Do you give your dog bones? Leeches used to try and save dog's tongue.

[skinnydipper]

Dog loses 60% of her tongue.

“There are lots of injuries can be caused by bones, although this is definitely one of the more unusual, but we recommend not to give them to your dog just in case.”

Leeches used to save tongue-tied Labrador

Team at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists used leeches to improve blood flow in their bid to save the tongue of eight-year-old

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[JBM]

I think you have to be careful with bones but they have their uses.
Obviously it’s extremely unfortunate what happened this lab

 

[Landcruiser]

 

[SAujla]

I've never given a bone as I worry it would damage her teeth, although it's a good way to clean them I've read so I did consider it briefly, just brush them daily now with the a weekly cow ear

 

[lizziebell]

Very unlucky dog. We feed raw, and have done for over 20 years. They have appropriate bones for their age/ size and are always supervised while eating bones. Never had an issue.

 

[Clodagh]

I’ve always fed marrowbones, fabulous for teeth cleaning but after one impaction and two broken canines (different dogs) I admitted defeat.

 

[gunnergundog]

Interestingly, it says in the report that it was the sinew that formed a tourniquet around the tongue that caused the issue.
I have fed RMBs for 50 plus years. as did my father before me. Only one issue in all that time, and that was a cracked molar. I am struggling to envisage what was fed that contained a sinew large enough to act as a tourniquet to a labradors tongue. Not disputing that this happened, but just wondering if they fed raw carcasses as opposed to individual bones?

 

[twiggy2]

Interestingly, it says in the report that it was the sinew that formed a tourniquet around the tongue that caused the issue.
I have fed RMBs for 50 plus years. as did my father before me. Only one issue in all that time, and that was a cracked molar. I am struggling to envisage what was fed that contained a sinew large enough to act as a tourniquet to a labradors tongue. Not disputing that this happened, but just wondering if they fed raw carcasses as opposed to individual bones?

We feed deer legs ampngst otjer things and they have sinew on them. The thing is sinew and cartilage are really good for the joints.
Its a bit dramatic to recommend not feeding bones, they do good rather than harm in the vast majority of cases.
Weight bearing bones from cattle and such large animals can be a higher risk as they are more dense than bines frim smaller animals