Bones

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Saskia Quinn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:04:45 GMT

I think there are enough dental chews and all sorts of treats on the market now so there should be no need to give our dogs or cats bones

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Night — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:31:14 GMT

We were always told to never give bones and the number of constipated dogs I've seen after having bones is enough to stop me giving my dog any.

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Deemus — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:49:35 GMT

Mine never gets bones. To keep his teeth clean he gets dry food, the odd rask and if his breath smells I hand scale them conscious. He's a good lad and just lets me do it. I don't polish them tho, just keep an eye on them and remove the offending material.

I used to work with a vet who recommended giving cats chicken wings bones to keep their teeth clean. I was pretty horrified but that was her recommendation.

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Katie Tallett RVN MBVNA — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:27:47 GMT

i had a dog in for a post castrate check the other day.... 6 months old jrt, o thought she would be nice and gave him a big juicy bone as a treat. dog turned up for his appt in his crate snarling and snapping with his bone clamped between his paws!! she had tried to get a lead on him to bring him and failed and couldn't now get him out of the crate! a bit of upside down shaking removed him and the bone which went swiftly in the bin and the client left with a saintly dog who was never getting a bone ever again!!!

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Katy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:32:42 GMT

My 2 never get bones. Heard too many horror stories.

If you want to clean your dogs teeth try the Ostrich chews you can get from Dunlops!

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Anneke Kuipers — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:12:13 GMT

in the past 4 months (since I started this job) I have seen 3 dogs with the same problem on different occasions...

Owners thought to be nice and give the dog either the lamb bone after they had eaten all the meat of it or raw from the fridge because it is good to eat it that way.

in all 3 occasions the dogs tried to swallow it and it got stuck!
I have only dealed with the first one and we were trying for 3 hours(!) to pull the bone out from past the heart with the guidance of the endoscope and some huge graspers. I was literaly hanging on to the dog with all my weight while the vet was pulling on the bone with the grasper. We were about to give up as we had tried for 2,5 hours and finally got it moving a little bit and with some more teamwork and patience we managed to yank it out.
it is such a miracle we didn't rip it's insides!!!

doggies all survived but owners have all fowed not to feed bones to their dogs anymore!

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Karen S — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:47:57 GMT

Steph that is terrible :(

My guys get bones all the time, but NEVER rib bones. And never cooked bones of any sort either. They get big chunky cow legs, ones which have not been cut. Two of my guys are 9, one is 8, and the other two are both 5 and all have been getting bones since we got them at age 8 weeks. Must be honest... after reading what Steph just wrote, its put some fear into me.

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jo. h. arter — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:06:29 GMT

a vet advised i give my dog a canon bone to help with his tartar, now he gets one about once a month and at age 8 has the pearliest white teeth i have ever seen.

i take them off him once he's had it for a day or two.

he has tried for 7 yrs to splinter/destroy the canon bones and never succeeded

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Anonymous — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:47:15 GMT

i have always been taught never give bones. yes they eat them in the wild but our pets are not wild animlas. they eat them in the wild then die as fractured teeth mean cant hunt or splinter kill them like post above.

my dog got given a bone a a bbq once withouot me knowing and spent the next 2 days in the vets as compacted and in pain.

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paula morgan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:23:41 GMT

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We had a dog in at work last week, 7 year old spaniel cross, owners were away on holiday - dog being looked after by owners mum and dad. They read somewhere that bones are good - not cooked/too small etc - so gave the dog a lovely rack of ribs for a treat. Two days later dog crying out in pain when trying to pass faeces, so brought into us - vet could feel lots of splinters in rectum, so GA to remove the ones we could feel - then xrays, no more bones seen but still lots of faeces, so large vol emema done while dog under GA. Kept in overnight as this was during evening surgery so still very sleepy. Dog died the next morning :-( Vets can only think that one of the splinters had already perforated something on the way through :-(

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Steph, after reading this post I think its safe to say my 2 wont be getting any more bones! Thats shocking, poor wee dog

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Naomi Jackson RVN — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:54:21 GMT

Never give bones

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StephSVN — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:03:25 GMT

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Freckle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:07:47 GMT

i don't give my pooch bones - i just daren't risk it!

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Vicky RVN — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:38:18 GMT

Don't think i'd give bones to Jack...he's not very good at chewing well BEFORE swallowing! Resulting in him throwing up his chew and tea all over our sofa/carpet!

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paula morgan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:27:37 GMT

My 4 get knuckle bones, they love them! Although I do keep an eye on them while they have them x

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wobbliebob — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:18:42 GMT

i never give Henry bones, however when i went away on holiday my mum gave him 2 lamb bones. I went mad but he had no ill effects thankfully. There seem to be more and more people feeding barf diets so......... who knows