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Old 04-08-2008, 12:58 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze View Post
I've been "preaching" beef marrow bones instead of certain snacks and bully sticks, for months now, but no one seemed interested, and if they were they never said anything. I have them cut about 1/2" thick. They are about 2 inches in diameter. Glad you found out just how good they are for the dogums.
Well, maybe you're the one I heard it from, LOL . I had no idea what they really were until my friend brought one over.

I prefer giving these over soup bones for a couple of reasons:
1. I don't like the fact that there's so much raw meat on the soup bones (which is great if you're making soup, but not so great if you're giving it to a dog who's going to be dragging it all over the house)

2. The marrow bones are round (if they cut them well) so when they chew on them, they really give all the sides of their teeth a workout....where I live, I haven't found a place who cuts their own....but I'm going to find one and ask them to cut them so that they're about 1-1 1/2" thick....the ones I got last time were already packaged and they only had 2 pkgs which I had called ahead and asked them to hold them for me til I could get down there....and they are HUGE!!! Way too big really, but both my Yorkies seem to be able to take them wherever they want them...still, I'd prefer that they be a more manageable size).

I always take all the marrow out; Max isn't supposed to have too much fat in his diet b/c of a prior pancreatitis event and I thought it would be ok to give my little rescued guy one with the marrow in b/c he was so skinny .....he ate it and then had a few upchucks and I think it's just too rich for his little tummy...so no more of that stuff for him either.

It's very simple to just scrape it out. I put them into the freezer when I bring them home and defrost them first before giving them to them (b/c I need to get the marrow out...maybe I should do that first BEFORE I freeze them.....then I could give them frozen). If I take them out and they have to defrost before I can dislodge the marrow, Max can think of NOTHING else until I can get it out so he can have his bone!

I can't say enough about them. I guess the only thing that would be harmful about them is if you left them out for too long and they were growing bacteria. They play with them for a couple of hours and then when they're no longer interested in them, I toss them.
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