I used to have a Rottie, Boris, he went to live with my dad and his girlfriend while I went on holiday, I came back, and he was in the vet's, He had been in the bin and gotten a lamb bone out, the vet showed me the remains of it, the insurance paid for a massive operation, but unfortunately my Boz did not survive. The splinters were stuck in his stomach wall apparently.
So yes it is a problem.
It probably became a problem when people became accountable for their pets health.