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Cocker Specific Discussion => Feeding => Topic started by: Jan/Billy on April 29, 2007, 09:27:17 PM
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Following on from the barf thread I am after some advice about bones for my boy :shades:
Billy absolutely loves bones & raw meat. My problem is when I have given him bones in the past he guarded them like mad, so I had to stop giving them to him. These days the highest value items he has are chicken wings & pigs ears. He is much much better with these now in that he never growls or guards them when he is with me & will happily eat them, at my feet :D He doesn't relax totally, he's very very conscious of what we are doing whilst he is eating, but he's much much better than he used to be.
So... I was thinking about stepping it up slightly by trying him with a small bone. Please feel free to tell me if you think I am mad, but he's much better with the wings & ears these days so I thought why not try a bit further especially as I know he will adore it.
So, I need a raw bone that can be eaten fairly quickly as if he does guard I can easily stay out of his way for an hour but don't want to be avoiding him for the next 3 days IYSWIM. Billy can demolish anything quickly, the most frozen Kong is gone in less than 10 minutes, pigs ears two minutes & chicken wings 30 seconds, if that! So which bones should I ask the butcher for?
What are your thoughts please :shades: :D
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Lamb ribs are good and can be consumed quickly - it might be best to avoid "recreational" bones such a marrowbone, at first, as they are supposed to last longer :005:
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I agree ribs ;)
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Yes, pork or lamb ribs or maybe a piece of oxtail are what I'd go with as well, although if you see Alfie in action they don't last much longer than the chicken wings :005:
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Lamb necks cut into quarters, veal bones, mine eat the lot, also fish heads mine tend to also nibble at and eat slowly only problem with fish heads is that they do tend to smell a bit fishy around the ears and face :005: baby wipes takes a bit away. Just ask the butcher for any soft bones.
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i'd go for the ribs or the oxtail. paddy got through an oxtail once in just a few minutes, he was so pleased when he was given it. he relished it for all of three or four minutes :D
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pigs trotter, mine love pigs trotters
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You know what Jan, I wouldn't give Billy a bone if I were you. I really don't want to come on here and read that Billy's gone for you over a bone.... :-\
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You know what Jan, I wouldn't give Billy a bone if I were you. I really don't want to come on here and read that Billy's gone for you over a bone.... :-\
Really? I did wonder if I was mad or whether it was worth giving it a go, that's why I thought one that he can eat quickly. He'd only go for me if I tried to take it, at least I think :-\
Could this stir up his guarding tendencies again do you think ?
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Yes I think so, and I think it's just not worth it in Billy's case.
Maybe in a year or so if you've had no incidents...