Titus will try to swallow too much bone at one time sometimes. He did it just the other day. I just waited till he got it out. I watched him closely and followed him around as he went from one room to the next, trying to get it out. He did without my help. But he also never lost his airway. That was the reason that I wasn't rushing him to a vet or anything. A lot of times, people think that the dog won't make it if he swallows a big piece of bone, they panic and rush off to the vets. (I know that you had to do that once.) But if you give the dog a minute to try to work it out... then if he can't, take him in. You would be supprised at what they can do. Titus ended up putting his back feet on the couch and making a BIG gag sound and it jumped out of his mouth. As soon as it was out, he wanted to eat it again!! (Tarded dog!) Oh well.

I think that he had gotten excited about something going on somewhere else in the house and went to bark with food in his mouth.
If you feed them bones that are too big for a gulp, or if your dogs learn to not hurry thru their food, they shouldn't have a problem... Unless they lack the brains (like Titus) ;P
I love that dog to death, but sometimes he just lacks the knowledge to figuret things out by the 3rd time.
Owen has swallowed a whole chicken leg quarter before (I paniced at that time, till I realized that it went down fine) and nothing happened to him. He was just fine with it. We really quickly started working on learning how to eat slower!! :0
I don't like the idea of grinding their food because they won't get the dental care that they need from the whole experience. I almost had one of my friends convinced that she needed to start her dogs on PMR, but she changed her mind again. I am continuing to work on her!
