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Feeding Raw To A Small Breed Dog

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Foxy Honey

No I Am Not A- Furby		 
 
Barked: Tue May 29, '12 2:46pm PST 
So today we added yet another dog in desperate need of help to our home. To get the long story check out her page.

But Foxy is now with us and will only get the best ect. She is 6 years old and I have no idea what food she was on prior to coming to us.

I live at home currently. It's just easier not having to pay a pet deposit and my mother and I work different hours ect so it works out well. So technically Foxy does belong to my mother. But she as well as myself would like to put Foxy on a raw diet the same as my own dogs.

Now she is very very small. The jaws of a Chi.....I have never attempted to feed raw to such a small dog.

So how would I go about it?

I am thinking raw chicken wings would be the meaty bones to start her on. But what other kinds of bone in meat could I feed a very small Pomeranian?

Edited by author Tue May 29, '12 3:39pm PST

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Saya

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Barked: Tue May 29, '12 3:22pm PST 
Rabbit, quail and cornish hens?

My cat can crunch rabbit bones OK..

I know there is a few Pomeranian raw feeders though haven't seen them posting here much.

It's doable though.
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Brody

Tiny boy, but he- has a huge- heart!		 
 
Barked: Tue May 29, '12 4:03pm PST 
Use cornish hens for your bone content. Quail and rabbit are great too if you can get it. Guinea pigs or rats work too if you aren't squeamish (reptile suppliers have them such as mice on ice or rodent pro). But plain old cornish hens work great. Whack into about 8 chunks of meat and bone and you have 8 two ounce meals from one hen. (They are usually a pound each). Fill in the rest with meats and you are good to go.

Small and tiny dogs can also handle some pork bones like pork riblets which have soft edible bone. Also lamb breast is a great small bone for variety (trim the fat).

Other than that, they can eat the same meats that big dogs can.
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