jamie101 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 just wondering if anyone has done this, given their dog the feet off the pheasants, (cooked obviously) ive seen chicken feet and even duck feet all cooked and dried out and sold as dog treats but I diddent know if it was a good idea to make my own out of the pheasant feet rather than just throwing them away? any views good or bad or any how to's on the subject anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Depends on if you want your dog to bring you back the pheasants or stop and eat them when you send them for a retrieve.It might give them the wrong idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Geddon Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Would not bother me , my dogs know the rules. I sometimes give them raw goose leg when I am breasting out. Really depends on your dogs attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie101 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Im not sure weather its a good idea to try it or not. Just that when im doing the pheasants my little lexy just sits their watching me and it seams a shame to bin the feet when i could roast them up as a treat for her and our other dogs! Dunno. Just an idea to treat our hard working partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Perhaps use them as a reward for bringing birds back on a shoot day? Light enough to not slow the dogs and something to encourage them. Don't know protocol on treats on shoots, just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Must admit never seen any of those treats. But surely they can't be cooked? I was always told never ever to give a dog cooked bones, as they splinter and shatter different to raw bones. Know of a mates dog that died after eating a cooked chicken carcus it dug out the bin. Yet i fill throw a whole deer carcus (once meat removed) into my dogs no problem Ignoring the cooked bones thing hardly worth it, i would not be giving treats on shoot days and because its game is it worth the risk of a dog eating game sometime. Seen plenty of dogs eat game over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Know of a mates dog that died after eating a cooked chicken carcus it dug out the bin. Yet i fill throw a whole deer carcus (once meat removed) into my dogs no problem Raw bones are fine, cooked, particularly from poultry are not good. However, the bones in the feet are very small and unlikely to cause problems even if cooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie101 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Ok scotslad. Thank you for your input. Seams a shame to bin them but i would rather have my dog than loosing her to somthing like that. Ill not bother now you said that ill just stick to the normal pet shop treats! Thanks for the advice. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) Depends on if you want your dog to bring you back the pheasants or stop and eat them when you send them for a retrieve.It might give them the wrong idea I don't why people say this nonsense. I feed my dogs raw game meat and have never had a problem with one eating a retrieve. Seen a few dogs that are being worked borderline starving try to eat the retrieve though. Edited November 29, 2015 by lee-kinsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 I don't why people say this nonsense. I feed my dogs raw game meat and have never had a problem with one eating a retrieve. Seen a few dogs that are being worked borderline starving try to eat the retrieve though. +1 exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Geddon Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) +1 exactly!Fed my bitch shot up goose breast recently , my pups were brought up on fresh shot pigeon and I never have a problem. Edited November 29, 2015 by Farma Geddon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Fed my bitch shot up goose breast recently , my pups were brought up on fresh shot pigeon and I never have a problem. There is nothing wrong with feeding game, I've bean feeding it for nearly fifty years and never had a problem, it's all in people's head they read far to much into simple things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie101 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 So whats the verdict then on the pheasant feet? Lol is it a yes or a no! Bit worried about the bones? Thanks lads. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Why not just buy it some biscuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Great,, you have a good day out, Dogs chews the up on the way back.. My Dog could lie in the back with them for over 100 miles, never touched them.. A Very Bad Idea indeed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie101 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Fair enuf then i take it its a stupid idea! Never mind. And im sure a good well fed working dog wouldent just eat game for the sake of it that was in the back of the 4x4 at the side of it. I could trust my dog not to touch it anyway. No problem it was just an idea anywayz thanks for all your input guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I don't why people say this nonsense. I feed my dogs raw game meat and have never had a problem with one eating a retrieve. Seen a few dogs that are being worked borderline starving try to eat the retrieve though. Tongue in cheek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I find the idea of considering the feet as being a treat a bit odd. They are only a bit of skin and bone with claws. There isn't much nutritional value to be had there. Chuck them in the bin and find something else that has a safe nutritional value. Over the years I've seen loads of birds that never got picked up on shoots that Charlie had eaten and I have never seen one where the feet and legs had been eaten. There is no way that I would give them to any dog that was mine because of the bones and the claws. There are loads of better safer things to give as treats. My dogs have all gone Looney for pigs ears and these dog chew things that are made out of hide. They stink like a rancid old Barbour coat but the dogs have one as a treat now and then. It does their teeth good as they spend some time chewing the thing. Sometimes the dogs have chewed them to bits in a couple of minutes and another time they have been carrying the thing round for days like a trophy even sort of teasing the other dogs with it, going up to the other dog and flaunting it and then growling in a playfull way at the other dog when it comes near. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie101 Posted November 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 yeh I think we will stay with the old pigs ears and the odd dried sausage fortune! lol rimfire what a lovley pair of dogs you have for your profile picture, theyre bloody gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Doesn't sound like much of a treat, I use to go down my local butchers and get any spare bones for the dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I now give mine the odd lamb rib raw as a treat, believe the rule of thumb is to stick to staying away from weight baring bones in mammals larger than the dog you are feeding it to or something such like. Seen lots of chicken wings as treats but personally don't see much of a point when you can give them a raw chicken wing just as easily, which has meat, skin and bone in it. Just never cooked bones as they can splinter and cause problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Gun dogs are a bit more discerning than terriers! My terriers would eat anything from feet to beaks! The old dog once swallowed a whole frankfurter without chewing in case one of the others ate it! There's probably better things to feed them rather than roasted pheasant feet. I doubt feeding them game would encourage them to chew a freshly shot pheasant on a retrieve - they're working not playing and should know the difference. I'd still bin them, there's less on a pheasant foot than a chicken foot. Chuck it all in a hole with the rest of the waste and use it to attract foxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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