Maxxx,
I give Jett chicken necks ans she crunches them up, takes about 4-5 bites
and she's then onto the next one. She LOVES them. Sometimes she will even swallow the first one whole!!! She chomped up the whole carcus that I got for her the other day, no problems digesting it what so ever.
She is 7 months old and I am sticking to the diet that the breeder recommended to me, she is on premium kibble now (she was on IAMS before I was educated on it on this forum
) and raw. She gets kibble twice a day,with sardines and cottage cheese being lunch and with raw meat (lamb shanks/ground mince/steak chunks/kangaroo mince) and yoghurt. She also gets an egg twice a week.... Her stools have also changed, they are no longer sloppy, there are less of them and they aren't 'as' smelly (this I assume is to do with the change of kibble), also her coat is soft and shiney (no more dandruff either).
Brutus' Mum, you mentioned that your dogs eats an egg whole? I've never heard of that, does the shell not cut their mounth when they crack it? Is it the shell that has the calcium you are talking about? Could the shell get stuck in their throat? I know egg is for protein but I had no idea about the shell! How often should you feed the egg whole?
I am a little scared of going completely raw with Jett but the breeder did say to keep her on what she is eating now until she's between 9-12 months old and then we will review her diet. Perhaps she will advise me to go raw. I do know she buys a LOT of chicken carcus' but I've not really gone into what she feeds her older dogs yet.
Trina