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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  First and foremost, I almost cannot *believe* I'm reading your vet has actually suggested a COOKED bone - which is DEADLY! Never, ever, ever give a cooked bone to a dog - not ever! Cooked bones are brittle, fragile - and will splinter into SHARP pieces which can and *will* pierce the intestines and GI system and can kill them.
The *only* kind of bones that are okay for dogs are RMBs (Raw Meaty Bones) - femur bones, rib bones etctera. They are very hard, they have meat on them - and dogs work their jaws and teeth to chew and chew on them -- that's what cleans the teeth some.
*** That said -- if the build-up is really as bad as you say, you're probably going to have to put him under again and have the tarter etc cleaned by the Vet bc you must get under the gums and see what else is going on here. |
I agree about the cooked chicken bones--they could splinter and puncture the digestive tract. If your vet is concerned about the bacteria in raw chicken necks, there are alternatives such as HPP (high pressure sterilized) raw chicken necks available from Primal Pet Foods. See
https://primalpetfoods.com/pages/qua...rance-with-hpp and
https://primalpetfoods.com/products/...-chicken-necks. The high pressure processing keeps the food raw while killing the pathogenic bacteria.