GreyhoundGirl Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Let me preface this by saying: 1)I'm a turkey neck virgin and 2) I thought they were like rawhides or femur bones (they eat the meat and leave the bone) So, I brought them home and gave it the hounds raw and they ate the WHOLE THING in seconds. Should I have cooked it? What were the bone things they were crunching on? Is it going to hurt them? They're quite pleased and looking for more and Im freaking out and ready to call the e-vet. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) They will be fine! Mine get raw turkey or duck necks every morning with their breakfast and live to beg for one the next day! Edited June 24, 2012 by seeh2o Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyp Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Yes, totally fine. Lots of people use them to supplement meals. The neck bones and ligaments and all that are a little softer than other bones, so they're great for cleaning their teeth. Definitely, do NOT cook them. Quote Lima Bean (formerly Cold B Hi Fi) and her enabler, Rally. ☜We're moving West! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyhoundGirl Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 Thank you soooo much! The dogs LOVE them and LOVE me right now! I've never cooked meat before on femur bones, I just wanted to make sure. I have chicken feet waiting for them too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolarik1 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Like rallyp said, DO NOT cook them. The pups eat the entire thing, bone and all...you may get a little vomit the first couple of times that they eat them which I'm told is normal (I had a foster do that, mine haven't done that). Lots of people give them 2 - 3x a week after their meal to keep their pups' teeth clean. Quote Marble, Noah, Eden, Raya (red heeler), Cooper & Trooper (naughty kittens) Missing my bridge angels: Pop, Zelda, Mousey & Carmel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnsliz Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 no worries, mine have swallowed them whole and lived Quote <p>Finn, Wink, Birdie, Snap and SmokeyJG Quicknfast 7/25/99-5/16/08, JG Quickwink 7/25/99-9/22/13, Iruska SweetDuv 7/19/03-11/9/16, Delbar 6/11/11 and Catahoula Smokey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamaha_gurl Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 They will be fine, I find the small (4 inch long) turkey necks are easily crunchable...even the frozen ones are gone under a couple minutes here Quote Greyhound Collars : www.collartown.ca Maggie (the human servant), with Miss Bella, racing name "A Star Blackieto" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest widowcali Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I actually prefer turkey necks over the beef bones that I give the dogs. There is no icky stuff to pick up, they eat it all. Makes for simple cleaning, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Yes, please do NOT feed cooked bones! They splinter and are dangerous inside their bodies. Raw chicken feet are great, too! Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vers Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 You did fine, your hounds will be fine. Raw is the only way to feed bones (unless you slow cook chicken bones until they crumble, which I have not had success with). I feed mine turkey necks, chicken quarters and chicken feet without issue. Personally, I do not give beef bones because they are harder than teeth and can cause slab fractures. If your dogs have trouble with too much bone from the turkey necks, next time supplement the meal with some giblets/organ meats or green tripe to balance it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenEveBaz Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Turkey necks and chicken feet? My gang is checking the GPS coordinates for your place. Quote Ellen, with brindle Milo and the blonde ballerina, Gelsey remembering Eve, Baz, Scout, Romie, Nutmeg, and Jeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest june Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Let me preface this by saying: 1)I'm a turkey neck virgin and 2) I thought they were like rawhides or femur bones (they eat the meat and leave the bone) So, I brought them home and gave it the hounds raw and they ate the WHOLE THING in seconds. Should I have cooked it? What were the bone things they were crunching on? Is it going to hurt them? They're quite pleased and looking for more and Im freaking out and ready to call the e-vet. Thanks! I apologize but, :rotfl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhillyPups Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Let me preface this by saying: 1)I'm a turkey neck virgin and 2) I thought they were like rawhides or femur bones (they eat the meat and leave the bone) So, I brought them home and gave it the hounds raw and they ate the WHOLE THING in seconds. Should I have cooked it? What were the bone things they were crunching on? Is it going to hurt them? They're quite pleased and looking for more and Im freaking out and ready to call the e-vet. Thanks! I apologize but, :rotfl Yep But in all fairness I took a stool sample to the vet thinking I saw worms, the vet asked if I gave my dogs rice, I said yes. Edited June 24, 2012 by PhillyPups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHead Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 My dogs generally crunch, crunch and then swallow the necks. Nothing to worry about. Their jaws are designed to gulp and swallow not grind and chew from side to side like ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiggysMom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Totally fine, as you now know! I will say, however, that the first time I gave Twiggy one, she had liquid Big D something fierce the next day ( or maybe that evening, I don't remember). She was pretty new off the track, and I think her system was still settling in at that time. I've since been able to give her giant raw turkey necks with no trouble whatsoever - they actually cause her stool to be extremely dry and crumbly from all the bone. Your hound must really, really love you now! Quote Wendy with Twiggy, fosterless while Twiggy's fighting the good fight, and Donnie & Aiden the kitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliered Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 A friend gives her Afgan hounds chicken legs that she cooks in the crock pot for 2 days. She then takes a potato masher and mashes it to mush. She then gives this to her dogs with their meals. I have not tried it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiggysMom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 A friend gives her Afgan hounds chicken legs that she cooks in the crock pot for 2 days. She then takes a potato masher and mashes it to mush. She then gives this to her dogs with their meals. I have not tried it yet. Yep, I do this. Well, I'm a lot more thorough than a potato masher - I crush the bones between my fingers and make sure that even the tiniest sharp pieces go in the garbage, but same concept. Some chickens have bones that seem to mush up better than others, for reasons I can't identify. If the bones are sharp, I don't give them, just the ones that truly turn to mush. Quote Wendy with Twiggy, fosterless while Twiggy's fighting the good fight, and Donnie & Aiden the kitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnedBySummer Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Have a camera handy for the first chicken feet. When the foot hangs out the side of their mouths, it makes for a fabulous pic! Quote Lisa B. My beautiful Summer - to her forever home May 1, 2010 Summer Certified therapy dog team with St. John Ambulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avadogner Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I would have freaked too so don't feel bad. Where do you get raw turkey necks and chicken feet? I give Augie bully sticks and dried tripe and dried tracheas from the Best Bully Sticks website. Is this something you ask a specialty butcher to procure? I am looking for something to help with cleaning his teeth. Poor boy has terrible teeth and loathes his daily brushing. I would love to find something safe to treat him. Thanks, Ava (angel) and Augie's Mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliered Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I have a very little Mom and Pop store close to me and they ordered 30#s of turkey necks for me. I asked them to cut this 1/2 because they were really large (12-14") I wrapped them individually and put then in the freezer. Each dog gets one right out of the freezer. They love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FastDogsOwnMe Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Some dogs get a little big D after raw the first few times, but other than that, they should be just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveRoooooers Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I would have freaked too so don't feel bad. Where do you get raw turkey necks and chicken feet? I give Augie bully sticks and dried tripe and dried tracheas from the Best Bully Sticks website. Is this something you ask a specialty butcher to procure? I am looking for something to help with cleaning his teeth. Poor boy has terrible teeth and loathes his daily brushing. I would love to find something safe to treat him. Thanks, Ava (angel) and Augie's Mum We have a Price Rite that keeps chikken feet in stock. One of our two Stop & Shops also carries them and you can also usually find them in ethnic grocery stores. I may be the odd one here but I do clip off the toenails before feeding them, frozen. One of my girls has very few teeth and just enjoys gumming a foot now and then, she hasn't actually eaten it Seamus says they are the best things, evah. Quote Old Dogs are the Best Dogs. Thank you, campers. Current enrollees: Punkin. AnnIE Oooh M Angels: Pal . Segugio. Sorella (TPGIT). LadyBug. Zeke-aroni. MiMi Sizzle Pants. Gracie. Seamie . (Foster)Sweet. Andy. PaddyALVIN!Mayhem. Bosco. Bruno. Dottie B. Trevor Double-Heart. Bea. Cletus, KLTO. Aiden 1-4. Upon reflection, our lives are often referenced in parts defined by the all-too-short lives of our dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyhoundGirl Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) I got them from Valli Foods. Thank you all for the good advice and reassurances. Unfortunately, I was freaking out too badly to get pics of furbabies first turkey necks! But, they did enjoy them tremendously. Mason licked his lips for like 10 minutes and they followed me around forever looking for more! Edited June 25, 2012 by GreyhoundGirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest june Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 A friend gives her Afgan hounds chicken legs that she cooks in the crock pot for 2 days. She then takes a potato masher and mashes it to mush. She then gives this to her dogs with their meals. I have not tried it yet. Yup, My girls love when I do that. Mostly in the winter but then in the summer they get hard boiled egg from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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