Extra firm Poo

[oakley]

Friday night she had deer heart. Yesterday she had a chix back in the am and a chix back in the evening. This morning.. again really hard tiny poo that looked like a bunch of nuuggets squahed together. So breakfast this morning will be a muscle meat.

Are two chickenbacks too much bone? I know they have a lot of bone but they both also had a lot of fat and meat and soem organs on them. Hmm.

[RawFedDogs]

Are two chickenbacks too much bone? I know they have a lot of bone but they both also had a lot of fat and meat and soem organs on them. Hmm.

If all you fed were chicken backs then yes, it's too much bone. Backs fed in conjunction with other animal parts and some boneless meals, then backs are a great cheap food to feed. Feeding backs for one meal a day allows me to spend more money on some of the better cuts of meat for other meals. BTW: I have Great Danes and they get one back each for their morning meal. The morning meal for them is little more than a snack. The evening meal is larger.

[rawfeederr]

Cut back on the bone some... firm poops are almost always from excess bone.
Good luck with raw feeding!

[RawFedDogs]

Poops that come out of the chute white and powdery indicate excess bone in the diet. Firm poops are normal.

[oakley]

Poops that come out of the chute white and powdery indicate excess bone in the diet. Firm poops are normal.

Yes, I appreciate a firm poop, but I believe these are a bit white and crumbly. Soooo, I will be taking your advice and adding in more meat without bone. 1 chicken back a day.

Last night I gave her a chunk of deer heart again and left the room to change the thermostat.. got distracted for a minute before returning to the kitchen and she was in a panic.. her tummy all sucked in. I shook her around a bit by the ribs/tummy and then tried to feel/dislodge anything in her throat. She gagged and pulled away and just stood there a second then started sniffing around her towel... The little shit swallowed the piece of heart pretty much whole (7" x 3-4" piece !) She is such an AWESOME chewer normally, that I thought I was fine to leave the room for a minute. WRONG. I think part of the problem was her dinner was late because we had been on the road and so she was hungry.. and impatient. Totally my fault, I shouldn't have left her alone. I watched her like a hawk for the rest of the night but she was fine, thank god. Boy, having this puppy is sure taking years off my life with all the stress and worry. Sometimes I feel like I suck!

[whiteleo]

My female at times will crunch her drumstick and then swallow it whole, if she gets distracted from the fact she's fine, if not she'll do the foam puke until it comes back up.

I always cut up my heart into pieces before I give it to the dogs so they don't eat more than they can chew, they are terriers ya know.............................................. ......

[DaneMama]

Yes, I appreciate a firm poop, but I believe these are a bit white and crumbly. Soooo, I will be taking your advice and adding in more meat without bone. 1 chicken back a day.

Last night I gave her a chunk of deer heart again and left the room to change the thermostat.. got distracted for a minute before returning to the kitchen and she was in a panic.. her tummy all sucked in. I shook her around a bit by the ribs/tummy and then tried to feel/dislodge anything in her throat. She gagged and pulled away and just stood there a second then started sniffing around her towel... The little shit swallowed the piece of heart pretty much whole (7" x 3-4" piece !) She is such an AWESOME chewer normally, that I thought I was fine to leave the room for a minute. WRONG. I think part of the problem was her dinner was late because we had been on the road and so she was hungry.. and impatient. Totally my fault, I shouldn't have left her alone. I watched her like a hawk for the rest of the night but she was fine, thank god. Boy, having this puppy is sure taking years off my life with all the stress and worry. Sometimes I feel like I suck!

I would say that now you know what the right size of meat for her would be so this doesn't happen again. Either feed her a bigger piece of meat so she has to chew it, or feed smaller pieces that she can swallow without issue.

Remember that dogs don't chew their food like us...they don't have to. Their bodies are capable of breaking everything down in the process of digestion. We have to chew our food thoroughly because our bodies cannot break everything, plant matter, down during digestion (this is why you have to chew corn...really, really well LOL).

Dogs crunch their food until its small enough for it to fit down their throats. Sometimes they get confused, like in your situation, and try and swallow something that cannot fit. Emmy does this on occasion with a turkey neck. She will chew it and swallow at the same time, get a little carried away, and have to puke it up all the way. Its disgusting, but she knows when something doesn't quite fit down.

Akasha, our Dane puppy will swallow anything whole if it will fit down her throat. This includes WHOLE rib bones. At first I was a little worried about this, but she has yet to show any problems from it. I cannot say how many times she has done this. She has also swallowed many whole chicken bones without issue.