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Originally Posted by omega  I have given my girls raw beef bones before. Some were not so crazy about them at first. I have a really hard time getting myself to give them chicken bones and the others you mentioned. I don't know why.  I think I need some reassurance here.  So, when you give a chicken wing or leg, do you leave all the meat on the bone? Do you buy the regular chicken in the meat department?
I think maybe I am scared to death that even a raw bone, if it's a little one, could get stuck in their digestive system somewhere. That never happens with raw bones????? |
As I mentioned beef bones are recreational, most dogs are not too thrilled about them, I know mine aren't.
I think alot of people get stressed about chicken bones because people always talk about them being dangerous and getting stuck, failing to mention that its only cooked bones that do that.
When you feed a raw consumable bone (like the ones a mentioned) dogs will crunch them up and swallow them with the meat very easily. There is a risk with everything however IMO the risk of raw bones getting stuck or causing problems is way smaller than the risk of kibble doing that. I am in touch with people who have been feeding raw for over 20 years, including a couple of rescues who have fed it to hundreds if not thousands of dogs and have never had a problem with a single dog. However I do know of two dogs that died choking on kibble.
After all RMB's are the most natural food a dog can possibly eat. Dog's have been domesticated for 12,000 years and dog food was invented 70 years ago! What do you think we fed our dogs before that? Raw food and table scraps, evidence and studies suggest they were alot healthier back then too.