I've heard that it's good to let puppy eat raw meat bone (from somewhere). There's nothing bad about that. Im not quite sure if that's correct or not. I threw one raw meat bone to my puppy yesterday, but last night he got diarrhea problem. I feel sorry for my puppy and I need some advice on raw meat bones. Someone told me cooked meat bones are not good. Any idea about that?

Anybody who has a puppy like Sandy or Jason, do you guys ever have this problem?

Scott,
What else are you feeding your pup? Yes pups can have an all RAW diet, it is not good to mix RAW and kibble though. When changing over that is okay but you have to ensure that you are giving RAW and kibble at least 4 plus hours apart. Kibble and RAW digest differently, so if your pup has never had any RAW food it might be a bit rich for them. The short answer is yes your pup can and should eat RAW. Mixing RAW and kibble is not recommnded though.

Scott,
It is correct what you have heard about cooked bones being bad. Lots of info on the site about this but the long and short is that cooked bones splinter and can be dangerous to the dog while eating them and while in the stomach.

Hi Scott. Did you pup chew up the whole bone? This is the first dog (puppy) I have fed raw food. The first bones were ground up in the meat. The second bones were what my grocery store calls "marrow bones". Way too hard to chew up, but works on getting the marrow out. However I did notice the very tip of one of his bottom canines was gone, and I'm figuring it was those bones. But no diarrhea...though I may not feed those when his adult teeth come in. Do NOT want a broken adult tooth! Third bones were poultry bones (chick wings - the whole wing, and turkey necks). He eats these, first gnaws them down til of a size he can swallow. No diarrhea. Yesterday and today I gave him bones called "beef back ribs" just for a treat. Still very hard bones. No bowel probs. I'm new to the bone thing but am getting the impression I just haven't hit on the right beef bone yet, if there's even one out there a puppy can chew up completely. I think what Jay said in his post is right. I've read that raw gets digested rather quickly, whereas kibble takes about 2 to 3 times as long to digest. Bones in the digestive tract are supposed to firm up the stool so it may have been the fat on the bone that your pup was not used to and may have caused the problem, especially if he didn't ingest any bone. Maybe those who are experienced with raw food can tell you better, but it doesn't seem like it would be something to be too concerned about as your pup will probably stabilize soon from that bone.
I have a question too for those more experienced with feeding bones - are there any "soft" beef bones that won't break my pup's teeth now and adult teeth later?

What kind of bone did you give your pup? I can't tell from your post. Was it a bone that is part of his main diet, or was it just a bone to gnaw on? If it was a marrow bone to gnaw on, that might explain the diarrhea. Marrow is very rich - even for adult dogs - so it is best to scoop out as much of the marrow as you can before giving your dog the bone. Also, these "weight-bearing" bones are not a part of your dog's main diet; they are simply recreational bones. A little more info from you would help us out.