What you shouldn't feed your dogs (once they are fully transitioned):
Odd shaped bones that have been cut, T bones for example. If they chew the bone down to just the T part it can be a choking hazard.
Cooked bones of any kind.
Knuckle or other weight bearing bones, especially ones from a cow. They are dense enough to break your dogs teeth. If the bone is big and hollow, my rule is to avoid it.
Freeze salmon from the Pacific Northwest for at least a few weeks to avoid any salmon poisoning disease (the freezing kills the bugs).
Any size chunk of meat that your dogs could swallow whole. They pose a choking hazard for "gulper" type eaters. IF you absolutely know for sure that your dog will chew a smaller chunk of meat well before swallowing then it is fine. You just need to pay attention to what kind of "eater" your dogs are. We have a definite gulper and one moderately good chewer and 2 meticulous chewers. I trust the two really good chewers with smaller cuts of meat just because I *know* that they will chew it before swallowing. This isn't to say that your dog might crunch a chicken quarter 3-4 times and then swallow. Dogs don't chew like us humans, they just need to make a meat chunk small enough to fit down the hatch. Akasha (Great Dane) is our gulper and she will crunch the bones in a chicken quarter 3-4 times and then swallow it. Takes about 10 seconds for her to finish a whole quarter!
Ground meats should be fed at a minimum, I would say no more than once a week. Ground meats have a tenancy to harbor more bacteria than whole chunks of meat (air pockets created during the grinding process) and don’t provide any dental benefit to your dog.
And I would start with just the chicken backs. Leave the turkey necks for week 2. If you're going to start out with the chicken backs, I would feed them exclusively for the first 3-4 days. Try and remove any organ meat and excess fat on them to minimize the potential for diarrhea. After the first few days, add in chicken quarters that have less bone content. You don't want to feed too much bone for too long or you'll end up with constipated dogs! Alternate chicken backs with the quarters for at least 2 weeks until you see consistent, normal bowel movements.
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