[HairOfTheDog]

I have a friend who feeds raw whole chicken parts to her big Great Pyrenese. She tosses him a neck and a back in the morning, frozen, and he gnaws on it throughout the day. That method wouldn’t work for me I know. He’s an only dog, no one to bicker over his bones with.

With the raw ground meat, do you grind it yourself or you buy regular ground beef/turkey/etc?

[Humal]

I buy the already ground meat. Just be sure to check on preservatives that they put in the meat. We have a Publix in our area, and their brand is the best.

You can get a heavy duty grinder and grind the whole animal bones and all.

One of the reasons I don’t give bones on a regular basis is our two will try and take the other’s bone. Then, either there is a fight or one is gulping the other’s bone. That has given me several scares. Grinding the bones and giving “recreational” bones and hard chewies has worked best for us.

[Humal]

I just got a magazine today from “the good puppy store” on feeding good prepared foods and raw food. It’s “Pet Food Report” put out by Animal Wellness Magazine (www.AnimalWellnessMagazine.com). I haven’t had time to read it yet, but the titles of the articles good.

Evangers puts out a good canned food too. It’s all meat, and it gives them a variety of meats (rabbit, venison, etc.), meats I don’t normally find in the grocery store.