Issue with raw bones. - Page 2

Like I said, I think you can still get some good use out of them. Just supervise and take away when you see them begin to fracture them. I also stay away from the knuckles because those chips for sure won't digest ever and will get vomited up often.

Good luck.

OMG!!! You just gave me a great idea!!! My boyfriends parents live next door to a butcher. He butchers on his property for private and public use. I will call him today. Fantastic! Thanks for the idea.
I used to go to a shop, and pay for their scraps then I moved too far away. This is going to make my dog happy.

I gave up on bones and raw.  My girl is a very vigorous chewer and we ended up taking the bones away because she would go through one like a buzz saw.  I fed her a chicken back once which she gulped down and a few minutes later puked back up.  Since my grandmother's mutt died from  perforataed bowel due to eating chicken bones (yes they were cooked) my husband and I just decided it isn't worth it.  Echo does really well on Canidae so we are sticking to that.  She is hell on her kong too.  As a rule, she doesn't swallow the pieces she bites off but when I see her with a collection scattered around her the kong goes in the trash.  Those things are expensive to have to replace every other day.  I give her peanut butter in the kong every morning and when she goes from licking the PB out and gnawing on the kong I have her bring it to me and trade her for her gappy ball.  It's the only thing (so far) that she hasn't been able to destroy (minus the string...she chewed that off first thing.) 

What I'd like to know is what does everyone think of PVC pipe for a chew toy.  I am constantly seeing people give their dog a piece to chew on.  I'm afraid Echo will either splinter it or tear up her mouth on it trying to bite a chunk off.  Any comments on that?

Deb

 Deb,

I suggest the large "wolf size" nylabones rather than a piece of PVC pipe. Still, even with nylabones, one has to watch the dog after it has really worked the bone over and throw it away before it becomes too small and could be swallowed. I have never seen a dog break a piece off in all those I have given, but nothing is impossible. So caution still. Though rare, it is always a good idea in my opinion to supervise dogs chewing stuff not meant to be digested. Surgery to save a dog from an obstruction is very expensive, and if the situation is not correctly diagnosed and quickly, one can easily have a dead dog.

Both my girls were brought up on nyla bones until about 1 month ago when my vet told me one of my girls had 2 cracked teeth . He also told me there teeth are wearing down and to stop all nyla bones. Of course both my girls had them lying around but even though they could chew on them @ will it still would take them 4-5 months before I had to through them away because they were getting to amall.

 Chipped teeth is the reason I had to stop chewing on ice! Chewing on things certainly has some risk.....whether human or canine.