I wouldn't throw the hock out just yet....
Pork hocks are cut from the hind or front leg of the pig and since it's a "working muscle" the meat is very tough, therefore requires extensive cooking for human consumption and it is sort of fatty but so is most pork anyways. Have you fed pork to any of your dogs before? How was the poop afterwards?
In my situation, even if my oldest had just a little fatty pork, he gets gas and globby poops regardless even if that wasn't his only meal that day and the only way I can counteract that is to not feed pork again for a few days but chicken bones instead, until things are firmed back up again. Most other dogs can handle pork just fine though.
You can let your dogs just chew on the hock for a little while and then replace it with chicken RBM's. Or feed the hock at one meal then something not pork related at dinner. Then take the "and now we wait and see" approach. Worst case scenario: runny poops and gas for a day but it won't kill the dogs. Feeding new things can be scary!
Please provide an update if you decide to feed the hocks anyways!
Nadia
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Originally Posted by tjdmom  Ok, I bought pork hocks one day and thought they might be good for the dogs. But then someone told me they were too fatty and not a good choice but I hate to just throw them out. Could I feed them with something else that would sort of counteract? Or should I just throw them out? Also, they are pretty big and my yorkie would never eat the whole thing in one sitting but my collie would, just thought I should add that.
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