is there anyone here who has there small dogs on raw? i was just wondering if i look into starting mine on raw whats best for really small dogs (7 lb min pin and 13 lb chihuahua mix). i tried a few years ago with the min pin and one day he almost choked on a turkey neck cause he was having such a hard time chewing it so i went back to dry.
"Almost choking" is not choking. Dogs don't chew like we do and often we think a dog is choking when he is just acting normal for him. Unless you cut the neck into very small pieces there is no way for a small dog to choke on them. The answer to choking is to feed larger pieces.
It takes a dog new to raw a little time to figure out how to eat them. It will take them 30 minutes or more in the beginning to eat something that a few weeks down the road they will eat in 3 minutes.
You can feed small dogs like yours things like chicken wings and drumsticks and thighs. I don't think I would feed the 13lb dog thighs. You will soon figure out what size works for them. Just remember to make them work for thier food and don't cut up things so small they can swallow them whole. I wouldn't cut anything up. They will learn to handle most anything you want to put down for them.
You can cut off meal size portions of pork roasts. You can feed pork ribs. You can cut off meal size portions of beef heart. Your options are limitless. Just remember to cut off MEAL size portions, not BITE size portions. Let them have the pleasure of ripping out the bite size stuff.