Dog bones

[Kos]

Should they be fed to a young dog cooked or raw

[singapore54]

Raw cooked bones can splinter and can hurt the dog.

[Kos]

'Raw cooked' ???

Is that Raw or cooked ?? ;-)

[singapore54]

Sorry punctuation was bad ,raw bones only. Cooked bones are a no no.

[sn�gged]

''Are bones dangerous? That question is uppermost in many people�s mind.

The answer is... yes, but only if they are cooked. Dogs are not designed to deal with cooked bones. Cooked bones are harder, more brittle and more splintery than raw bones. They are the ones most likely to be caught in the mouth, to pierce the intestines, to set like concrete in the large bowel, or stick like fish hooks into the rectum. All those events are bad news for dogs.

The long and the short of it is... don't feed cooked bones. They are unnatural and a danger to dogs.

[Rosetta]

And never poultry bones, cooked or raw they must never be given to dogs

[lankeela]

Cooked poultry bones should never be given, but cooked large knuckle bones are good for the teeth and to aid in the emptying of the anal glands. Raw bones are also okay if they are large. Some people do feed raw chicken wings but I prefer to feed cooked chicken.

Knuckle or marrow bones will not splinter. I have always fed my dogs on cooked knuckle bones and have never had a problem with teeth.

[YvonneM]

We have only ever given our labs middle marrow bone from the butchers Keeps them happy for days