Steph M Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Cutting it up just makes it more gulpable! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey13 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 I was supervising super close because I was nervous! I might try necks? Are they supposed to be softer? I'll def get some frames too. Maybe the wings can wait for a few more weeks! She's still very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinay2 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) Go bigger not smaller. I prefer quarters or frames (I start my 3.5 -4 week old pups on meaty quarters/thigh pieces etc). And don't hover! The hovering and the small pieces is making this way worse than it ever should be. Doing that you are just creating bad eating behaviour (and bluntly YOU may actually end up the cause of the issues you fear). Relax a little, go bigger, and give her a chance to figure it out with a lot less stress than she is getting from you at the moment. Edited August 8, 2015 by espinay2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I know it seems safer to go small but chicken necks are the kind of thing she'll try to swallow whole. If you give her half a frame there's no possible way she can eat it without having to chew first :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 My pups stop eating chicken necks at 5 weeks because they swallow them. You have been given lots of sound advice to switch to quartered/half/whole frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I was supervising super close because I was nervous! I might try necks? Are they supposed to be softer? I'll def get some frames too. Maybe the wings can wait for a few more weeks! She's still very small. Give her a large wing and back off to an observation only distance... she's scoffing the darned things because she's worried you might take it away from her... You can easily get from one side of the yard to the other in time to assist if she does something silly. I'll guarantee that if you throw her a wing and stay away from her, she'll be just fine... I have over 200 raised pups to back me up on that one, OK? Do NOT give her necks if she's got a habit of not chewing properly! T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 When we first picked up our Aussie as a baby her breeder sent her home with a big chicken thigh piece and told me big cuts were better as they can't just gulp it down. I worried at first but she knew what to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I weaned my pups onto a skinned, scored piece of chicken Maryland. Was hilarious watching them suck and try to chew but they didn't need any instruction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 joey - BIG bones!! leave her to it - watch from a distance :) if you cut up bones, you are asking for trouble .... as yes, they can get stuck/swallowed . For a small puppy .. big wings , or chicken carcasses/frames . That way there's almost NO chance of gulping/choking..and up to a half hour of fun ! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 My sisters 2kg 8wk old cavalier can eat a chicken wing and turkey neck. They are pretty much bigger than him haha he is ferocious when he eats them too! So i would say a bully can- dont cut it up. And even better grab a chicken frame :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 A ferocious baby cav :laugh: ....ADORABLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey13 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Thanks for all the advice guys! I will give her another go at the whole chicken wing and stand back. I will let you know how I go. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey13 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 So I've just given her 1/4 of a chicken carcass/frame and I think we have success. She has taken it into her kennel and is working on it quite vigorously but I'm hearing lots of crunching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 So I've just given her 1/4 of a chicken carcass/frame and I think we have success. She has taken it into her kennel and is working on it quite vigorously but I'm hearing lots of crunching Good! Thats exactly what you want :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey13 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Gone. Note a trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundyburger Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Perfect! Sounds like you got the size right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yay! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Awesome! You did great! T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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