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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  The guy at your store explained it much better, they don't have any right now, but the Bison back is the same as Bison back ribs. I kept thinking ribs are in the front not the back, so that's what confused me. He said you can also buy the human variety, they just have more meat. You say, you have them cut into thirds, how many inches would that be? Is three inches about right, or is that too short? I don’t want them to swallow them whole. Also, do they eat the whole bone, or do you take them away, after they get a certain size? |
Oh good, you were able to reach someone
! I did always think it odd they were called "Bison Back", when they really do look more like ribs. .
Yup, I usually have them cut about 3 inch size. If one of the
original bones is a shorter one to start with, I might have them cut that one into only two bones, maybe 4inches each (instead into 3 bones). The longer ones, I give to Wylie (he is 7lbs and a very, very aggressive chewer!). None of mine can ever eat any of the actual Bison bone, which makes me feel so much safer for them. They just mostly chew at it, scrape off the meat (great teeth cleaning), gnaw at them awhile. I never actually take them away, unless I really think they're done w/ them. I should also mention they've never, ever broken a tooth or anything.
I took a pic for you, LOL! Tony was all "you're taking a picture of the dogs' bones???" -- as if that's odd or something!
I would say the longer one is about 5 inches long (Wylie's) and the shorter ones more like 3 inches long (Marcel and Pf).