Dogsey

As for regurgitation of the chicken wing, that is perfectly normal and a natural occurence.

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As for regurgitation of the chicken wing, that is perfectly normal and a natural occurence.

My point was that, if he's just going to bring the food up, he's not going to get any benefit from it.

Well that's the thing. SOME dogs. Just like some dogs have problems with certain ingredients in commercial dog food. However, if you feed raw you can often quickly pinpoint where the problem came from, because you know what you're feeding.
Feed your dog a commercial dog food and she's got an allergy or intolerance, it's difficult to find out what she's intolerant to because you simply don't know what's in the dog food!

Similar if you feed a good quality kibble. If you get the complete ingredients list you can find out what it could be that causes problems and switch to a different food. Switching between commercial dog foods when you have a dog with digestive problems however won't solve anything because essentially it's all the same. They can say what they want, they can put words on the packaging all they want and brand it as 'life stage food' or whatever, when you look at the plain ingredient list, it's all the same.

My main issues with commercial dog foods is the high processed grain and sugar content. Now scientifically sugar has been proven to promote the development of diabetes. It also causes obesity and enables cancer to develop more easily by weakening the immune system. These things are true for humans as well.
In dog food there's absolutely no need for salt and sugar and these things are only added to make it tasier. Now, if the food isn't tasty enough for a dog to eat without salt and sugar.. can it really be that good?

I now have the 7th generation of raw fed dogs running round, my oldest girls are 8 and have no dental problems, as far as I am aware (and I am in pretty much regular contact with THEIR breeder) none of her dogs have dental problems either and she has been raw feeding for a very long time.
As for regurgitation of the chicken wing, that is perfectly normal and a natural occurence. There has been recently a very sad case of a puppy choking to death on a piece of kibble by the way, so there are dangers associated with all foods and lifestyles, you only hear about the planes that crash, not the millions that take off, complete their journeys, and land safely.

Dogs that regurgitate something such as a chicken wing usually do so because they sense that it is too big, so they usually crunch it and then swallow it easily. I have seen Pereg swallow something and immediately regurgitate it, crunch it into a couple of smaller pieces and then swallow them.

You got there before me Malka was going to say they bring it up and eat it again if allowed to trouble is lots of people don't let them because they have not a clue that is what its all about

Unfortunately, Guy will just run away from it!

I've just watched the channel five documentary on what to feed your dog and im a little disappointed...... I've heard of raw and the benefits of it but nothing was mentioned that I hadn't already heard. Does anyone know of (first hand or not) of any downsides to raw feeding?