While we do encourage chewing, every owner should know their pets' eating preferences and capabilities, and should adjust the meat pieces themselves accordingly to their pets' needs. Without a good set of teeth, your pet is unable to mechanically break down the food into manageable pieces, so you will have to cut them in to smaller pieces for them. We currently provide ground bones however the meals are not minced. It is important that owners can visibly ascertain what ingredients are being fed to pets.