Comments on: Is Raw Chicken Dangerous To Dogs?

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:45:52 +0000

Goodness, we have a 9 year old large Labradoodle. She has always been mad for chicken necks since about 3 months old. We give her 5 -7 chicken necks each day and some royal cannin (she is less keen on that). I have to say she is in fantastic shape, particularly her teeth, and so far (touch wood) been health problem free. I think she looks a lot younger than other 9 year old dogs we see at the park. Obviously we won’t stop feeding her necks having gone his long. But do think they have contributed positively to her health so far.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:50:20 +0000

In reply to Norman. Hi Norman. You are not alone in having trouble finding suitable bones for very small dogs. I probably can’t give more information than is found in the post you mentioned though.

By: Norman

Norman — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:29:03 +0000

Thanks for this interesting information Andrew! We have been encouraged to move away from dry food to BARF and chicken wing tips/turkey necks. We started with chicken necks as our puppy is a very patient chewer and very slow to eat (we supervise closely regardless) but your information is very different to what we have heard, and a bit alarming. We trusted the source of our information, but this makes me question. I can see from other comments that the jury is out on disease risk from turkey necks — what raw meaty bones do you think are safe for small dogs? Our is very small, less than 2 kg, (nearly 5 months) so the big bones available at shops aren’t suitable. Finding any bones is hard (as you mention in another post!) The turkey necks were the only OK ones we could find.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 11:24:31 +0000

In reply to Adrian Seresheff. Hi Adrian. Generally speaking it’s difficult to diagnose and often only done so after other conditions have been ruled out. I understand it is done using electrical stimulation of muscles, but this is mostly done by specialists at referral. In your particular dog’s case, the diagnosis is much less likely than others.

By: Adrian Seresheff

Adrian Seresheff — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:20:53 +0000

Hi Andrew, my 15.5 year old Kavoodle started to be unsteady on his back legs about two weeks ago. Now he can’t get up on his own. Once up he walks ok albeit with a crooked gate sometimes collapsing on his left flank then being stuck as he is unable to stand up on his own. He is still urinating and pooping but with shaking legs, which have been doing that for quite a long time like about a year. I know back end weaknesses can be the result of a number of different conditions some of which are hopeless while others like APN even though a dreadful thing at least most dogs I understand are able to come back to a normal life with a lot of human intervention. He is booked in to see the Vet on Tuesday 1.30 pm which was the earliest appointment I could get but since I came across your site I wanted to know how APN is accurately diagnosed? Hope you are able to help. He is a great little dog that we love so much. We just want to help him as much as we can.
Regards, Adrian

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 02:27:50 +0000

In reply to Emma. Hi Emma. I would love it if you could read two articles: one about getting puppies on to dry food, and one about the reasons why!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:21:07 +0000

Hi Andrew, thank you for your article!
We’re picking up our Brittany Puppy in two days, she’ll be 9 weeks old, and our Breeder has recommend we continue to feed her Big Dog Barf Combination as she currently isn’t taking the dry food, Canidae Pure for Puppies, soaked in goats milk very well. The barf and dry food both contain chicken. She’s already the smallest in the litter.
What do you recommend we do? Start her off on these as this is what the Breeder has been feeding her and slowly ween her off?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:58:57 +0000

In reply to Craig. Hi Craig. Your final comment is probably right. There are no proven benefits to a BARF diet but I’m happy to support it if we avoid the more hazardous meats.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:24:16 +0000

Great Article.. We have just started our 6 month old Swiss Shepherds on raw chicken on strong recommendations from their trainer. Their current weight is 28 and 22 kilos. Before this they were being fed Royal Canin Puppy Maxi Dry. Now we feed them dry food in morning and Chicken Neck or Frames in evening. Are we at risk? The trainer says there are lots of advantages of BARF diet. should we switch them to another raw meat like roo tails or goat/lamb/beef ?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:41:44 +0000

In reply to Coralie. Hi Coralie. The main hazard with raw chicken is the presence of campylobacter and salmonella, which the more we test for the more we find. The presence of small particles of raw bone should not be a great danger as these generally dissolve in the stomach. Perforation normally only occurs when bone is cooked or especially when the fragments are larger than the width of the intestine. My advice to you is to find a mince that does not contain any bone so that you can cook it thoroughly and safely.