coughing up bone while eating rmb's

[myrottie_chyna]

I feed chyna canidae mostly, but three nights a week I give her raw chicken wings as her dinner meal. I give her three each time.
Mostly she does really well chewing them up, I hold them with pliars so she wont inhale them. Tonight she scared the hell out of me. She kept hacking up bone pieces and acting like it was stuck in her throat. I was really really scared, but she just chewed them up and swallowed them again.
Has anyone had any problems with feeding wings?
She is 14 weeks old, and Ive been giving them to her for about a month now.
Is it even doing any good for her for me to feed her wings only part of the time? or would it do no good unless she was totally on barf?

[Homerhomer]

I don't feed chicken wings and my dog never had problems with any rmb, but if you aren't sure if it's safe perhaps you may want to consider grinding them.
Even if you feed rmb part time, it sure is very good for your pup. It adds variety to the diet and provides the animal with a source of fresh and natural proteins, minerals and vitamins.

[myrottie_chyna]

I would rather feed her necks or backs, but I cant get them here unless I order 30 lbs frozen at a time... I cant fit that much in my freezer at one time, and how would you thaw some but not all of it? It seems she only has trouble with the largest main wing bone that connects to the side of the chicken. Should I just take that bone out?

[Homerhomer]

Originally posted by myrottie_chyna
It seems she only has trouble with the largest main wing bone that connects to the side of the chicken. Should I just take that bone out?

I would leave it in, perhaps you could break it down with a hammer or something just to be on a safe side.

[Barbara Surplus]

chyna, why don't you have your butcher grind them and have him pack them in "per serving" bags. Although the complete wing is preferred, she's still pretty young and I doubt that she has the teeth to really demolish them properly - that will come with her adult teeth.

I made the mistake of feeding turkey drumsticks to my boys a while back - they've never regurgitated any of their bones in the past but these were a challenge indeed. There were bits and pieces of drumsticks all over the yard so I imagine it might have the same effect if a puppy were to try to ingest a chicken wing.

Then again, if you were to ask your butcher to grind the wings, why not ask him to simply grind chicken backs instead. Much cheaper and better value, nutritionally and financially. ;)
Barbara