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04-07-2012, 05:04 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada
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| is a small beef rib bone safe? I just bought a small beef rib bone from the pet store for my baby, searched here and it made me even more confused, is it ok to give her? |
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04-07-2012, 05:08 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Kentucky
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| I won't do bones with mine. Too afraid they will splinter. I do the Bully sticks. Just my opinion. |
04-07-2012, 05:12 PM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Virgina
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| After we eat ribs or something, we will leave a little bit of meat on the bone and give it to her. We put a timer on for about 5 minutes to see how far she is on the bone. We don't let her eat the bone though. We do bully sticks too. Just keep an eye out on your dog to make sure they don't eat it. |
04-07-2012, 05:13 PM | #4 |
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| ya she's gotten sick of her bully sticks, i bought her one yesterday and she turned her head from it..she use to love them..so i'm looking for something new... the guy at the pet store said his girlfriend gived them to her tiny dog.. but can't trust what they tell u at a pet store.. i gave it to her for a min , then thought i'd double check on here.. and now i'm confused as if to give it back to her ..shes looking at me crying for it right now..lol now i feel like a cruel mommy... |
04-07-2012, 05:14 PM | #5 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada
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| ok maybe i will give her it for 5 mins then take it away,thanks |
04-07-2012, 05:24 PM | #6 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| It is my understanding....and I admit I am not an authority on bones!....but I have read that it is cooked bones that are brittle and splinter, so if you give raw bones, they dont splinter. I do not give my babies bones, period! But I have done what Bailey did...give the rib bones after dinner, with a little meat left on, for just about 5 minutes, then take them up. And I DO give my little 3 week old babies cleaned rib bones to chew on....they do not have the jaw strength nor the teeth, to crack and splinter the bones, and they have a blast knawing on them....it helps with teething pain on their gums, I think. |
04-07-2012, 05:25 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada
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| i also bought a "tartar buster" bone, will that be safer, its a round stinky ball of bone... |
04-07-2012, 05:28 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida
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| If you got it from a pet store it should be safe..in that it's not a plain ole bone that could splinter. There is a thread on yt of a little guy who got very ill from chewing on a cooked beef bone. The bone splintered and X-rays showed bone fragments in s dogs intestines.
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04-07-2012, 05:34 PM | #9 | |
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04-07-2012, 05:46 PM | #10 |
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| how do i tell if its cooked?..don't know if this helps but heres some photos i snapped of it on my cell just now.. |
04-07-2012, 06:05 PM | #11 |
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| she won't stop crying for it, i hid it, and gave her a new bullystick, tryed to play fetch with her, but shes so stubborn.. i'm still a bit confused, if its not cooked will she be able to eat it and it not splinter?anyone able to tell me if this thing is cooked or not,LOL.. ughh i'm controlled by a 5 lb yorkie..crying to give it to her and its breaking my heart |
04-07-2012, 06:08 PM | #12 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| I gave Pnut something like that a looooong time ago- way before my YT days. He was in the hospital and sick for 5 days!!
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04-07-2012, 06:11 PM | #13 |
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| Sorry I have no idea, Prissy still loves bully sticks and all bones scare me..Even my Yoshi a Peke has never had a real bone, I am just too scared.
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04-07-2012, 06:12 PM | #14 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada
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| OMG, glad i asked on here, i would have eventually caved and gave it back to her, but nope ,in the garbage it goes now, thank you so much for sharing that.. loveee yt for stuff like this |
04-07-2012, 06:14 PM | #15 | |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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Im not saying your baby will get sick, but I would rather be safe than sorry! Those meat bones are not worth the sick Peanut and the $700 vet bill IMO.
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