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Originally Posted by lara2913  Ummmmm, well some of us would beg to differ. More than anything its the type of bone that needs to be considered. Generally speaking, its cooked bones, beef bones, the leg bones of large animals and bones that are an inapropriate size for the said dog that can cause problems. Its all about research and 'know thy dog' really. Myself, I consider the risks of appropriate raw meaty bones doing damage to my dogs to be lower that the risk of serious dental dieseses that they could get if they were not eating rmb's. |
I'm sure you could have a line of vets telling you horror stories about this. Not to mention it can easily break their teeth. Wouldn't the nutritional benefit be the same if the bones were just ground up.
Most wolves studied in the wild (thank you Animal Planet) have broken teeth, intestinal tears and damage. There was actually a vet w/ a website that talked about this in detail and it had some of the x-rays on it....maybe I can find it again...
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Originally Posted by lara2913 Are you sure about that? A few years ago I became very ill after contracting salmonella poisening from a store bought chicken sandwich. Bacteria is everywhere. |
Key words...you bought it...you don't know how it was cooked, stored or what it was exposed to before you ate it. Most restaraunts are required to cook their meat to a certain temp before serving it. It's the first thing they tell you if you ask for rare or medium rare cooked food these days. There is reasoning behind that.