marrow bones - Page 2

Ma Dirt,
I second the idea off the doggles for the dog if you are going to let his head hang out the car window.  Many people let their dogs put their heads out of the car window when driving and I think it is a very bad idea.  It is similar to riding on a motorcycle with no sunglasses or eye protection.  Dust, dirt, debris is all kicked up by cars and can wind up in the dogs eye at 30, 40, or 50 mph.  I always cringe when I see owners letting their dogs do that.  The only thing worse, IMO is the owners that allow their dogs to ride unsecured in the back of their trucks going down busy roads or highways at 55.

I have also always allowed raw marrowbones at intervals, plus
the occasional 'supplied for dogs' air-dried / smoked bone.
I do try to take the broken pieces away before they get swallowed;
but I am clearly not as thorough about that as I'd like to think I am.
Hence a couple of years ago Taz got a bit of a blocked gut;  he 
almost had surgery, but the vet managed to manipulate several small
pieces of undigested bones out without opening him up, so in the end he
wasn't operated on. (The bones were not necessarily the cause of the
blockage;  he is for ever scarffing plastic, and all sorts of other rubbish !)
I reduced the number of bones I give him.  (He isn't fed Raw).  
Within the past five weeks he has had surgery for Bloat [GDV];  apparently  
this time there was nothing in his bowels that ought not to have been there.  

I don't worry about his teeth because they were all worn down and broken by
the time he was 18 months, as he had been chewing bricks before I got him.
This morning, he had a pig's ear. Present from my neighbour.  Fine until the
silly b...oy  decided to swallow the last piece of that before he had chewed it
sufficiently small enough.  So we then had a half hour of hiccuping and moaning
and chucking up white foam, before he finally brought up that chunk, with his
half-digested breakfast.

Sigh.  Why do I get this dog, when I have known so many GSDs who were
much more discerning in their eating habits ???

I'm impresssed that he didn't try to remove those doggles LOL.

It used to be that your butcher would give you some bones for your dogs...Now they charge an arm and a leg for them...But they're still one of the greatest chew toys for your dogs...They exercise your dog's mouth/teeth/guns with something that's All Natural...They clean your dog's teeth and are great...

I mean many vets still say and believe that feeding RAW is all wrong...I mean I've asked more then one of them exactly how many classes on nutrition did you take in vet school...Most of us know more then they do on the subject...What works...works...Class or no class...

By feeding RAW you will usually be feeding some RAW Chicken or something with some bone in it...This is natural and will keep your dog's teeth clean and in my better shape...

If you buy Marrow/Shank Bones have them cut to your specifications...I will usually have them cut about 2" to 2 1/2" for my GSD's...For my wife's Yorkies I'll have them cut in about 1" lengths...All dogs love them and are great for them...Yes...Like anything you give your dogs you'll need to keep a watch to make sure nothing goes wrong...but on the most part they never have a problem...

~Bob~