Post by Johnny on Feb 1, 2006 7:44:13 GMT
As many of you know, if I asked you to complete the following sentence, I know what you'd come up with - "Give the dog a ...."
Yes - "a bone", you'd say.
That's what we've all been brought up with, and that's what we all accept. But when it comes to dogs today - hardly any of them are given bones, for fears that they might damage them.
When we first got Star, we read articles about bones, and how they could get stuck in dog's throat etc, but it's always made me curious why there wasn't a constant stream of dog fatalities years ago - due to eating bones.
Not so long ago I was reading one of the main dogs magazines, and there was a nutritional expert in there going on about how bones were actually very good for dogs, and how it was a shame more dogs didn't have bones anymore.
I know a family with a greyhound who always has bones, and he's never had a problem with them.
So, yesterday, when we were in "Pets-at-Home", we picked up two fairly decent size bone (real bones) for Star and Sugar. They were cooked, and had a bit of meat on them around the knucles.
We gave them the bones when we got home, and wondered what they'd make of them?
Well................. we were absolutley amazed.
They crunched through those things like they were quavers snacks - crunching through the bone, and swallowing sharp, pointed pieces of bone as they went. There is no way on earth a human could have digested (or swallowed) something like that - but they did so without any problem.
The thing what truely amazed me - was how quickly those bones were eaten. I always thought dogs chewed bones, but our two devoured them in within 5 minutes, and each bone (about 7 inches long) was completely GONE!
Does anyone else feed their dogs bones, and has anyone ever heard of a dog having problems with them?
I know you're not supposed to feed them chicken bones.
Yes - "a bone", you'd say.
That's what we've all been brought up with, and that's what we all accept. But when it comes to dogs today - hardly any of them are given bones, for fears that they might damage them.
When we first got Star, we read articles about bones, and how they could get stuck in dog's throat etc, but it's always made me curious why there wasn't a constant stream of dog fatalities years ago - due to eating bones.
Not so long ago I was reading one of the main dogs magazines, and there was a nutritional expert in there going on about how bones were actually very good for dogs, and how it was a shame more dogs didn't have bones anymore.
I know a family with a greyhound who always has bones, and he's never had a problem with them.
So, yesterday, when we were in "Pets-at-Home", we picked up two fairly decent size bone (real bones) for Star and Sugar. They were cooked, and had a bit of meat on them around the knucles.
We gave them the bones when we got home, and wondered what they'd make of them?
Well................. we were absolutley amazed.
They crunched through those things like they were quavers snacks - crunching through the bone, and swallowing sharp, pointed pieces of bone as they went. There is no way on earth a human could have digested (or swallowed) something like that - but they did so without any problem.
The thing what truely amazed me - was how quickly those bones were eaten. I always thought dogs chewed bones, but our two devoured them in within 5 minutes, and each bone (about 7 inches long) was completely GONE!
Does anyone else feed their dogs bones, and has anyone ever heard of a dog having problems with them?
I know you're not supposed to feed them chicken bones.
They keep her quite all afternoon and are really alot nicer than sofas or door frames.. I always used to give my old dog Rudie butchers bones too she always loved them and lived to 15. If you get a bag from the butchers you can freeze some that is if you dont like them going smelly in the fridge they dont really need defrosting either