ShortestStraw
New Member
Hello all, I'm new here and the new owner of a beautiful 8 week old BM puppy. I decided to change over to the RAW diet and after reading up I decided to start with raw chicken wings. For the initial few days I was feeding him 3 times a day, kibble for breakfast, 3 wings each for the other two meals. Everything seemed to be going great until I took him out for a poo a couple of days after I changed to RAW (he had been pooing fine up until this point). He started to poo and then yelped loudly. At first I thought he had stood on something sharp, but he was clearly biting towards his tail. He kept trying to poo and was continuously yelping and biting at objects. I took him inside and the yelping and biting continued. I rushed him up to the vet having noticed he had what looked like a bone protruding from out of his anus. He was then sedated by the vet and sure enough a bone like object was removed. He would never have passed it on his own as it was too big.
Personally the bone looked too wide and flat to be a chicken bone, so I can't be 100% sure it was one, maybe it was something else that had taken time to pass through his system? something he ate at the breeders home?
But this has obviously made me wary in regards to giving him more bones. I can't go through that again as it was heartbreaking. The vet told me she has seen it before but it was rare.
I have since been feeding chicken breast and beef (no bones) as he now refused to eat kibble. I'm just scared to introduce bones again. When I was feeding the wings, I held them for him to ensure he didn't swallow them whole and chewed them instead.
Any advice would be appreciated?
Also I am in the UK and was wondering what you think of the following site? Each food seems to contain a nice balanced meal?
Puppy - Natural Instinct
And also this mixed RAW meal too....
Chicken Beef minced blend 400g - Natural dog food
Thanks
Personally the bone looked too wide and flat to be a chicken bone, so I can't be 100% sure it was one, maybe it was something else that had taken time to pass through his system? something he ate at the breeders home?
But this has obviously made me wary in regards to giving him more bones. I can't go through that again as it was heartbreaking. The vet told me she has seen it before but it was rare.
I have since been feeding chicken breast and beef (no bones) as he now refused to eat kibble. I'm just scared to introduce bones again. When I was feeding the wings, I held them for him to ensure he didn't swallow them whole and chewed them instead.
Any advice would be appreciated?
Also I am in the UK and was wondering what you think of the following site? Each food seems to contain a nice balanced meal?
Puppy - Natural Instinct
And also this mixed RAW meal too....
Chicken Beef minced blend 400g - Natural dog food
Thanks