[rawfeeding] Digest Number 12430

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Topics in this digest:

1a. Re: skin/fat on pork shoulder
From: marge
1b. Re: skin/fat on pork shoulder
From: ncrnrgrl

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1a. Re: skin/fat on pork shoulder
Posted by: "marge" marge_moriarty17551@yahoo.com marge_moriarty17551
Date: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:52 am ((PST))

Why did you snatch it? Were you worried about choking?
> Remember, dogs don't really chew like us. But you know your dog
best,

You can just let him eat it, or let him gnaw on it for a bit
> for a workout and teeth cleaning, and then remove it. Or if you're
not
> comfortable with it at all, cut it off--good poultry scissors maybe?

Thanks...the reason I snatched it was that Foxy is a little vacuum
and he tends to rush and not chew. The piece was pretty large for
him...not huge. He had stuffed his entire mouth with it and I could
tell he was preparing to just swallow it. I guess he would have
probably regurgitated it....but we were leaving the house and my
husband was in a rush...thus I snatched it. I could try to semi
freeze something like this..this does help him work harder and
longer. It makes sense though that it is a good work out...and
boy...they certainly chewed on much worse...rawhide etc.

One of my guys has vomitted the last two nights in a row..I am
suspecting Pepper as he vomitted some green bile like stuff the other
night. He also was licking up the dry vomit this morning. I did
increase their pork portion and infact that was their meal
yesterday. I was going to give them chickent today...and maybe go a
bit slower with the newer protien...smaller portions with their
chicken. His appetite is good and he is not acting unusual. He did
this sometimes with the old food.

Marge

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1b. Re: skin/fat on pork shoulder
Posted by: "ncrnrgrl" jcraver1@nc.rr.com ncrnrgrl
Date: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:19 am ((PST))

Hi Marge,
I asked this very same question about a week ago; and have since then
gone ahead and fed the roasts to my two GSDs.. they did very well
with it - it took them a nice long time to eat their meal but they
seemed to enjoy it very much.

I had no trouble with the fat content, but I'm convinced I have two
very easy keepers, they eat anything I hand them, and I've had maybe
one occurrence of diarrhea in all the time I've been feeding this, so
as the others have said, you may have a little trouble with the fat.

Jen

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, Morledzep@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/28/2007 6:39:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> marge_moriarty17551@... writes:
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> When Foxy had some pork
> he got a piece of it and could not really chew through it...so i
> snatched it from him. Any thoughts on this?
>
>
>
> Marge,
>
> the whole idea is for the dogs to work at eating. they get
exercise, and
> they get their teeth cleaned and it's great mental stimulation as
well. You
> really don't want to snatch stuff that's tough to eat from them,
you want them
> to figure out how to rip and tear and get their teeth cleaned while
they are
> doing it.
>
> Catherine R.
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