bone marrows
 

can someone please give me some advise?
I have 3 dogs. (small) 2 yorkies McDreamy who is a 9 month old Yorkie and weighs 2 lbs; Elliott who is almost 4 years old and a Yorkie and weighs 7 lbs; and a Hannahrose, who is a Maltese, and almost 6 years old, and weighs about 4.5 lb.
I've heard those bones, with the marrow in them are very good for them, (or at least they love them and would not hurt them)
This is my question...
my 4 year old Yorkie was diagnosed with Pancreatitis about a month ago, got very sick, but seems to be doing fine now. I am told, it COULD come back but often times, it doesn't. I am suppose to watch what he eats, such as no table food, fats, things like that.
Today, i bought a package of marrow bones, and gave each of the babies one, they LOVED them!! I wondered (of course AFTER the fact) should I NOT have given it Elliott??? the one that was sick?
Is that FAT in the middle of the bone, (the marrow right?)
and if so, what do i do now????? He has completely eaten the inside of it. Please advise. thanks so much!!

Sharon
 

In part ...here is what I found out on line......

[COLOR="Green"]If we have a one pound bone (and all the water is vacuumed out) and we feed it to our dog for its wonderful nutritional benefits, where are those benefits coming from? If 70% of the bone is minerals and only 30% of that one pound is composed of poorly digested collagen, where is all this purported nutritional reward? There are no vitamins, no Omega Fatty Acids in BONE, no digestive enzymes, and only scant amounts of poorly digestible amino acids locked up in the collagen. Even if stomach acids could leach out all the collagen locked up in the bone fragments the collagen would yield minimal nutritional value.

Finely ground bone is a good source of Calcium and Phosphorus. Finely ground bone presents no risk whatsoever to the canine or feline digestive tract. Rather than feeding whole raw bones to dogs based on the erroneous notion that those whole bones provide outstanding nutritional benefits, we are much more accurate in asserting that whole raw bones provide a good balance of Calcium and Phosphorus for dogs... and that's about it! (For chewing exercise why not use a hard Rawhide Bone that softens if ingested?)

Other than being a great source of Calcium and Phosphorus, the chemical composition of raw bones is such that minimal nutritional benefits are obtained from their ingestion. Marrow does have some nutritional value but is composed mainly of fat.



Elliot may get away with it this time...or he may vomit it up....if it is two rich for his system since it is out of his ordinary daily diet.

If it were me...I would give him some of his dry kibble that he is use to eating to absorb some of it.

If he has a loose poop or running poop later or tomorrow...I would seek the advice of a vet...otherwise he just may get away with it.

Not to worry....at this point....but ...no more bone marrow until an okay from your Vet.

Prayers and hugs coming your way from......:animal-pa

Nikeann07

Sharon
 

In part ...here is what I found out on line......

[COLOR="Green"]If we have a one pound bone (and all the water is vacuumed out) and we feed it to our dog for its wonderful nutritional benefits, where are those benefits coming from? If 70% of the bone is minerals and only 30% of that one pound is composed of poorly digested collagen, where is all this purported nutritional reward? There are no vitamins, no Omega Fatty Acids in BONE, no digestive enzymes, and only scant amounts of poorly digestible amino acids locked up in the collagen. Even if stomach acids could leach out all the collagen locked up in the bone fragments the collagen would yield minimal nutritional value.

Finely ground bone is a good source of Calcium and Phosphorus. Finely ground bone presents no risk whatsoever to the canine or feline digestive tract. Rather than feeding whole raw bones to dogs based on the erroneous notion that those whole bones provide outstanding nutritional benefits, we are much more accurate in asserting that whole raw bones provide a good balance of Calcium and Phosphorus for dogs... and that's about it! (For chewing exercise why not use a hard Rawhide Bone that softens if ingested?)

Other than being a great source of Calcium and Phosphorus, the chemical composition of raw bones is such that minimal nutritional benefits are obtained from their ingestion. Marrow does have some nutritional value but is composed mainly of fat.



Elliot may get away with it this time...or he may vomit it up....if it is two rich for his system since it is out of his ordinary daily diet.

If it were me...I would give him some of his dry kibble that he is use to eating to absorb some of it.

If he has a loose poop or running poop later or tomorrow...I would seek the advice of a vet...otherwise he just may get away with it.

Not to worry....at this point....but ...no more bone marrow until an okay from your Vet.

Prayers and hugs coming your way from......:animal-pa

Nikeann07

thank you Annette! You are such a great friend...
I really appreciate you!

i really hope he doesnt get sick on me...

Sharon,

I feed my guys shank bones -- which is the same thing as a "marrow bone". I have my butcher cut the shanks about 3/4" wide (see pic). I make either soup or a stew for my family's dinner and clean the bones for the kids. They are perfectly safe - there are no splinters, and nothing to injest because the marrow is in the soup.

thank you. there is no picture of the shanks to look at.
also, my elliott ALREADY ATE the marrow, that is what i am concerend about.
i DO remember my vet telling me before, NOT to cook the bones, because, they DO spllinter. yikes!

Sorry, here is the picture :) I have been feeding cooked shank bones for years now. I have some that have been around for at least 2 years. All the dogs gnaw on them including the Boo the Boxer. In all that time I have only had one that had noticable teeth marks.

I give my girls the marrow bone Puppy treats by Milkbone and that is Chanel's #1 treat - besides the homemade Yummies by Chattiesmom and Diggies peanut butter treats YUM :)

thank you ladies.
I am a little hesitant to give them some of the Prepared Boxed foods, treats, etc. There is often stuff in there thats not good for them. Im just so worried about them getting sick. with elliott just getting over that pancreatitis, it is scary.
but i thank you so much for sharing.
my little 2 lb mcdreamy has actually gotton his teeth marks on those little bone marrows.

the first time i bought the bone marrows, I REMOVED the marrow out of the middle. Obviously, that didnt go over well, they wanted the middle.
do you THINK that my Elliott will get the pancreatitis back if he eats the bone marrow??? Im worried about that. thanks.