I feed them to my smaller dogs and know many people who feed them to their GSDs and Malinois. My problem is that a couple of my Malinois swallow them whole! I am just not comfortable with that so I only give them to the corgis.
I think it's an owner's choice and depends on the dog's size and what they're used to. I wrote in that thread that I'm concerned (altho it may be unfounded) that my GSD may be more inclined to try to eat/swallow any type bones as she is used to chicken backs/necks on a daily basis. My concern is like Cindy's in that my dog may swallow a rib bone that a much smaller dog wouldn't attempt. In any case, I just stay away from those I consider a possible problem as she wouldn't be getting them for any nutritional value anyway.
If I give these, I let the dogs have them just until they get all the meat off, them take them away if I cannot watch very carefully. In the past, they have cracked the ribs and I am afraid of the splinters. I have only given longish bones (6 inches or so) and I don't think they would try and swallow these.
My dog (Ridgeback, 63lbs.) seems to do fine with the rib bones. She just gnaws away on 'em out in the backyard and I give her a new one every other day or so. I like the fact that ribs are pretty cheap. I worry enough about any hard beef bone to take them away once the bone starts to dry out. I guess what bones to feed mostly depends upon your dog and your comfort level.
About a year ago, my GSD swallowed a whole beef rib bone about 60 seconds after I gave it to him. I tried to stop him but was not able to...I do not give my dogs beef rib bones anymore.
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Our silky terriers get rib bones, but our gsds do not - they seem to break chuncks and splinters off and throw them up later. We only give them the big knuckle bones now and after a day we throw them away.
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