Given raw you can give pretty much anything, including chicken! I can get pork and lamb ribs vrey cheaply from my local butcher and my 9 week old labrador is doing very well on his raw meaty bones diet!

 

As above. You can give any bones so long as they are raw. I feed mine chicken carcasses, beef and lamb bones as well as turkey drumsticks and some whole prey animals, all raw. Never feed cooked chicken bones as they become brittle and can splinter causing all sorts of problems.

 

just beeing curious...but what happens if the dog swollows a bone?? As mine just swollowed a pork rib and im worried

 

just beeing curious...but what happens if the dog swollows a bone?? As mine just swollowed a pork rib and im worried

You'll soon find out!

 

You'll soon find out!

im not sure if i want to

But i guess the bone will not rip them open inside or something stupid like that

 

im not sure if i want to

But i guess the bone will not rip them open inside or something stupid like that

I very much doubt it, how big was it?

 

I very much doubt it, how big was it?

lenght wise maybe a finger long ... maybe finger and a half
I gave them oxtail bone before and they swollowed that too
Im getting scared feeding them any bones which are any smaller than a full cow leg, as they seem to swollow and not chew

 

lenght wise maybe a finger long ... maybe finger and a half
I gave them oxtail bone before and they swollowed that too
Im getting scared feeding them any bones which are any smaller than a full cow leg, as they seem to swollow and not chew

I'm sure they will be fine, it will all be digested and exited out the other end as usual. If you're concerned stick with the bigger bones. My lot don't swallow anything too big luckily so they have anything.

 

The only bones I give Sashaare the ones out the pet shop that have a meaty filling cause I heard that if you give them normal bones they can splinter inside them and be really dangerous Is this the case?

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The only bones I give Sashaare the ones out the pet shop that have a meaty filling cause I heard that if you give them normal bones they can splinter inside them and be really dangerous Is this the case?

No, the ones from the pet shop are the dangerous ones!

 

The only bones I give Sashaare the ones out the pet shop that have a meaty filling cause I heard that if you give them normal bones they can splinter inside them and be really dangerous Is this the case?

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That's why I've never given Amber a bone. I brought the ny-bones when she was teething and they are very good. also to cool her gums down I gave her ice cubes and she loved them and still does (how she can get so excited over ice cube is beyond me).

 

The only bones I give Sashaare the ones out the pet shop that have a meaty filling cause I heard that if you give them normal bones they can splinter inside them and be really dangerous Is this the case?

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Cooked bones are the ones that can cause the splinters. The cooking process makes the bone structure turn into a honeycombed structure.

This is the basic structure of a bone. Only the very very outer part of a bone is solid - the 'compact bone, when the bone is cooked all the pockets become just that, pockets filled with air. The 'spongy' like texture covers most of the inside of the bone. The dog will crunch up the softer inner part of the bone no problem but when it's cooked that part becomes hard and this is what can cause the problems.

HTH

 

just beeing curious...but what happens if the dog swollows a bone?? As mine just swollowed a pork rib and im worried

This is a bit old, so I assume you are reassured that doggy is OK now.

However, just wanted ot say that the first time our pup had a prok rib she was 4 months old and swallowe dit whole. It was HUGE, about about 10 inches long a good inch or more thick. I thought I was going to have a heart attack!

She was fine, although I have learnt my lesson and give ribs as a rack or part rack now so they have to be chewed. She doesn't chew chicken wings very much, but has never had a problem.

If you hold onto the bone when yuo give it to the dogs, they'll have to che wit then and will get into the habit, but start with bigger bones they cannot swallow whole like breast of lamb on the bone (mine's favourite), pigs trotters, racks of pork ribs, whole necks of lamb etc