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Dogbone question
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slydog
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Ditto what everyone else has said. Never chicken or pork bones, and the only beef bones we will give our chow/shepard mix are the big femoral head bones.
We once had a beagle that also got a bone lodged in the roof of it's mouth. We didn't notice till his breath started smelling like something was dying in there. The poor thing was obviously in a lot of pain.
One thing I remember from childhood. We used to give our dachsund pork chop bones. Those things were wicked when stepped on with bare feet in the yard! And they made a dangerous projectile when slung from a lawn mower!
While on the subject, we had a golden that loved to chew sticks. We took her to the emergency vet one weekend when she was vomiting and very ill. After about 250.00 worth of xrays, they found she had a belly full of sticks. We started providing her with lots of safe chewable toys, nylabonz, etc... Those seemed to do the trick for us.
We once had a beagle that also got a bone lodged in the roof of it's mouth. We didn't notice till his breath started smelling like something was dying in there. The poor thing was obviously in a lot of pain.
One thing I remember from childhood. We used to give our dachsund pork chop bones. Those things were wicked when stepped on with bare feet in the yard! And they made a dangerous projectile when slung from a lawn mower!
While on the subject, we had a golden that loved to chew sticks. We took her to the emergency vet one weekend when she was vomiting and very ill. After about 250.00 worth of xrays, they found she had a belly full of sticks. We started providing her with lots of safe chewable toys, nylabonz, etc... Those seemed to do the trick for us.
Currmudgeon
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I give my dogs sterilized bones that come from the pet shop )</font>
Sterilized = cooked. There is no practical difference between these and cooked soup bones. They're brittle.
Beef bones and probably pork bones aren't bad, but chicken is a killer. Bird bones are often hollow. When cooked, they can be brittle as heck and break up into needles.
Raw bones are not brittle. We feed our German Shepherd Dogs on a diet of raw chicken with supplements. Mostly chicken wings and stripped backs, but with some legs if we want to fatten them up. They've never been in better condition.
We also feed beef knees from the butcher, as "recreational bones." They last forever, and don't have hollow sections.
We only ever had one problem from feeding bones. We had given a soup bone, the short hollow beef things, to a dog, who worked on it until it was only about an inch long. He then got it stuck over his lower jaw, locked by the canine teeth. That took a trip to the vet to put him out so they could dynamite it off his jaw. (The vet used a bolt cutter, actually.)
The vet has been laughing at us since, but when someone asks about raw feeding, he sends them to my wife for advice.
Sterilized = cooked. There is no practical difference between these and cooked soup bones. They're brittle.
Beef bones and probably pork bones aren't bad, but chicken is a killer. Bird bones are often hollow. When cooked, they can be brittle as heck and break up into needles.
Raw bones are not brittle. We feed our German Shepherd Dogs on a diet of raw chicken with supplements. Mostly chicken wings and stripped backs, but with some legs if we want to fatten them up. They've never been in better condition.
We also feed beef knees from the butcher, as "recreational bones." They last forever, and don't have hollow sections.
We only ever had one problem from feeding bones. We had given a soup bone, the short hollow beef things, to a dog, who worked on it until it was only about an inch long. He then got it stuck over his lower jaw, locked by the canine teeth. That took a trip to the vet to put him out so they could dynamite it off his jaw. (The vet used a bolt cutter, actually.)
The vet has been laughing at us since, but when someone asks about raw feeding, he sends them to my wife for advice.
I have 5 dogs and honestly I think it really depends on the dog. 2 of them I would never think about giving pork or poultry bones to, the other 3 get them all the time and have no problem with them, cooked or raw.
All my dogs get the bones from my deer when I cut the deer up I debone almost everything, which leaves a lot of bones. I usually give the one dog a few raw ones and then boil or throw the rest on the grill for a while and feed them to the dogs ofver the next week or so
All my dogs get the bones from my deer when I cut the deer up I debone almost everything, which leaves a lot of bones. I usually give the one dog a few raw ones and then boil or throw the rest on the grill for a while and feed them to the dogs ofver the next week or so
RAW is the best thing you can do. My wife did it and I said, thanks but I do not have the time.
So after going thought every brand name dog food we narrowed it down to (Flint river or Canidae). It is amazing what some of the popular (Iams, EUKANUBA (worst), SCIENCE DIET, NUTRO, brands have..junk
Most have the by-products, corn, Rice Gluten...
So after going thought every brand name dog food we narrowed it down to (Flint river or Canidae). It is amazing what some of the popular (Iams, EUKANUBA (worst), SCIENCE DIET, NUTRO, brands have..junk
Most have the by-products, corn, Rice Gluten...
Freds
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We feed our German Shepherd Dogs on a diet of raw chicken with supplements )</font>
Good for you. I used to BARF two of my own dogs for 3-1/2 years. They were never in better shape and cleanup was never so easy.
Good for you. I used to BARF two of my own dogs for 3-1/2 years. They were never in better shape and cleanup was never so easy.
Junkman
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( (Iams, EUKANUBA (worst), SCIENCE DIET, NUTRO, brands have..junk
Most have the by-products, corn, Rice Gluten... )</font>
Just your opinion..... I know as much about dog foods as you do oils, but I am not about to reduce this thread to the type of controversy that the oil forum has. Each of the brands has its strong points and some weak points, but all mentioned, are better than brands such as Joy, O'l Roy, Purina Dog Chow, etc. I was the one that introduced Eukanuba products to New England in 1973 and am the longest selling Iams/Eukanuba dealer on the East Coast. Junk.....
Most have the by-products, corn, Rice Gluten... )</font>
Just your opinion..... I know as much about dog foods as you do oils, but I am not about to reduce this thread to the type of controversy that the oil forum has. Each of the brands has its strong points and some weak points, but all mentioned, are better than brands such as Joy, O'l Roy, Purina Dog Chow, etc. I was the one that introduced Eukanuba products to New England in 1973 and am the longest selling Iams/Eukanuba dealer on the East Coast. Junk.....
