Originally Posted by CathyBogart
It's possible, but cooked bones can do that too.It did.
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It's possible, but cooked bones can do that too.
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Cooked beef bones are not only dangerous as far as splintering, but they can also wreak havoc on her teeth!!! Even Raw beef bones should be fed with care, and those are full of moisture & are much, much softer than a cooked bone - beef leg bones are very big and hard. The process of cooking a bone strips it of any moisture, marrow, softness, digestibility, etc. However, I do feel that feeding a cooked beef bone *is* better than feeding cooked bones that can be swallowed, that is extremely dangerous!
I wouldn't feed cooked bones, period. Next time, save her some raw ribs *before* you put it on the BBQ.
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Ok.....
Would it be better to feed the bones frozen, thawed, or cooked? ( I should have made a poll on this..... )
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It was right in her postFrozen or raw. Never feed cooked bones!
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Looks like she enjoyed that bone! It's HUGE!
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I think I'll continue feeding them cooked. Yes, they can splinter, but I'm more worried about all the germs, and diseses that could be on it.
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Around here if you don't cook meat, there are more chance of dieses than there is of splintering. All my other dogs and my dads dogs all ate cooked bones, and they all lived to ripe od ages, except for 2. I'm just more concerned about the danger of her catching something from the raw meat. The bones were free, so I sometimes wonder......
( those 2 were hit by a car and by a boat. )
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Not if you freeze the meat for 1-2 weeks. Dogs do not contract diseases like people do, their stomach acids are much tougher and intestines shorter. As long as you're sure to give the raw before feeding kibble or after the kibble is digested, there will not be a problem!
However, you seem to have already made up your mind. I just think it's pointless to risk her life with digesting cooked bones when you can easily feed more appropriate raw bones. If you really think it cannot happen to anyone, my sister's Lab got into cooked bones when he was younger, they splintered his rectum and he had to get $800 surgery to repair it, not to mention the pain he went through.
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The meat has been frozen for a long time, but don't you think bactirea would still be on it? It was vaccum-sealed. It just doesn't seem right to feed them raw. Do other people feed their dogs RAW bones?
I just think it's pointless to risk her life feeding raw bones when I can easily feed her more-approprate cooked bones.
Are you guys POSITIVE they should be fed raw? I don't want to risk it. I need a second opinion.
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WHAT?! Sorry, I can't understand what you are saying, about risking her life feeding Raw bones when cooked bones are appropriate? I'm talking about species-appropriate, hon. You do not see canines in the wild eating cooked bones. Their bodies are not built to eat cooked bones. They are built to eat raw meat & bones.
To answer your question, my dogs get raw meaty bones everysingleday, that is their diet... and they are VERY healthy. They have sparkling white teeth, good poops, great coats & skin, good energy, etc. I would think that, if there IS some kind of elusive bacteria that won't die from freezing, my dogs would've contracted this a long time ago. They haven't ever been sick from Raw.
That said, I do not think you should feed Raw if you aren't comfortable with it, but IMO you sure as HECK shouldn't be feeding brittle, splintered cooked bones either. If you want to research feeding Raw bones, there are tons of Raw threads in the Dog Health section.
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Oh, But that expression on Jennys' face was priceless.!!!!
You posted a great thread Greyhoundgirl, and, you learned something too!!
Give Jenny a hug for me, okay? Ok
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That is very unfortunate, for Jenny. I hope you'll be happy to dish out $1000's if/when she gets an obstruction or fractured teeth from chunks of brittle cooked bone. That's all I have to say about that.
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