Who feeds raw chicken wings ?

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Just bought some from supermarket , have'nt actually been brave enough to give to the dogs yet , need some positive feedback before they get munched on .
 
I feed them to one of my dogs, they go down well, he wasn't sure at first but he quickly aquired a taste for them. The other dog used to get raw when he was younger but as he's got older he can't handle it anymore.
 
two of my dogs love them, but my eldest looks at me like I am mental for trying to give her raw food.
 
How big are your dogs? Mine will eat a chicken wing in two bits- cos he has a fat head! :) If you are worried just keep hold of one end while they crunch.
 
Mine have been raw-fed for years and love getting the offcuts of wings when I prepare them for marinating.
However, do be cautious of whole wings if you have a medium/large dog and make sure the dog doesn't try to swallow them whole and choke. Carefully hold one end (keeping your fingers tucked right in) to encourage them to chew it properly rather than bolt it down, they usually get the idea quite quickly.
I choose to feed chicken carcasses rather than wings as they're a bit larger so encourages the dogs to chew them properly.
 
Smack it! Give a bit of a bashing with a mallet or in a bag (nor too hard cos you don't want splinters) and then as already mentioned, hold one end. You'll never look back! Give them size appropriate so not too massive. Don't mix with dried food (usual rule of thumb with raw feeding). My lot have them as snacks or for a full meal if they're huge ones.
 
Thanks guys , took the plunge , fed them seperate to avoid any panicked gobbling thinking someone else going to nik theirs , held the end [ only got fingers chomped once ] seem to of enjoyed them , now to wait and see if they still have regulation stools later lol ,
All happily cleaning their mouths on my carpets now :p
 
Go on..just do it! Even if mine pig out and it is a bit big to go down,they hoick it up again for a second chomp.It IS the perfect food,they need nothing else really to look wonderful and have glossy coats. Perhaps find a source of cheap eggs ..like cracked ones,perfect vitamin addictive.
By the way,added bonus ,white bullet poops,empty anal glands!!!
 
We feed our German Shepherds on raw chicken wings and carcases - they absolutely love it!! They have never looked better and its much cheaper than "normal" dog food!! Oh and their poo goes quite firm - much better for poo picking!!!!
 
You just wait- you'll be feeding em all sorts (whole bunny anyone?) in no time and waxing lyrical about the benefits of feeding raw!
 
My lurchers love raw food, but if I offer a wing, (or indeed anything not processed) to my Dane she sniffs it with disgust as if to say, 'Yes that will be lovely when it's cooked thank you!'
She doesn't get it cooked obviously!
 
fallenangel123 said:
My lurchers love raw food, but if I offer a wing, (or indeed anything not processed) to my Dane she sniffs it with disgust as if to say, 'Yes that will be lovely when it's cooked thank you!'
She doesn't get it cooked obviously!
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Mine did that till i tried him on rabbit mince...............
 
Love it when my little border terrier puppies scoot off having picked a chook wing out of the bowl and retire to a corner growling over their prize. Cute is`nt an adequate word for it.:)
 
I feed cooked chicken carcasses to my dogs, the remains of family meals, and have never had a mishap, of any sort.

For those who feed a heavily influenced chicken, wing/carcass/thighs/whatever diet, a question for you. Percentage wise, what would you say was the influence of chicken carcass, for your dogs? Depending upon the answer, there may be another question!

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
I feed cooked chicken carcasses to my dogs, the remains of family meals, and have never had a mishap, of any sort.

For those who feed a heavily influenced chicken, wing/carcass/thighs/whatever diet, a question for you. Percentage wise, what would you say was the influence of chicken carcass, for your dogs? Depending upon the answer, there may be another question!

Alec.
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My Lab has a default dinner of one stripped chicken carcass with either a small amount of pet mince, some pilchards/sardines in tomato sauce or any other scrap meat with an egg every day. Just occasionally she will have chicken wings but I guess she has six carcasses per week?

So, what's the other question?!!!
 
Sorry to be the mandatory numptie on a raw thread (let's face it, there's always one) why can you not feed dry and raw? Mine doesn't get dry but I am just curious :)
 
Alec Swan said:
For those who feed a heavily influenced chicken, wing/carcass/thighs/whatever diet, a question for you. Percentage wise, what would you say was the influence of chicken carcass, for your dogs? Depending upon the answer, there may be another question!

Alec.
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I would say that chicken on the bone comprises 50% of my dogs' diet, currently. The remaining 50% is fairly equally divided between beef/pork/lamb/rabbit/pheasant/fish and all tripe/offal/bones thereof, in an attempt to pre-empt the next question! :p
 
these are the best thing for a healthy shiny coat! if you have a nice butcher ask him if he can bag you up some chicken carcass's, these are a little bigger and a great alternative to dried food, just to mix it up a bit.
 
Alec Swan said:
I feed cooked chicken carcasses to my dogs, the remains of family meals, and have never had a mishap, of any sort.

