Well, if you're truly looking for raw. Then raw is perfectly fine. But there are some stipulations with raw bones. No weight bearing bones, such as cow legs. Pork hocks make excellent raw meaty bones (rmb). Realize that any raw bone you give will HAVE to have meat on it because the bone by itself is bad. So a chicken thigh would be good. If you do go with raw bones with meat on them, you may have to cut back on kibble on the days you give them because they will be getting nutrients from the meat and you don't want to overfeed. Rib bones of the pork variety are good too. Beef ribs are good, just realize they are not edible, especially for little dogs. Although I have heard they make good things for little dogs to chew on because it's almost impossible for them to eat them. Just take them away when the meat is gone because you don't want any broken teeth. I experimented with Pork neck today. The pieces were a little small for Delta, but a 13 pound dog would do well with the cut up portions of pork neck. Just make sure there are no sharp edges from being cut. I am going to have to try and find whole pork neck for Delta... Oh... and the rule of thumb for recreational raw meaty bones is, make it at least the size of their head so there is little chance of choking, and of course constant supervision.
Rule of thumb I try to follow:
Delta is raw fed so she needs to actually eat bone in her diet. Chicken is the weakest, easiest bone to eat... so if you want to let your dog eat it, then chicken is the best.
Pork would be next probably, maybe along with lamb? Haven't fed lamb yet. These are definitely harder, but parts of the pig are still edible.
Beef and probably venison are the hardest. There are hardly any edible bones on a cow.
This is all raw of course. No cooked bone is ever good for a dog.
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