Commentary for Chullin 279:53

ולהקיש אם טרפה לאפרוחים מה אפרוחים טרפות פטור משילוח אף אם טרפה נמי פטור מלשלח

'for thyself' but not fo thy dogs; here too [we say the same], 'Thou mayest take for thyself', but not for thy dogs. In what connection was this statement of R'Kahana said? - In connection with the following Baraitha which was taught: If the dam is trefah, one is still bound to let it go; if the young ones are trefah, one is no bound to let the dam go. Whence is this derived? - R'Kahana said: It is written: '[But the young] thou mayest take for thyself'; 'for thyself' but not for thy dogs. But should we not regard a trefah dam on the same footing as [trefah] young ones, and as in the case of trefah young ones one is not bound to let the dam go so in the case of a trefah dam one is not bound to let it go?

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