I gave Alice and Louis their first chicken wing yesterday and shared your sense of apprehension Steff
Alice has recently had to have a lump removed from her side and whilst under the GA I asked the vet to clean her teeth so am very keen to do anything possible to keep them bright and pearly white. She immediately crunched her way systematically through her portion - very loudly - with no adverse effects, thank heavens (I gave them to the dogs mid-morning, reckoning that if it all went terribly wrong at least a trip to the vet during the day would be less traumatic than an out-of-hours consult
)
On the other hand/paw, Louis had no idea whatsoever that this thing he had been presented with was even edible
- he proceeded to carry it everywhere with him like some sort of pet, occasionally trying to tear the very slippery flesh/skin - but failing miserably. In the end I held it for him whilst he munched his way through it.
I am going to introduce this very gently .... - but like Steff, thanks CoL for giving me the confidence to give it a go .....