sheena Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I was telling someone today that I feed my dogs turkey necks daily & they promptly told me that I shouldn't feed anything turkey to my dogs. I did read a while ago that turkey skin was listed along with all the other baddies, like chocolate & grapes etc, but the article didn't say why. They don't often get skin unless I can't buy the necks & they get wings for a few days. Anyone else heard of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Can't say I have and my guys get turkey necks once or twice a week most weeks. Like you, I occasionally give wings as well although I am less keen on the wings as even raw the long bones seem to splinter a bit so I really watch carefully if they get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinbcs Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I have never heard that and cannot possibly think why turkey skin would be any different to any other protein source. Mine are on daily turkey necks as well but I do not feed wings because I found they really spintered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinay2 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) The issue with turkey skin is when people give their dog the fatty cooked skin off the thanksgiving turkey. Some dogs can't cope with the high level of cooked fats and it can trigger pancreatitis. VERY different from giving raw turkey necks which for a start generally don't have skin, are raw (and the raw skin is different from cooked), and are generally low fat (raw turkey meat is actually considered fairly low fat) Edited February 1, 2013 by espinay2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frufru Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 There are several brands of kibble which offer turkey based as well. We eat plenty of turkey necks here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Lexi is given turkey drumsticks on a regular basis as it doesn't flair her skin up. I hadn't heard it was bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaCharlie Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 We feed our guys turkey all the time with no issues :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Mine get turkey too, when it's on sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Around Thanksgiving and Christmas there were lots of "what not to feed" going around, and Turkey was on it. But it meant cooked Turkey, not raw. Ie; from the dinnertable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverStar-Aura Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Zeus loves his frozen turkey wings!! Never had a problem here with them. Except the last batch I bought looked suspiciously like turkey legs rather than wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 We use turkey necks daily here, have for years, had no issues here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Yeah...I agree...they must be referring to cooked turkey. When I googled it, plenty of sites came up but they were all American & they eat a lot of cooked turkey over there. Most of the sites said skin & bones cause they can bring on a sudden attack of pancreitis. I am not about to stop giving my dogs raw turkey...they love it. If I give them raw chicken, they will turn their noses up at it, if I try to give it to them two days in a row. I would be more worried about my bloke getting bloat from all the water he swallows when swimming in the pool I have to wait 1/2 hour after his swim, for him to have a good chuck, before he gets his turkey neck. RSA...those last ones you bought would have been the part of the wing that joins the body...Looks like a small turkey drumstick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosetta Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Should note that people are referring to cooked turkey bones as being bad as in any cooked bone - not the cooked flesh of the turkey which is fine without the skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 My 2 have been having turkey wings with skin on occasionally for months. No problems though I do cut off the connecting skin between the 2 bones & along the feather edge. I haven't noticed any probs with the wing bones even with my 5.4kg JS. The couple of times I given him a small turkey leg he's left the bone end which seems like a lamb shank bone. I have heard many times never to feed chicken necks because of a choking hazard. Are turkey necks ok because they are larger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) I feed turkey mince quite a bit. I think if we all followed every "don't feed [insert food here]piece of advice floating around, our dogs would be living on air :laugh: Any advice that doesn't give "why" as part of the information I pretty much ignore. Edited February 1, 2013 by Haredown Whippets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 I feed turkey mince quite a bit. I think if we all followed every "don't feed [insert food here]piece of advice floating around, our dogs would be living on air :laugh: Any advice that doesn't give "why" as part of the information I pretty much ignore. Agree Luvsdogs..it would be pretty hard for a BC or JS to choke on a turkey neck. I cut my large ones in half with a butchers cleaver & give half each. The smaller necks are about twice the size of a chicken neck & even my vacuum girl chews hers up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitch Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 My dogs diet is mostly based on raw turkey.. he's been eating the same thing for 3 years and appears quite fine.. lol. I think as mentioned earlier, people google weird things like "what foods are bad for dogs" and when turkey skin comes up, as in.. fatty, cooked roast turkey skin.. they immedietely appply all of the information to turkey as a whole.. raw turkey is fine and turkey necks are great :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheridan Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) How much fat is there in turkey mince? Edited February 2, 2013 by Sheridan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Depends on what part of the turkey they mince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara8430 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I thought I read somewhere that turkey is a low allergen meat and therefore good for dogs with allergies. I make raw patties with turkey mince for my girl, she also loves turkey wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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