Give a dog a Bone ? ! ? ! ? ! *pics

[GreyhoundGirl]

Give a Dog a Bone? Sorry if some of the pics are too big.

I hate you SO much. You gave me a bone fresh off the BBQ that you knew would be too hot for me to eat. So now I have to sit here and drool over it while it cools down.. Grrr !

It's a bit large, but nonetheless, the expression is clear.



Finally this beautiful treat has cooled off enough to chew. I'm good.

Sorry it's large ....



must... put... full... effort... into ... chewing ... bone.... ( you can really see her greyhound shape in some of these ) ( except for her ears, because they're hanging over.... )



That's all the good good one's I got. Once again, sorry if they're too large.

[horse_lover]

This isn't the subject but can you tell me how to post new threads? Thank you! Sorry for not sticking to the subject!

[binka_nugget]

You give your dog cooked bones?!?

[GreyhoundGirl]

yes, why? whats wrong with cooked bones? This is the first time, my dad told me it would be ok.

[binka_nugget]

Cooked bones splinter way too easily. I give my dogs raw bones daily but I'd never give them cooked bones.

[MajesticCollies]

lol been there done that. Talking about reading thier expressions. lol

Horse lover___ g to the main topic like General,or Dog Health, Dog Breed and up at the top it will say start new thread

[GreyhoundGirl]

cow bones don't splinter, I thought only chicken bones splinter?

[MajesticCollies]

Greyhoundgirl,

When bones are cooked they tend to splinter when the dog chews them giving you that chance of damaging the walls of thier intestinal track. Should always feed raw. Dogs were made to eat raw meat.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Raw ! ? ! ? Really, I thought they should be cooked. Why would a cow bone splinter? I didn't know cow bones splinter ! Do they? what? this is confusing, It doesn't seem, healthy to feed them uncooked. It wasn't really the bone she was chewing, just the meat off of it.

Here's the story:

My family bought a dead cow. ( not as gross as it sounds, it was frozen ) We got the bones for free. One night while cooking a steak, my dad thought it would be a good idea to give her a bone. So it was on the BBQ for an hour, it was very burned but she liked it.

Can someone explain this? I'm confused?

[Vela]

Any bones when cooked become brittle, even cattle bones. THey shoudl be fed raw and not ingested. Cooked bones of any kind can and do splinter and can perforate the intestines. It's just best not to give cooked bones, espeically from steaks, they are already rather sharp in most cases anyway.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Ok, thanks for the advice, ( I'll use it. )

P.S. It wasn't a steak bone, that was just what we were having for dinner. it was the funny long leg bone.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Question: Will raw bones give her the "trots"?

[Lori Jordan]

Question: Will raw bones give her the "trots"?

It may give her the runs,If she is not used to Raw,My guys when i switched them too Raw a couple years ago at first they had the runs,different foods can do different things too dogs,My guys anyways.

[CathyBogart]

Question: Will raw bones give her the "trots"?

It's possible, but cooked bones can do that too.

[GreyhoundGirl]

It's possible, but cooked bones can do that too.

It did.