What Kind Of Raw Bones Can I Give My Dogs?
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Feb 16th, 2010 |
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I’d like to start a raw diet for my dogs but at this point I don’t feel I know enough to adequately and safely feed them a raw diet.
Right now my dogs eat Blue Wilderness and I give them some tripe and one raw egg a week. I’d like to go to the butcher and get some good raw bones for them to chew on. I know raw meaty bones are supposed to be the best but I don’t exactly know what raw meaty bones are.
Can any raw feeders offer some suggestions/advice?
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Dogs are carnivorous and we rarely give them the essential meaty nutrients they require. Bones have been proven to keep teeth clean, reverse periodontal disease in dogs, and maintain a balance of essential proteins and minerals they can’t get from their wheat based dog food. Thus, there are many benefits to allowing the dog to have a bone. In fact, many veterinarians recommend a trip to the butcher shop once a month for the knotted elbow of a meaty bone. The elbow is less likely to splinter while providing a dog with the natural essentials he needs for good health and chewing habits. Other vets state that meaty bones are a danger to the dog, providing samples of lacerated esophagi, tummies, and bowels. Again it comes down to what percentage of dogs have been injured by the bone eating dilemma.
Bones chewing can provide good sources of proteins and essential nutrients and can be about as safe as any other activity provided there is ample supervision. Before giving your dog a bone, teach him to give up his prized possessions. If you feel you can take anything away from your dog without consequence, you are definitely on the right track. This way you can take the bone from him if you feel he is able to shred it into unsafe pieces.
many butcher shops will have dog bones if you ask them. i give my dogs beef or moose bones. i dont give them any specific bone, just as long as its not to small. some times i will give a full rib, or some times a leg bone. most butchers around here will take a leg bone and cut it up into 3 sections, which are still big enough for a dog on the larger side. we live out in the country so there are lots of small local butchers that save me some for free, since they cant do anything else with them. my dogs love them and it does wounders for their teeth as well.