little vultures catch on fast and have the bones stripped bare after getting them for a day or two. By 6 - 8 weeks they are eating chicken frames, thighs, marylands and turkey necks bones and all without issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes. Started on turkey necks and chicken thighs/marylands at 3.5 - 4 weeks of age. to 'play' with Little vultures catch on fast and have the bones stripped bare after getting them for a day or two. By 6 - 8 weeks they are eating chicken frames, thighs, marylands and turkey necks bones and all without issue. I do the same with my pups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) When we picked up our aussie shepherd at 11 weeks the breeder sent her home with a maryland :) Edited March 1, 2014 by Aussie3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeluca Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 yep, when solids are introduced. chicken necks, very very (can't fit in mouth) large meaty bones for jaw strengthening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airedaler Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I raised my last litter fully on raw food and started giving chicken wings at about 3 weeks. The pups did not eat them at this stage but sucked/chewed on them and played with them. I also gave them lamb shanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 DOL needs a "like" button. I'd hit it for every breeder who introduces and raises their pups on balanced raw food :) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker girl Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes. Started on turkey necks and chicken thighs/marylands at 3.5 - 4 weeks of age. to 'play' with Little vultures catch on fast and have the bones stripped bare after getting them for a day or two. By 6 - 8 weeks they are eating chicken frames, thighs, marylands and turkey necks bones and all without issue. I do the same with my pups same here....started our 3 wk old sheppies on soft lamb ribs, it's so funny watching babies (with no teeth) suck & gum meaty bones to death......... my husband was watching them one day & commented on "what a slow but cute way it would to be suck/gummed to death by a pack of toothless puppies" By 6-8wks of age, the pups were very capably devouring 1/2 a chicken carcess each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 :laugh: biker girl, being gummed to death by puppies? Yeah, I could go that way :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 No, mine are so tiny I am scared that if they get into trouble I can't get in their mouths. Have given pigs ear at about 6 weeks but the pigs ear is bigger then the pups head. Quite funny to watch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I have Toys and they are fed raw from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakita Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Your replies have been great to read through! Love reading everyone's opinions. Do you think that if a puppy has never eaten raw meat or bones before they go to the new owner, they are less likely to know what to do with raw bones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Once solids are introduced I start giving them raw meaty bones. Initially they just suck at them/play with them but they quickly progress to devouring them. By 6 weeks they can quite competently consume a chicken wing. I also used lamb ribs, roo spine (they mostly give their jaws a good work out getting all the meat off rather than consume the bone with these ), turkey neck pieces and whatever else I can get hold of that is appropriate. It Bones are always chosen to be too big for them to gulp down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 My pups are started on raw when they are ready and before they leave home they are eating chicken necks, wings if they can chew them up and they are well on the way to consuming raw meaty bones of all kinds. My last litter was dragging a chicken carcass around the whelping box at three weeks. They couldn't eat it then but certainly could when they left for their new homes. By introducing them early and raw meaty bones becoming the rule rather than the exception, they all eat nicely, chew well and the new owners don't have to worry about them inhaling their food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Baby Staffords and raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huski Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Yep! Wisdoms litter was weaned onto a purely raw diet. We don't feed any of the dogs on dried food, the pups were no exception. Among many benefits feeding Raw Is great to help build/develop the muscle in pups jaws. Edited March 1, 2014 by huski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes. Started on turkey necks and chicken thighs/marylands at 3.5 - 4 weeks of age. to 'play' with Little vultures catch on fast and have the bones stripped bare after getting them for a day or two. By 6 - 8 weeks they are eating chicken frames, thighs, marylands and turkey necks bones and all without issue. Yep same here. Though I did also make sure that they were used to eating other foods in case their new owners wanted to feed them commercial food. I don't like people telling me what to feed my dogs and I don't ever intend to tell others how to feed theirs. We have an 11 week old pup here who came to us at 8 weeks. Whilst she had some introduction to raw food it wasn't like we feed ours and it took her very little time to become a pup who could devour a chicken carcass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyosha Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yep same here. Though I did also make sure that they were used to eating other foods in case their new owners wanted to feed them commercial food. I don't like people telling me what to feed my dogs and I don't ever intend to tell others how to feed theirs. We have an 11 week old pup here who came to us at 8 weeks. Whilst she had some introduction to raw food it wasn't like we feed ours and it took her very little time to become a pup who could devour a chicken carcass! This. People's dogs are their own and their choices are likewise. Mine get variation in their diets to hopefully offset any fussiness when they head off to new homes. They also get chicken necks from a few weeks old, graduating to wings, drumsticks, frames etc. They also get fresh whole carcasses if available - example: I have three nearly four month old pups at home, their mum was given a whole fresh rabbit recently and she took it straight to them. No question about them knowing what to do with it..,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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