The Dubious Benefit Of Feeding Raw Bones

[poodlefan]

Cactus:

My understanding of this article is that she is missing out on exactly NOTHING as a result of not eating bones- meaty or otherwise.

When she was growing, she needed calcium and phosphorus in the right combination in order to build bone herself. The only natural source of cal/phos in the right combination is... wait for it.... bone.

This vet recommends feeding bone meal (ground bone) - as I said, you won't find a worse source of bone in terms of chemical pollutants because it comes from the oldest animals. You want YOUNG animal bone like lamb etc to avoid chemical contamination.

I still reckon this vet is saying "dogs don't need to eat ANY bones" - why on earth is he advocating the use of rawhide chews - which have been known to choke many a dog.

[Guest LittlePixie]

Yep... sticking my head in here, the problem with those bloody rawhide chews going soft is that they slip from the mouth and lodge in the throat that way and IME they are MORE of a choking hazard for that reason than chicken necks etc.