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Connie, In your opinion are pork neck bones something to be avoided? I understand there are risks with everything from kibble to drinking too much water, but what is your opinion on this particular product?

I don't know. I'm interested in this info.

Lisa, are the bones hard and flat? Is that how they get stuck?

 Quote: Joyce Salazar

... I get scared when I hear those loud cracking sounds and I am so afraid of tooth fractures that I don't like to give them anymore.

I'm sure I overreact, but ditto here. I've mentioned it before, I know, but the memory of my granddog's fractured tooth and subsequent Tufts dental bill makes me feel the same way.

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I have found pork rib tips and they seem to like these a lot.
The plus is there is more meat on these bones, but are not as cheap as the pork neck bones.

What do you call this at the store? Rib tips?

Connie, I get something here called Danish ribs. They are actually smaller than baby backs so I'm not sure if these are 'rib tips'. Mimi can eat the whole thing easily with these. They are about ninety nine cents per pound on sale.

I want these.

New RMBs that my big and little dogs can all eat as is something I get pretty excited about. Their RMBs are virtually all poultry. (Of course, I give the muscle meat and the rest of the diet as much variety as I can.)

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 Quote: Joyce Salazar

I have found pork rib tips and they seem to like these a lot.
The plus is there is more meat on these bones, but are not as cheap as the pork neck bones.

What do you call this at the store? Rib tips?

Connie, I get something here called Danish ribs. They are actually smaller than baby backs so I'm not sure if these are 'rib tips'. Mimi can eat the whole thing easily with these. They are about ninety nine cents per pound on sale.

I want these.

New RMBs that my big and little dogs can all eat as is something I get pretty excited about. Their RMBs are virtually all poultry. (Of course, I give the muscle meat and the rest of the diet as much variety as I can.)

I'll look for some at the store this week and if they are available I'll try to figure out dry ice or something. Any ideas of how to ship?

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 Quote: Barbara Schuler

Connie, In your opinion are pork neck bones something to be avoided? I understand there are risks with everything from kibble to drinking too much water, but what is your opinion on this particular product?

I don't know. I'm interested in this info.

Lisa, are the bones hard and flat? Is that how they get stuck?

Connie, the neck bones are super hard and the ones I got from the store were very sharp too. The butcher cuts the neck into sections it looked like. The bones are not flat exactly, but they are aren't real thick either - maybe 1/2 inch or so, although some pieces looked like vertibrae from a human spine cut in half! Anyway, sharp and hard were my pieces. And Kasey didn't appreciate them!

Yes, (sorry for the delay in getting back you) they are called Pork rib tips, and I get them at Walmart of all places, that and turkey necks for reasonable prices.

The rib tips are cut down to 1 to two inch slices thick, with the bones inside being usually about one inch to inch and a half in diameter give or take. Then the slab is about 6 to 7 inches long. So looking at the slices, they have about 5 or 6 bones per long slice. I especially like these when they look like some of the bone is really white which is softer and a bit like cartilage. ( am I A.D D. with the details or what? :crazy

The pork rib tips are around $6.00 for a pack of them and weigh approximately 2-4 lbs depending on the package.
Some have a large layer of fat which I trim back a bit if really thick, but mostly they have the perfect layer of fat in there too.
But definitely, these are the dogs choice over the pork neck bones because they can crunch them up easier.

I feel so much better giving these just to protect their teeth from the harder neck bones.
Not saying that pork neck bones are bad, but for my two who have seemed to walk away from them, the pork tips have really been a good alternative.

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.... I'll look for some at the store this week and if they are available I'll try to figure out dry ice or something. Any ideas of how to ship?

Well, I think all I needed was a name and description ... I'll be taking a note with this info to the butcher.

Connie,

I haven't bought them in a while but the bone I think was round, flat and rather small.

When they eat them they seem to break apart in sharp, pointy , very hard pieces. They love to eat them but that really scared me, especially when he was foaming at the mouth.

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Connie, In your opinion are pork neck bones something to be avoided?

I am not Connie, , but I really think that it all depends on the dog, that and how you feel about his ability to consume these types of bones.

One of the other members on the forum here said it best when she descibed to me what the difference between an RMB and a recreational bone is.

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If the bone in question can be consumed entirely within a few minutes, it's an RMB. If not, it's recreational.

But also, there is another factor that is more of personal choice and that is deciding about what could eventually mean dental troubles down the road. Harder bones are going to naturally wear the teeth down more than say the softer type bones like chicken necks and backs etc.

But that said, if you think that Falcon has no problem consuming pork neck bones, that is entirely your choice.

I would like to hear what Connie thinks too though.

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Connie,

I haven't bought them in a while but the bone I think was round, flat and rather small.

When they eat them they seem to break apart in sharp, pointy , very hard pieces. They love to eat them but that really scared me, especially when he was foaming at the mouth.

That would completely end my dogs' experiences with them, too.