Raw Meaty Bone Ideas

[brightstar123]

Hi guys, hope everyone had a nice Christmas! I'm looking for suggestions for different raw meaty bones and meaty chunks for my small Labrador x seagull. She is going well on 100% raw but I need more inspiration for big bones/meat that she really has to work at. She does chew stuff but only as much as she needs to - lamb hearts, chicken drumsticks, brisket chunks etc will all go down almost whole if I'm not careful. Surprisingly she's not a typical gutsy Labrador usually - she'll pick at dry food and is a healthy weight. The bones are always well digested and she has no other relevant health concerns.

Ox tongues seemed a bit more chewy and lasted a little longer than hearts. I've tried lamb necks too which were better but I can't always get those. I'd like to get more teeth-cleaning benefit out of the bones and obviously it's much safer for her if she's chewing bones more. With the larger chunks I run into portion control problems sometimes - taking the bone back when she's had an appropriate amount can be tricky sometimes as I forget and then if I remember I have a dirt and slobber-covered half-eaten bone in the fridge :laugh: Do others take big bones back and refrigerate them, or just leave them? It's pretty hot here and there are a lot of flies around.

Anyway, any suggestions for raw stuff that will be hard work for her will be appreciated!

[The Spotted Devil]

Frozen chicken frames are a favourite here. Frozen turkey wings also.

[persephone]

frozen turkey necks :)

pig head halves

[anniek]

turkey drumsticks, half pig or sheep heads

pork ribs, piggy tails

[piper]

Turkey necks, roo neck or tail pieces are favourites here.

I have never given something so large that they don't finish it straight up and if it was larger than their normal portion then I average it out with a couple of smaller meals. That is 1 of the things with raw feeding - balance over a period of time not in every meal. So the time they had a half a pig head (OMG the farts afterwards!!!) they just had small meals the next couple of days.

[Tara8430]

Have you tried stuffing chicken frames with roo mince too my lab loves that. I try and get smaller chicken frames then stuff with about 100g roo mince.