Merrick Gameday Tailgate canned food

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named this post wrong, it should have been "canned" food, not dry. This canned food claims to have real chicken thighs, beef, bacon, tomatoes, carrot.. I opened a can and didn't see anything of tomatoes or carrot, but there was a small chicken thigh with a lot of skin and a whole thigh bone :eek2: plus cubes of what might have been the beef and bacon. anyway, I took off the skin and gave Belle some of the meat, but I shudder to think what would have happened if someone just opened the whole can and gave it to their dog without looking to see what all was in it.. that bone would have been a disaster! no more Merrick canned food for me. :no:
 
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I dont think the bone wouldve been a problem. I use the Merrick's for one of my finicky eaters when they're close to having pups (as they will refuse to eat anything else), and I've fed the Wingaling variety, which has several chicken wings, complete with skin and bones, and it's never been an issue. The Merrick's canned food really is great for dogs who seem not to want to eat.
You may want to check out the some of the posts on raw feeding, as many people on the forum feed raw, and feed things like whole raw chicken legs, which have bones in them, and their dogs have no problems with it.
 
it was my understanding that it is fine to feed raw bones, but cooked bones can splinter and cause choking? maybe I am wrong about that, and if so, I stand corrected..
 
I think the Wingalings or something like that have chicken wings in it as well.

We have a section on our forum for feeding RAW. Many people on our forum swear by it. It may be fun for you to read through some of those threads to see how some people go about feeding RAW.
 
The way that Merrick deals with their canned food prevents the bone from getting splintery. So it's all good. My dogs used to get Merricks Wing-a-ling all the time.
 
So there was a cooked thigh bone in the can???
Che scarfed one chicken drumstick after family picnic, which I have not noticed when I was cleaning. He developed full obstruction 24 hrs after and I was sick with worry we were heading into emergency surgery. He was unable to tolerate any food or fluid for over 8 hrs and had no stool. 12 hrs later he passed those bones. I am still shuddering to think how close we came to what would have been pretty extensive surgery.
We feed raw and have no problems with raw bones but cooked ones are BAD news.:eek2:
 
SheltieChe said:
So there was a cooked thigh bone in the can???
Che scarfed one chicken drumstick after family picnic, which I have not noticed when I was cleaning. He developed full obstruction 24 hrs after and I was sick with worry we were heading into emergency surgery. He was unable to tolerate any food or fluid for over 8 hrs and had no stool. 12 hrs later he passed those bones. I am still shuddering to think how close we came to what would have been pretty extensive surgery.
We feed raw and have no problems with raw bones but cooked ones are BAD news.:eek2:
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yes a cooked thigh bone, I couldn't believe it.. while Merrick may deal with their bones in a certain way, I still won't take the chance.

actually the best canned foods for Belle have been Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul and Wellness.. she had big problems with Innova.
 
Bellesmom said:
named this post wrong, it should have been "canned" food, not dry. This canned food claims to have real chicken thighs, beef, bacon, tomatoes, carrot.. I opened a can and didn't see anything of tomatoes or carrot, but there was a small chicken thigh with a lot of skin and a whole thigh bone :eek2: plus cubes of what might have been the beef and bacon. anyway, I took off the skin and gave Belle some of the meat, but I shudder to think what would have happened if someone just opened the whole can and gave it to their dog without looking to see what all was in it.. that bone would have been a disaster! no more Merrick canned food for me. :no:
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I wanted to chime in here to reasure you merrick canned food is of very high quality. The bones go thru such a process that they are extremely safe for consumption.
Take a moment And read about the processing on merricks website.


We feed merricks canned here,especially when i find a good sae on it.These guys here love every one of the flavors,my only problem there is not enough of the soft bone to go around.

You might have wanted to take a piece of the bone out of the can,put it in betseen your thumb And for finger,And press it,you will find the bone nearly disintegrates with only a bit of pressure. It is very safe.

I take it you have never fed raw? If you had,merricks would not be bothersome-


Excuse all the typos..I was typing this on my E-reader..and it recognizes the word "Android" way more than I realized! I tried making corrections...
 
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mbfrench said:
I wanted to chime in here to reasure you merrick canned food is of very high quality. The bones go thru such a process that they are extremely safe for consumption.
Take a moment And read about the processing on merricks website.


We feed merricks canned here,especially when i find a good sae on it.These guys here love every one of the flavors,my only problem there is not enough of the soft bone to go around.

You might have wanted to take a piece of the bone out of the can,put it in betseen your thumb Android forfinger,Android press it,you will find the bone nearly disintegrates with only a bit of pressure. It is very safe.

I take it you have never fed raw? If you had,merricks would not be bothersome-
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Hi mbfrench.. thank you for your reply..

I am shocked! after reading your post, I went and dug the bone out of the kitchen garbage bag (eeeewwwww ) and it did crush very easily between my fingers! so I stand corrected.. I was wrong..

I have only fed raw bones once in awhile to my last dog, and one time to Belle. the one I gave Belle was a bison bone, there was some meat on it which she ate, but didn't eat the marrow. It still made her have very soft poo. I would prefer it if she could chew on a bone now and then.. hopefully I can find some bigger raw beef bones.
 
Bellesmom said:
Hi mbfrench.. thank you for your reply..

I am shocked! after reading your post, I went and dug the bone out of the kitchen garbage bag (eeeewwwww ) and it did crush very easily between my fingers! so I stand corrected.. I was wrong..

I have only fed raw bones once in awhile to my last dog, and one time to Belle. the one I gave Belle was a bison bone, there was some meat on it which she ate, but didn't eat the marrow. It still made her have very soft poo. I would prefer it if she could chew on a bone now and then.. hopefully I can find some bigger raw beef bones.
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That's alright,not to worry.Actually the first time I saw a thigh and or a wing whole,I wondered to.

And I was hesitant to feed it to the shelties as they were quite young when we first started offering Merricks in a can here.

I never really gave that much of it to any of the pups here,really it was used just to get them to eat better.For nearly 2 months,Trapp was on a pretty steady diet of canned dry kibble from Merricks.

He went crazy off his wagon,and lost his appetite something terrible. Merricks was all he would eat.But now all is good here,and back on what everyone else is eating.

Really these guys on't get much in the way of beef bones,treats or otherwise.About all they get in real moderation is a bully stick.And those I have to be careful as well,as it seems they are a bit to rich for Mia & Jasper.
 
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