Give your tine right Joa (lucha canine connection AT one time or another we have all given our dog a bone ... or a rea- sonable facsimile. Our choice to use a bone alternative may have been done because we heard about the dangers of giving our dogs bones. We have been told that our dogs can choke on them, they can splinter when they are chewed and these splinters can perforate or obstruct the bowel. All of these cireum- stances are potentially fatal and a very valid cause for con- cern. ; But those who feed a dog araw diet give their dogs real bones, weekly, ifnot more. In some cases, a dog’s whole meal may constitute only ~ bones. Yet there are no reports of these dogs suffering from any of the associated problems. What they do "report is white healthy teeth, a _ gleaming coat, decreased flat- rae and no bad breath. ign mic up!) - As ‘with most things, there : are always two sides to the “coin. And in this case, there is ‘a wrong, way.and a right way to give a dog a bone. Without a doubt the most “dangerous bones are cooked ~ bones, notably cooked chicken --bones. When any bone is cooked, it becomes dry. These dry, hard bones can easily : splinter and cause serious injury if ingested. -., Commercially prepared bones that have been dried or sterilized can easily crack or : damage a dogs tooth. A bro- ken tooth can lead to inflam- “ (mation and abscesses. All of these can make eating and chewing paint to-a dog. - There is also rhe possibility that processed bones can be _ split in half, as a dog exercises , its jaws cn thera. The result could be knife’ sharp slivers of bone. agments that can slice - gums, tongues or internal organs. ‘These bones are also void of any nutition because of the sterilizing and process- “ing. Ia some cases the bones -. are even bleached! -. The people who feed their dogs bones and rave about the benefits are feeding their dogs raw bones. The stomach acids ‘of a dog are so strong that they can break down the raw bones and pass them out the harbour a bacterium that can be harmful. Knucklebones are viewed as one of the best types of bones to feed a dog. Because they are large, cov- ered in cartilage and soft tis- sue a dog can spend hours working on the softer nutri- tious portion of the bone. Also, the knuckle doesn’t splinter when chewed, it tends to crumble thus making it safer to digest. A bone should nor be used as a pacifier so the dog can be left in the yard to chew the bone by itself. The bone expe- rience should always be super- vised. By monitering the dog an owner can quickly remove any fragments of bone that might be too large for an exu- berantly eating dog to swal- low. Also, some dogs have a tendency to inhale an object into their mouths to protect it from other dogs that pass by, or when they are startled. Both of which might occur when a dog is left outside. 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