Raw Feeders... I was wondering about deer meet?

We raise & hunt with dogs and feed them raw deer meat alot! They are happy,healthy & really at a great weight. You have to remember,

dog were eating raw meat before they were even domesticated and wolves and coyotes still do.So,to answer your question NO there is no part of the deer that will hurt your dogs. Hope they enjoy thier treat!

OH, if your still concerned about the raw meat part you can boil it with some rice or noodles( we even add some scraps from fridge) We do this alot in the winter to help with keeping them warm too. Good Luck !

The only problem I had was feeding a road kill (right in front of me - not found cold by the side of the road folks). I believe the deer had some parasite or disease - I was living on a friend's farm and the pack of dogs (my 2, the farm owner's 5, etc) cleaned up the residual. The two old dogs both had 48 hours of dizzy spells - head tilt and 'falling' is circles. None of the other dogs showed any signs of issue at all and both dogs recovered fully - I incinerated all the deer meat though. Not sure what it was - the farm owner thought Leptospirosis - but I looked it up and the symptoms don't seem to match - so not sure.

Any other time I fed deer there was absolutely no problems.

They say you should keep wild game in a freezer for 30 days to kill off any parasites...if you worm your dog and have it checked regularly as you should it's not a real concern anyway though. The spine is edible, so are the ribs. Deer is just meat, same as any meat, if you're already feeding a raw diet, just do what you always do, cut it into a size-able chunk and drop it in the bowl!

I would be more concerned about the possible diseases the deer can carry and give to the dog. Many wild animals carry TB or other things that the dog could get from the meat. However, you would usually know if the deer had TB when you dressed it. Below is the web link I found regarding what not to feed, but I have also been researching the topic of CWD. No one is sure how it can or can not be transmitted to humans or animals.

There is a piece of me that is always a little bit concerned about CWD, but they still test all deer when you bring them to the weigh station, don't they? All in all, it's really not something I would get crazy about. I still feed it.

Your dogs can eat anything you give them off the carcass. I love hunting season...every year I get free leftovers from last year's hunt when hunters get their new kill.

That is perfectly fine for your dogs, and actually very good for them. A wide variety of meat is great. The only bones you should NOT feed are the leg bones. They bare the weight of the animal, so they are very hard and can damage your dog's teeth, they also tend to splinter.

I would say that it's fine, if the dear is healthy, you wouldn't want your dog to get sick.

And bones are fine, any kind. So long they are raw.

sigh..meat's meat. Venison has less fat,that's the only difference!

& for the sissy above...grow up & get over your wild-animal-disease phobia,OK?