For those who feed a heavily influenced chicken, wing/carcass/thighs/whatever diet, a question for you. Percentage wise, what would you say was the influence of chicken carcass, for your dogs? Depending upon the answer, there may be another question!

Alec.
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I'm interested in the next question as am probably feeding more chicken carcass than anything else, as almost everything else - raw or other - makes her pancreas go funny :( :(
 
I found my special needs Dalmatian (who is raw fed) with her head in the sack of ferret food, very happily munching. The resultant poo spread across the kitchen floor is a very good reason not to feed raw and processed together!!
 
Mixing raw and dry in too short a timeframe can lead to impaction.
Having been left with a very unhappy, uncomfortable dog who needed an enema and a very unhappy mother who had to pay £80 for said enema, you don't want that happening (nothing to do with raw, said dog cannot tolerate raw)

My young one gets one chicken carcass a day (substitute leg or thigh if out of carcasses or travelling) and half a tub of whole minced chicken, bone in, if it is in, or tripe if not, varies from week to week. Kibble (HappyDog, left over from a show, at the moment :p) or cooked chicken for training.
 
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Alec Swan said:
I feed cooked chicken carcasses to my dogs, the remains of family meals, and have never had a mishap, of any sort.

For those who feed a heavily influenced chicken, wing/carcass/thighs/whatever diet, a question for you. Percentage wise, what would you say was the influence of chicken carcass, for your dogs? Depending upon the answer, there may be another question!

Alec.
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I think it depends on the size of dog my M.I.L feeds her JRT leftover cooked chicken bones, but i will not risk it having a GSD and a Dobermann (they gulf it down far too quick and dont chew) raw at least its softer for them to gulf down lol

Im not devoted a raw advocate. The dry food i get via my breeder is still £30/bag (cannot get it anywhere else cheaper!) and is good quality but he supplies me with any meat etc to mix in, he has always done it and his 'working' dogs look great because of it. a compleat raw diet is great but for most people not pratical in freezer space! I also will not feed venison to my dogs there is a risk of heart worm in the meat. I normally feed my dogs beef mince mixed with some dry food in the morning and evening they get chicken carcase and as a treat mid week get a very large marrow bone to keep them happy.
 
The reason for the question was that with those who feed raw, I just wondered if the dog's diet had anything other than meat, and specifically chicken.

My OH had a very smart and well bred lurcher bitch, before we lived together. The bitch came from a local yard, and I knew both the parents. Beside the yard was a poultry farm, and in those days it was common practice for chicken carcasses to be thrown onto the outside muck heaps. The bitch brought home chicken carcasses, and eventually the puppies found their way to the food supply.

When my OH acquired the puppy, at the age of about 6 months, I used to meet them on the road, and the puppy looked lovely. By the time the puppy was a 2 year old dog, she was put down with irreparable bowl damage, as did 2 of her siblings, and they were just the two that I knew of. The vet said that he felt that her early diet was a major and contributing factor.

Now I don't know if the vet was right, or not, and neither I suspect did he, but I wonder if an exclusive meat only diet is really such a good thing. I'm not suggesting that an exclusive cereal based diet is right either. When I could get them, and I fed raw bullock's tripe, direct from the abattoir, the dogs were always offered biscuit, and they always ate it quite readily. An exclusive diet of just chicken wings would trouble me, a little.

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
The reason for the question was that with those who feed raw, I just wondered if the dog's diet had anything other than meat, and specifically chicken.

My OH had a very smart and well bred lurcher bitch, before we lived together. The bitch came from a local yard, and I knew both the parents. Beside the yard was a poultry farm, and in those days it was common practice for chicken carcasses to be thrown onto the outside muck heaps. The bitch brought home chicken carcasses, and eventually the puppies found their way to the food supply.

When my OH acquired the puppy, at the age of about 6 months, I used to meet them on the road, and the puppy looked lovely. By the time the puppy was a 2 year old dog, she was put down with irreparable bowl damage, as did 2 of her siblings, and they were just the two that I knew of. The vet said that he felt that her early diet was a major and contributing factor.

Now I don't know if the vet was right, or not, and neither I suspect did he, but I wonder if an exclusive meat only diet is really such a good thing. I'm not suggesting that an exclusive cereal based diet is right either. When I could get them, and I fed raw bullock's tripe, direct from the abattoir, the dogs were always offered biscuit, and they always ate it quite readily. An exclusive diet of just chicken wings would trouble me, a little.

Alec.
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I'm honestly not sure about the effects of a meat-only diet - mine has other things beside meat - but I imagine that a diet consisting entirely of chicken may not be the healthiest. Wild dogs will eat most animal derived products, including carrion, as well as some plant matter and I would think that a diet consisting entirely of one particular form of animal matter may compromise health. Certainly, I would always ensure a really wide variety of foodstuffs for any dog of mine.
 
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