I know you are not supposed to feed cooked bones to a dog because the cooking process makes the bones splinter when eaten. I have been feeding my dog raw chicken wings and I see that the bones come out in his poop. When I look at the bones, there are broken pieces and some pieces looked kind of sharp to me. How does this not have a negative effect on the dogs and how is this different than cooked bones?
I feed my dogs raw chicken bones and I have never noticed any sharp pieces of bones in their stool. I give about 6 ounces of raw chicken bones with meat attached a few times a week...my dogs love raw chicken bones! They are not only given chicken bones, but I add a raw egg, some veggies & vitamins with the meal.
If you cook the bones it depletes the nutritional value & purpose of feeding raw bones. Cooking removes the moisture in the marrow of the bones making the cooked bones dry & easily splintered during digestion that could cause some discomfort for your dog.
Could you be feeding your dog too many raw bones at a feeding?
Jeannette Polowski Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2002
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Why not??
I've given my dogs chicken necks and backs and assorted carcass pieces for a few years now, I've never had a problem.( asisde from discovering recently that I have a dog allergic to chicken!)
( of course there is a risk involved in raw feeding of any kind, it's risk versus benefit)
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Raw chicken bones for a healthy dog should not be a problem.. if you are seeing bone fragments in the stool then a digestive enzyme and probiotic is probably a good idea, or grinding the bones...maybe try necks and backs instead of wings til your dog is used to them.
you can get probiotics and digestive enzymes at your health food store or http://www.b-naturals.com.
Make sure you aren't feeding kibble WITH the bones, this can cause digestion problems.. if you feel like feeding both, feed raw bones at one meal and kibble at another..
Thanks. I have 2 Dobermanns. In the stool of the older male, I will see the bones. However, in the stool of the younger females, I don't see any. It's very weird. I don't know why the male does not digest it as well.
Matthew Grubb Webboard User Reg: 09-27-2002
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Chicken bones splinter and can irritate the stomach. Worst case, a splinter can cause a puncture somewhere in the gastrointestinal tract. The damage caused by a puncture will vary by location, possibly causing toxins to be released into the body.
BARF'ers... I know chicken necks are real big with ya'all is that because they are mostly cartilage?
Ptlm. Matthew Grubb, sorry but that is not 100% true. Not all barfers only feed necks. I feed necks, backs, AND LEGS on a regular basis. RAW chicken bones are a lot less likely to splinter than a cooked bone.
Now back to the original poster... I have heard of some dogs passing what appears to be bone fragments (which they were) but after passing they are more like rubber, but still hold their shape. I agree with Cindy though, and would recommend a probiotic powder to aid with digestion in the older male.
Older people can have digestion problems as well... remember when you were a kid and could literally eat ANYTHING...!
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