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[Hemlock]

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I have bred several litters of lurchers. I weaned my pups straight onto a mixture of raw mince and chicken wings. You'd be amazed how they crunch them up even with baby teeth. It was absolutely heartwarming to sit with them, pup on each foot, couple on my lap, others arranged closely around me, all munching up their chicken wings. I would also let them have a huge raw bone to gnaw on under supervision.

If you are nervous about the chicken wings fed whole, bash them with a hammer or similar to break the bones up. But I never did, and they coped just fine. Raw beef trachea goes down well too. But always supervise.

 

[Grack]

I have bred several litters of lurchers. I weaned my pups straight onto a mixture of raw mince and chicken wings. You'd be amazed how they crunch them up even with baby teeth. It was absolutely heartwarming to sit with them, pup on each foot, couple on my lap, others arranged closely around me, all munching up their chicken wings. I would also let them have a huge raw bone to gnaw on under supervision.

If you are nervous about the chicken wings fed whole, bash them with a hammer or similar to break the bones up. But I never did, and they coped just fine. Raw beef trachea goes down well too. But always supervise.

many thx for that! Wings it is!

 

[JudyN]

Welcome to the forum @Grack

 

[Grack]

many thx for that! Wings it is!

thank you so much for your reply. We gave our two 10wk girls a chicken wing each (they were separated by a playpen) and although it was going extremely well my husband became alarmed when after a while it became clear the one of them was in the process of swallowing down the length of the wing whole. He went to pull it from her and got caught in the “crossfire” of her little teeth as her struggled to hang on to it. Now he is frightened to give the anything but the tips of the wings. What is your experience with the whole wing bones and small pups? Many thanks b

 

[JoanneF]

I hold the wings while my dog chews it. Sometimes they just need to get the hang of it.

However, I'd separate them completely so there's no perceived 'threat' of it being stolen, and therefore less pressure to eat it fast before that happens.

 

[Hemlock]

It's all about feeding the pup in front of you, so while I didn't ever get this issue, you have, and keeping husbands happy is part of the deal. So for you, I'd go for either breaking up the bones or as JoanneF suggests.

Those little baby teeth buds are SHARP, aren't they?!

 

[Grack]

It's all about feeding the pup in front of you, so while I didn't ever get this issue, you have, and keeping husbands happy is part of the deal. So for you, I'd go for either breaking up the bones or as JoanneF suggests.

Those little baby teeth buds are SHARP, aren't they?!

Thanks for reassurance. We’ve both had dogs all our lives but never fed raw before but certainly see the sense of it. They only eat under our supervision so that’s obviously not the issue and as for husband, well, he’s the best but worries as he is retired medic and they are always fearful understandably. He was amazingly good about quite a tear in his finger but then he does adore them!

 

[Finsky]

I too gave some chicken wings for our pups when they were young. Started with some wing tips and by cutting the middle section to half length wise so each piece had full bone (our dogs are smaller breed than yours). As Hemlock said, it is surprise how much they can get out of the wing with their baby teeth. When they started teething, I gave occasional partly frozen lamb's ribs...the cold helped to calm their gums while giving them longer lasting chewing session than chicken wing would.