dog wont eat raw

Definately nylabones!! Cooked bones can splinter and harm your dog!

I will go with what sakura has stated, nylabones are the safes way to go for your dog. My dogs love the stuffed bones.

i just started another topic about this site i ran across this that suggests cooked bones are just as dangerous as raw.
 
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ORIGINAL: jaye

i guess jake is a picky dog, he wont eat raw anything, not even bones.  

Jake is one smart dog!!

COOKED BONES ARE NEVER SAFE!!!  Any heat changes the molecular structure of the bone and makes it much more prone to splintering....we are talking needle sharp pieces of bone that can damage their mouth, pierce the throat or intenstinal tract, cause a blockage or do major damage on the way out.
 
I've never liked nylabones either.  I don't like my dogs eating plastic.  Some here like them and have found edible ones, but Jennie thought they were fine until Teeny broke a tooth on one.
 
Patt B, I.'ll ask again...have you personally had a bad experience with raw feeding or have you just felt run over  by zealots?
 

After joining this forum what seems like a thousand years ago...I learned that cooked bones are bad. AND I no longer would give them to my dog. BUT I had a pitty named Sammy years ago...she was a pain in the butt when anyone came over to my house,,jumping and bothering them, sometimes barking. So to solve this problem, I used to buy a few packages of marrow and knuckle bones, bring them home, cook them and put them in the freezer. Everytime someone came over Sammy would get one. It solved sooooo many problems and never hurt a thing.  BUT now I wouldn't do that.   I bought Bubblegum a really big nylon bone the day I got her,,,and it was NOT cheap,,,then I bought another at Target which looked more fun, also was not cheap.  She won't touch either of them.
 

Hi Glenda: 
 
I#%92m sorry I didn#%92t respond to your first question.  I must have either missed or inadvertently overlooked it.  With regard to the raw food feeding question, I#%92ve tried to stay out of the arguments generated by that question.  Raw food feeders are zealous in that regard and there is no room for compromise in their minds.  I simply want people to know there are other feeding options available.  
 
In regards to raw feeding. There#%92s simply no question that dogs can exist on a diet of raw foods.  In the wild, that#%92s pretty much what wolves, coyotes and foxes do.  Unfortunately those animals do not live as long as domesticated dogs.  In the wild they are subject to the uncontrolled infestation of parasites and diseases that are generated from a diet of predominantly weak and sickly prey.   Even human beings can live for a while on a diet of raw meats, but those who would do so, simply would not live as long or as healthy a life as someone eating a balanced diet.
 
I personally believe we have a responsibility to our pets that goes beyond feeding raw meats, with an occasional turkey carcass or goat head for a treat.  Prepared foods have been researched and formulated to include all of the nutrients that are so necessary for a longer more healthy life.  Certainly any prepared pet food diet can be augmented in moderation with an occasional bit of raw meat.  But as I said earlier, raw food alone does not appear to be the answer to the complex problem of maintaining good pet health.   

Well Patt, I DO feed raw and I'm not gonna bash anyone who doesn't.  And honestly?  If I could find a more cost effective source, I would be feeding nothing BUT raw.
 
Certainly the higher end kibbles are BETTER, but I don't believe any processed food can meet ALL their nutritional needs, not without something fresh and wholesome added in.  Mine eat Innova in the morning, then homecooked at nite.  And yep, I use a recipe that was approved by a canine nutritionalist.  And they DO get raw a couple times a week.  Yesterday I got them the ULTIMATE treat for truck loading day....got them all HUGE knuckle bones.
 
No one will EVER convince me that Purina or Pedigree are TRUELY creating nutritionally complete foods.  Ever.

My dog would not eat and still does not eat completely raw chicken livers, so I sauteed w/olive oil and garlic or boil with rosemary, bell peppers, celery, cilantro and mint serve w/the broth  and he will eat that way, other than that he loves his raw food, will not go near kibble, however if really hungry he will eat canned, so I always keep Innova handy and I am going to try Pinnacle trout and sweet potato or  Evangers mackrel meal since he loves fish.
 
Dogs don't have to  eat a complete balance meal each time they eat.  Do we humans eat that way? must certainly not, not every time.  Dog food companies, however would like for us to think so, because it equals profit to them.  What matters is complete balanced meal over time.  Just the way most people eat.
 
What nobody can convice me of is that a smelly rocessed kibble w/all kinds of chemicals added to it, so it can last in a bag for months at a time could be better than fresh ingredients? It is more convenient for us to believe it, because it takes all of a minute to scoop up kibble out of a bag then to actually take the time to prepare a healthy complete meal, whether cooked or raw.

Thats funny, Olinda.  Sheba won't eat raw liver either, but she'll scraf down a raw chicken neck or anything ELSE raw unless it's an unwhacked chicken leg quarter...and THAT she'll eat just fine so long as I give it a few good whacks with the cleaver to break the big bones for her.  Lordie, the stuff we DO for our dogs!![8D]

ORIGINAL: olinda


What nobody can convice me of is that a smelly rocessed kibble w/all kinds of chemicals added to it, so it can last in a bag for months at a time could be better than fresh ingredients? It is more convenient for us to believe it, because it takes all of a minute to scoop up kibble out of a bag then to actually take the time to prepare a healthy complete meal, whether cooked or raw.

 
you are right, but i believe the dog food that is made without the use of chemicals is perfectly healthy.  its not all made with bad stuff.  and you dont HAVE to feed natural foods raw.  cooked meat is just as healthy.  of course if jake had his prefrence he would eat nothing but people food.
 
its sounding like cooked bones and nylabones are equally dangerous and the only safe way to keep healthy teeth is to have them cleaned at the vet :/  i have yet to hear of anything thats actually safe to use.  of course theres a still a problem that he needs something to chew on

lol, Romeo is the same w/ the leg quarters, I bought a hammer just for that [sm=lol.gif]  I need a cleaver.
 
Yes, the things we do for our dogs, but they are so worth it!!!

Jaye, have you tried beef KNUCKLE bones?  Raw of course. These are like the knee joints from cows and they are ENORMOUS.  It takes a STRONG jaw to break these things.

yes, emma loves them,  sometimes she cleans out the inside and outside, other times she eats the entire thing.  but like i said jake wont touch anything raw, not even bones.