How When and Why, to Give a Dog A Bone.

How When and Why, to Give a Dog A Bone. 04/26/2010

Indigo is a little too busy to chat today. She feels that chewing her bone takes priority over blogging.

She did not mind me talking about why she should be allowed to have more bones. lol :-)

I know that as a former dog owner and breeder and vets’ nurse more dogs die as a result of chewing plastic toys that they do from eating bones but bones that splinter and fragmented with sharp edges are dangerous to dogs.

Uncooked chicken wings are usually safe as the bones are soft yet they will massage the gums and the chewing action helps clean the dog's teeth. Raw marrow bones are excellent if the dog does not chew splintered pieces of bone. We give Indigo these bones to chew all the gristle off them and get the marrow out of the center as she is doing with this lamb leg bone in the photos then we take them off her or she will eat bone chunks. It is a balancing act of what is good about eating bones versus the dangers involved.

Raw bones were a part of the natural diet of dogs though dogs are much evolved, since they were primary hunters.

She said she was quite happy for me to reference reasons why she should be allowed more bones. :-)
Here is some advise about bones and dogs, I found 'on the internet'.

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