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

[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.

[GreyhoundGirl]

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

[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

[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.