Hi Franceen,
I would not recommend feeding marrow bones to dogs. They usually come from beef knuckle or femur bones. Large ungulates (like cattle) have very dense bones and many dogs have experienced chipped/broken teeth on them. Ironically, Vets are usually against a raw diet but will tell you that marrow bones are ok to feed, go figure!
I'm a prey model feeder and we refer to those kinds of bones as "wreck bones". A better choice would be to give your dog a raw chicken drumstick. Chicken bones are soft and pliable and have plenty of good marrow inside of them! Raw bone does NOT pose a chocking or impaction hazard like cooked bone does. If you're interested;
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...odel-diet.html
Nadia
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Originally Posted by Franceen  After reading the posts about marrow bones, I tried, in vain, to get some over here from an organic source. Eventually the farm I normally deal with, sent me some lovely Yorkie size bones for Toots with no sharp edges etc. They really went to a lot of trouble for me. Guess what, Tootsy looked at them then rushed to bury them with a blanket as quickly as she could. She won't touch them! She needs them to keep her teeth nice and clean! What a little problem she can be.
Luv
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