Raw chicken breath

spoiledRocky · #1 01-21-2006, 12:03 PM

Rocky loves the BARF diet. The sound of the spoon tapping the edge of his plastic food dish will roust him from a deep snore nap. One problem is his breath just after he eats, especially chicken. Yesterday I kept smelling raw chicken and I thought maybe Rocky smuggled some inside but it was his stuffed toy he played with after breakfast. Any ideas besides baby wiping his mug? Rocky turned 8 months old on the 19th. We took him to the vet for a weigh in --- he's 22 inches and 71 pounds!! The vet said he's not overweight, just a big boy. Is it true Boxers keep growing up to 15 months old?

Diana and Rocky

Checkers · #2 01-21-2006, 03:16 PM

If you think thats bad, wait till you start feeding fishies

How about giving something like peanut butter or yoghurt after his meal to try and mask the smell?

Murp.mm · #3 01-21-2006, 04:12 PM

Oh my goodness, what a big boy you have. I bet he's adorable. A big huggable, lovable male. My Ali is about 60 pounds and she's 22 months. Not a big girl at all. I heard that they don't stop growing before 15-16 months or longer. I don't know if that's correct or not. Anyway, you have a while to go yet if he's only 8 months old.

daisykaye · #4 01-23-2006, 03:23 PM

I have never notice raw chicken smell after my dogs eat, but I sure can smell the fish. I always wipe my dogs mouths with a towel after they eat. Brody is a very messy eater and will have food everywhere.

I got Brody when he was 9 months and he weighed 55 lbs. He is 2 years old now and weighs 63 lbs. So I wouldn't think he would get much bigger. Layla is almost 10 months and weighs 45 lbs, I can't put weight on her. She eats 2 and 1/2 lbs of food a day and still pretty bony.

Checkers · #5 01-23-2006, 04:11 PM

Just another thought.. does he use his paws at all when eating the chicken? I noticed Lily has stinky paws (beef flavoured

) after eating last night because she had been holding it down to eat. Maybe give them a wipe down too

spoiledRocky · #6 01-24-2006, 02:33 AM

No he doesn't use his paws, he just happily stands and chomps his chicken. Today we got a steelhead and as I was cutting off the head my husband asked if I was going to give it to Rocky. He was very happy when I told him no. I was told not to give salmon or trout to dogs but then, I was told to never give chicken bones either. I can't imagine giving Rocky a whole fish. What kind of fish is best and are they to be cleaned?