Raw Meat + Bones diet- yes, but I do have a problem with one
of my dogs in my flock of Papillons.
I am sure this scenario will apply to many of you also.
It is a small, dainty girl: she eats well, but she will not
touch a bone, nor will she chew on the bone to just get the meat part. I let
her “starve” for 2 days, giving back just that same bone (either beef, or
chicken) , but she won, as I could not stand it any longer. She is a skinny
little girl after all.
But not eating bones, or chewing on recreational bones means
having to get regular tooth scales performed under anesthesia.
So, my goal is: disassemble the problem, and start with
small steps at the time.
·
First, I chop much of her food now, instead of
grind.
·
Next, the chopped pieces get bigger, and slowly
so big, that she does have to use her teeth to divide them up herself into
smaller pieces.
·
Following a drumettes bone (part of a chicken
wing) smashed with a tenderizer hammer, then cut into chunks.
So far she has managed to eat up my new menu for her; not
only did she eat the meat part from the bone, she consumed some of the bone
itself.
I am proud of the little girl.
Last will be the small drumette- and I am certain, it will
be accomplished….in time.
