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well time should be telling if he's passed them OK. How is he now.

How is the 'sword-swallower' now?

Hopefully all is well, and the bones have been well digested

Thank you Kirislin and Persephone, until now he is been fine. Eat and go toilet regular and seem normal. I should keep a close eye on him at least until the day after tommorrow to make sure all ok.

I also been checking his pop, the bones seemed not there yet. Is it normal? anyone know? or he should be passing the bones by now?

How would a 4 mth old small puppy swallow a 12 cm long bone whole???? his whole THROAT wouldn't be 12 cm long!Even our adult dogs can't swallow a bone like that without a lot of pain.

Surely he chewed them??.... it would be like sword-swallowing!!OUCH.

give him a pinch of PSYLLIUM husk (buy from health food store or chemist) twice a day... just a tiny pinch... this will form a nice gel in his intestine, to help with sharp bone .

my puppy didn't chew the bones just gulped them down, because the bones is raw so its very sliperry.

great advice! I might try the psyllium.

If the pieces are too large to be digested the dog will normally vomit them up. Just keep an eye on him, no need to panic.

Thanks Miranda! he is not vomitting at all and so far hes been ok.

If they were uncooked it will most likely be ok. Dogs have very acidic gastric juices, which is why they are able to ingest bones in the first place. By the time it works its way through the system, there's a reasonable chance it will have been well broken down by then - at least sufficiently for it to safely be expelled the other end.

Do watch for signs of discomfort/stress and/or difficulty with bowel movements, but otherwise if it were me I'd just wait it out.

Yes the bone is raw, glad to hear dog have very acidic gastric juices so the bone can breaks down in the stomach. But how about the bone get stuck in the intestines? I just read some info on the net that if this happen then its very dangerous.

At the moment there is no signs of stress and he passed a stool once, not long after swallowed the bones.

Thank you for your info! make me feel a bit better

I'm not sure if thats serious or not cause i dont know have hard lamb ribs are but just keep an eye out for discomfort, drooling, panting. If this starts i'd go straight to the vet.

At the moment he is fine and sleeping, was passing stool 5mins ago but it seem normal. I will defenetly keep an eye. Thanks!

I feed my dogs uncooked bones all the time. He should be fine.

He may vomit bone shards or get diarrhoea if he's not used to it (which is sounds like he's not!), but otherwise I'd expect no ill effects.

He eat raw meat and chew raw bones too but never swallowed thats why Im so worried! And he is a small puppy. Finger crossed nothing happen.

Im not sure where to post this but gladly appreciate if anyone have advice for me!

Im so scared and worried now! my 4mos french bulldog puppy just swallowed uncooked 2 lamb ribs 10-12cm long and lilttle bit bigger than my index finger sized bones. he swallowed without chewing. It was so quick, i tried to open his mouth ang grab it but it was so slippery. I dont know what to do, he got it from bin - tipped them over!!

Please tell me if anyone can help with advice or suggestions! It happened 15 mins ago and now he still seemed fine and happy.

Thanks everyone, Im so woried now. what should I do??

Thank you so much for your advice secretkei and sticth! thats very useful. Im just worried because 9 yrs ago I had a badexperience with my golden retriever catching a distemper (he hang around with adult dogs before vacc completed).

I might try going for a walk instead of park where many dogs hang around

Hi,

I'm a newbie here, can anyone please help me? I just got a French Bulldog yesterday and I'm wondering if anyone knows what is the youngest age that is safe for a puppy to go out for a walk to the park (including meeting other dogs). My puppy is now around 11 weeks old, and 4 years ago when I had my last dog, my vet said not to take your dog out until they'd had their thrid vaccination. Is this true, or, any advice?

Much appreciated!