Is hammered turkey necks ok?

AJT · 03-08-2013, 05:25 PM

Just gave Ava half a raw turkey neck. She seemed really confused so I then hammered it to smash it up a bit. She is still a little leary...any tips?

onyx'girl · 03-08-2013, 05:39 PM

I usually will chunk a tom neck into thirds as a RMB portion. I've never smashed any RMB.
Why was Ava confused? Does she normally eat raw?

AJT · 03-08-2013, 06:43 PM

I've had her on prepackaged raw (Nature's Variety) and am now slowly shifting her over to the actual real deal with bones and all. So I split her meal in half and added the turkey neck. She just looked at me like, uh you want me to chew this? Then I took a hammer and smash it flat. She ate half but it took awhile.

AJT · 03-08-2013, 09:00 PM

she gobbled up the green tripe (nasty smelling thing...i gagged and nearly threw up in her bowl) but ate only half the 4 inch turkey neck after it was smashed up with a hammer. maybe its the turkey she doesn't like? i feel like chicken necks are too small and she would end up swallowing it versus chewing on it. how do you encourage chewing?

onyx'girl · 03-08-2013, 09:11 PM

Feed partially frozen or hold it when the dog is just learning. But swallowing a chicken neck isn't that big of a deal...they are small. I'd rather give a leg 1/4 and the dog will chew it because it is larger. I remember my pup(just 8 weeks)swallowed a thigh whole and I freaked, but he was ok, thank goodness!

AJT · 03-10-2013, 04:26 PM

Froze the other half and gave it to her about 40 min after we came back from the beach. Ava crunched right through it and ate it happily! Yea!

03-08-2013, 05:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
AJT Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Central NJ, U.S. Posts: 178	Is hammered turkey necks ok? Just gave Ava half a raw turkey neck. She seemed really confused so I then hammered it to smash it up a bit. She is still a little leary...any tips?

03-08-2013, 05:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 21,201	I usually will chunk a tom neck into thirds as a RMB portion. I've never smashed any RMB. Why was Ava confused? Does she normally eat raw? __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

03-08-2013, 09:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 21,201	Feed partially frozen or hold it when the dog is just learning. But swallowing a chicken neck isn't that big of a deal...they are small. I'd rather give a leg 1/4 and the dog will chew it because it is larger. I remember my pup(just 8 weeks)swallowed a thigh whole and I freaked, but he was ok, thank goodness! __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

03-08-2013, 06:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
AJT Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Central NJ, U.S. Posts: 178	I've had her on prepackaged raw (Nature's Variety) and am now slowly shifting her over to the actual real deal with bones and all. So I split her meal in half and added the turkey neck. She just looked at me like, uh you want me to chew this? Then I took a hammer and smash it flat. She ate half but it took awhile.

03-08-2013, 09:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
AJT Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Central NJ, U.S. Posts: 178	she gobbled up the green tripe (nasty smelling thing...i gagged and nearly threw up in her bowl) but ate only half the 4 inch turkey neck after it was smashed up with a hammer. maybe its the turkey she doesn't like? i feel like chicken necks are too small and she would end up swallowing it versus chewing on it. how do you encourage chewing?

03-10-2013, 04:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
AJT Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Central NJ, U.S. Posts: 178	Froze the other half and gave it to her about 40 min after we came back from the beach. Ava crunched right through it and ate it happily! Yea!

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