Hi,

Many times I have bought chicken wings to give to my bunch raw but didn't do it. Today I decided to give it a go and now I wish I hadn't. One of my girls, 12 years old!, swallowed it after one crunch. I am now worried sick about her.

She is lying sleeping but I am very concerned. Should I get a grip and relax or do I have cause to panic?

Thanks 

Mine have all swallowed whole before now and are fine. 

Last week one had a raw rump steak (present from her human Daddy!)  And she chewed it but didn't rip it and ate it whole and she was/is fine, so I wouldn't worry at all :)

One of the reasons it is called BARF is because if it is inapproriate in size etc often the dog will barf it back up and then re eat it :-)

I am sure it is happily digesting as she sleeps.

If you wish try again either try holding onto the wing, so that she chews (if yur fingers can cope with this ;-) ) or bash with rolling pin or cut through bones with kitchen scissors so that you know the wing is more flexible

calm down, she'll be fine, she clearly just enthusiastic :) her body is designed to deal with this sort of thing.

though i was petrified after i gave mine raw chicken bones for the first time

try and get her to chew in future though so its good for her teeth

on of mine did this with a chicken wing the other day and she's fine

When feeding a chicken wing for the first time, it's a good idea to hold one end while the dog chews the other.  Once they've got the hang of chewing, they're fine. 
But mine have vacuumed one whole when there's another dog around and they either digest it as it is or bring it back and eat it again! :)

I'm sure she'll be fine! I just gave Jessie her first two wings tips....daft dog didn't know what to do with them and I had to cut them a bit to get her going....I'd forgotten how satisfying it is to hear them crunching bones!

Ruthie

It is a bit scary the first time they do that isn't it? ;-)

All my pups have done this in the past and I took to using a hammer on the wings the first couple of times so that it was crushed before they swallowed it.

Also, as somebody said, holding on to the end for the first few times can help. Please don't worry, they are designed to cope with it.

Thank you all. I have been watching her and I am sure she thinks I am a lunatic! She has eaten her diner and seems bright.

I will hold on tight to the wing next time!

My Misty-moo quite often eats 'em whole although she does usually give a 'em crunch through the middle - no ill effects whatsoever.

>> I will hold on tight to the wing next time!

Watch out with that - they can mistake your fingers for chicken bone - I still have the scars.  I found a good way to hold and made sure my one dog would crunch two or three times before I let go (once I figured out how to avoid her teeth).  I would tell her 'chew' while she was chewing and after a few days I could let her have them and just tell her chew.

But don't worry - swallowing whole should have no ill effects - if it did, then as someone else said she would have thrown it up to re-eat.

Thank you. She seems fine but I noticed that one of them had a piece of bone in their poo. It was about a cm long and quite sharp, is that normal?

I don't feed chicken wings, legs, etc for that very reason, my lot just seem unable to digest chicken bones properly. They do get minced chicken which has bone in it, for variation, but for edible bone and to help keep teeth clean, they have lamb ribs which, due to the size, they have to crunch. I've never seen any "evidence" of the lamb bones coming out the other end!