Best way to feed your dog or cat.

[Energize]

"A vet is not really a reliable source of information" What a load of complete nonsense you've spouted.

An individual is never a reliable source of information because they are fallible and have their own agenda. Peer reviewed publications are the standard of scientific validity.

People forget things, they learn incorrect things and they promote one idea to suit their own agenda. Neutering being a good example, vets promote it as being universally beneficial when if you look at the statistics it often increases the overall mortality rate from many diseases and isn't in the animals best interest. With doctors you get things like circumcision, many doctors in America will promote it despite it being recognised as completely unethical in the civilised world and having negligible benefits.

 

[Doctor McNinja]

I have a Wheaten Terrier and raw chicken wings are deffinately his favourite. Chews and swallows em up in no time.

We have five Wheatens (six if you count the puppy we'll have for another week) and we can't say Chicken wings, lickin' chins... anything that even sounds similar. It's like saying "drink" in front of Father Jack.

I second this, freezing in no way kills bacteria and the safest way to defrost meat is in the fridge as this does not allow the bacteria to become active.

Only way to kill of bacteria is to cook the meat to a core temp of 75°C and even this isn't 100% effective as there are some bacteria that can survive this. Although, those bacteria are not (usually) found in chicken.

Animals have much stronger digestive systems. In the wild, dogs and cats would not only hunt for meat but eat scavenged sometimes rotten meat and in the case of a surplus of meat, they would bury the left overs for later. They're meant to eat raw meat. It's true that freezing meat doesn't kill all the bacteria but it more for the safety of the humans handling the meat (and of course for when your dog gives you a smooch). If you buy meat from a reputable source, meat that you know is either fit for human consumption or produced in a hygienic and responsible way then the risks of it containing bacteria that would harm a raw fed animal is very remote.

I have a lab and a westy. I give them a mix of Dr John's GOLD (£8.50 for 15KG) and meat. Going from other food to the DR Johns saved me a fortune and they love it.

Not sure I would trust a lab with any sort of bone, hes an eating masheen.

When starting a raw diet where the meat is on the bone, the rule is feed pieces bigger than the dogs head. That way the animal has to work to shear the bone and the meat into swallow-able pieces.

 

[Doctor McNinja]

So I can buy the crappy packs of Raw Chicken and feed him that once frozen and then defrosted?

If my dog dies, I'm going to hunt you down, make you read a post I've written on a forum saying poison is OK to eat, make you eat the poison and run away.

If it works and my dog is ok. I'll be a happy chappy

(I'm not willing to read up on this to guarantee my dogs saftey)

Assuming you mean the really cheap value chicken, then yes you can but don't feed your dog just Chicken meat (it may prove to rich and result in loosing the bowels of your dog) it also won't clean his teeth which is one of reasons the bone is really important so start out with Chicken wings.

 

[Valentino]

My dog wouldn't eat a bone. It would nibble all the tasty off around it and then lick it. She once ate all our celebrations and she actually un-wrapped the sweets lmao made barely any mess. My dog gets half of what I eat anyway .

 

[Doctor McNinja]

My dog wouldn't eat a bone. It would nibble all the tasty off around it and then lick it. She once ate all our celebrations and she actually un-wrapped the sweets lmao made barely any mess. My dog gets half of what I eat anyway .

It sometimes takes a little time for the dog to realise that the bone is for eating so if you're intrigued by the benefits of feeding animals raw Chicken wings that I mentioned in my first post, then it is worth persevering.

I remember on one occasion I had just reheated some Tune and pasta bake. I took it into the sitting and placed my tray on top of the TV, which was a huge CRT box. I took my drink off the tray to put it on the side table... big mistake. The tray unbalanced and my dinner catapulted itself all over the floor. ****ed off, I picked it all up and put it back in the bowl and gave it to the dog to eat... the sight of our dog carefully separating every last piece of sweetcorn into a pile next to the bowl, eating the tuna and pasta and then eating the sweetcorn was enough to put a smile back onto my face.




I'd be remiss not to mention that Chocolate can be lethal to dogs as it contains Theobromine which is highly toxic to dogs. A small amount probably won't hurt but it won't do them any good.

If enough Theobromine is consumed the symptoms are-

Vomiting (which usually has a chocolaty smell and often containing blood)
Excessive salivation
Restlessness
Balance problems
Increased thirst

and in more serious cases

Muscle tremors or rigidity
Increase breathing rate

In the worst case scenario the dog will begin convulsing and die.