Feeding a dog

Can You Get Calcium from Chicken Necks or Wings?

During the BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) era, it was taught that dogs should be given meaty bones, and that would provide everything they need. The definition of meaty bones was that they should be half meat and half bone. This claim was not accurate by any measure, and such meaty bones were not even available anywhere, although chicken drumsticks came close.

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2025-05-31
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Feeding a dog

How Much Bone-In Ground Meat Should Be Given to a Dog?

Those who practiced Barf feeding once discovered that bones are food for dogs. An Australian who turned to alternatives, and briefly worked as a veterinarian, Ian Billinghurst, developed it into a business for himself and managed to create the modern dog-keeping culture’s worst and most widespread feeding mistake. As a result, we now have a market for minced meats with bones.

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2025-05-18
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Feeding a dog

What is an internal organ?

In feeding dogs, organs play an important role alongside meat. This doesn’t even depend on the feeding method, as organs are visible in both dry foods and meat-based raw feeding, at least in advertisements. Still, it’s not always clear what the term “organ” actually means.

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2025-05-18