Eating Bones
Lally  |
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| sure I do it all the time. I hope you bought marrow bones. They are thick and filled with marrow. When mine get through them I fill with peanut butter and freeze. They love them. No bones that can spliter, ie chicken or pork ect. |
| No cooked bones.
I'm afraid to give mine even raw bones because they're aggressive chewers. I've done it a couple of times with raw shank bones... with me holding the other end   |
| This one was from pet supplies- looked like it was boiled white (very clean bone) and filled with gel on the inside. Is that what you mean by cooked bone?
Lally |
| Hmm... I don't know.
I had given Emma one of those white natural bones that are hollow, nothing in the center, a few years ago. It was similar to this but not filled and it came from Petsmart- http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... Id=2750763 I filled it with a food and she splintered it shortly after I gave it to her. The piece that came off was a decent size triangular shape that had a very sharp point so I threw the bone away. She is an aggressive chewer so she shouldn't have them. Quote: "The dogs that are chewers will patiently and persistently grind a bone to very small, harmless pieces or dust, and obviously that dust is not going to be harmful," Fortney said. "It's those gulpers who try to swallow big chunks of bones or the entire bone. The chewers can eat any bone, and the worst it will do is cause a little gastro-intestinal irritation. But when a gulper swallows big splinters and chunks, that's where the serious problems occur."
http://www.k-state.edu/media/WEB/News/N ... 40805.html I have to admit that I'm definitely NOT the best person to ask about bone safety... |
lally wrote: This one was from pet supplies- looked like it was boiled white (very clean bone) and filled with gel on the inside. Is that what you mean by cooked bone? yes - if they splinter or eat those bones you should take them away - it might not have been big enough. some of our dogs are very aggressive chewers.Lally |
| Once a year I buy two beef shin bones from the butcher at our nearby Supermarket. THEY ARE HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- almost 2 feet long!!!
I take them home and cook them, let them cool and then put them out for Henley. He loves them!!!! It takes a year to get him to chew them down to a foot long! And the both of the bones cost about $12.00 ... that's all. He's almost 11 and his teeth and gums are healthy and beautiful! |
When they start cracking the corners off the UNCOOKED bone after licking out all the marrow, I GET the bone. I don't need any cracked teeth on those guys. Anyway, if I forget about the bone, the lawn mower finds it  |
| I buy those white bones from my pet supply store - and have no problems. They are big and thick enough to be safe. I do check them and make sure they aren't getting too chewed - and throw them if they do.
Chewie and Maggie the coonhound love them, and really chew them. Hard chewing. The ones I get don't have any filling, and they still love them. They are working them over now, in fact! |
got sheep wrote: I buy those white bones from my pet supply store - and have no problems. They are big and thick enough to be safe. I do check them and make sure they aren't getting too chewed - and throw them if they do.
Chewie and Maggie the coonhound love them, and really chew them. Hard chewing. The ones I get don't have any filling, and they still love them. They are working them over now, in fact! I used to get this kind too for my dogs for years. Then about 18 months ago (New Year's Eve no less ) I decided to give each of the dogs a brand new one to chew while I did some grooming. Mariah was chewing away on hers when I heard this "crack" & looked up to see her chewing & swallowing a triangle about the size of a small arrowhead! I was a nervous wreck for 2 days (Jan. 2nd) until I could get her into my vet. Dosed her with mineral oil & spent the better part of a week walking around after her in a foot of snow in the dark with a flash light looking for this piece to come out! I took the bone to the vet along with the dog. Of course I was afraid of it ripping up her intestines. After examining her & the bone, we decided it happend to be a thinner area & when she cracked it, it probably broke into several smaller pieces. So now my crew is down to good old nylbones & that is it! |
| Morgan just loves the raw meaty bones and his teeth have never looked so good. I have even caught Marley chewing on one if he leaves it outside (she refuses to eat anything raw except mackerel). we give them lamb bones and chicken backs and leg quarters. sometimes they get some neck bones as well. |
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