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So I am new to raw and keep reading conflicting things about feeding bones ... most say that they are OK uncooked. Common sense says to watch the size based on the size of your dogs. I have fed soup bones - in which case my dogs don't really eat all the bone, just chew and pull of the meat until they are clean.
I was nervous, but fed whole chicken leg quarters twice now and my dogs devoured them all. Nothing left ... bone, skin, meat - all gone. But now I see some posts saying to grind bones and not to feed them whole. I would think this would not benefit teeth the way a whole bone would. My dogs are both approx. 50lb shepherd mixes with strong teeth and jaws. I might not feed wings ... as those bones might be a bit small. They seemed to crunch up the leg bones - not swallow them whole.
I have fed pork and lamb ribs and they have ate them, bone and all. I am only on my second week of this, but of course do not want to feed something that will hurt my babies!
The books I have read all state to feed meat on bones - but I'd like to hear from people with experience on what has worked for you all and what to beware of.
I was nervous, but fed whole chicken leg quarters twice now and my dogs devoured them all. Nothing left ... bone, skin, meat - all gone. But now I see some posts saying to grind bones and not to feed them whole. I would think this would not benefit teeth the way a whole bone would. My dogs are both approx. 50lb shepherd mixes with strong teeth and jaws. I might not feed wings ... as those bones might be a bit small. They seemed to crunch up the leg bones - not swallow them whole.
I have fed pork and lamb ribs and they have ate them, bone and all. I am only on my second week of this, but of course do not want to feed something that will hurt my babies!
The books I have read all state to feed meat on bones - but I'd like to hear from people with experience on what has worked for you all and what to beware of.