Thread: Dog tukka

Originally Posted by bully

mine gets them all the time, bones and all. no feet skin head or gut though. they don't normally get as far as the freezer.
I did buy a mincer off trade me, and mince bones and all. that's good no chance of a bone going down the wrong way, yet still all the goodness. which would be great for your pup.
possums too. usually plucked but still got the skin on. I was told never leave the possums feet on because of the claws, I guess they might get stuck.

'bully' I think the possum claw warning was more pertinent to the old days when you took your dog down to the strip for dosing. The purge they gave the dog made the dog excrete possum claws, bones and such thing before the stomach acid softened them up. So there was an increased risk of a perforated bowel.

A few years back at the end of the season I decided to lay up a supply of possum carcases for the summer. I cut the claws off a heap of possums which made a fair old pile and then forgot about them and buggered off to do something else. When I got back my gutsy Lab had swallowed the lot. I studied her for a couple of days. There were no ill effects at all.

But in saying that, when you feel how sharp those claws are. I still take them off the carcases.