Originally posted by stacwase
Thanks for posting the x-rays. Are those the ones you had tried to link to before?
Yes, those are the pics I was trying to show your before. I really wish that there was a 100% safety factor in feeding bones, I think that would be great, but I belive it is just too risky. I think that nylon bones would be safer.

I was researching on bones a while back, and I read that sled dogs are fed a huge tub of fish slop, still with the bones in it, and when they were all done, you would see that all of the slop would be gone, but all the bones would be in the tub still. They have the instinct not to eat them. I've also read that many people argue that wolves eat bones, and it is good for them -- but how often do you see a wolf, let alone a healthy one? I read that when 27 wolves were taken from the wild, all 27 of them tested positive for heartworm. And if a wolf is very hungry, they may dispatch of their dead packmate, so you'd never be able to tell if it died from bones or not. There is also barely any nutritional value..some calcium, and some protien from the marrow. But you have to be careful not to give too much calcium anyways, because you may risk making the calcium intake to much higher that the phosphorus intake and completely mess up a dog's health.