Where do you get your chew bones from?

Wouldn't touch any of the smoked/cooked ones, far too dangerous. Raw is good. Freeze for a week, then feed if there's a low immune issue. Put down a mat/disposable paper or put the dog out to eat. Mine take big stuff into the garden. Pig trotter here, rest of album is not good if you like bunnies.
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cinnamontoast said:
Wouldn't touch any of the smoked/cooked ones, far too dangerous. Raw is good. Freeze for a week, then feed if there's a low immune issue. Put down a mat/disposable paper or put the dog out to eat. Mine take big stuff into the garden. Pig trotter here, rest of album is not good if you like bunnies.
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We have bunnies.....:D

Tried a friends spare one last night and the dog with the sensitive stomach, long story, and he is back to brown water this morning so raw is out. Was hoping he would be okay with just the bones as he can't take a raw diet anyway.

Back to the.drawing board. The ones that he doesn't react to are white twist bones if that makes sense?
 
Jess is allowed proper bones but they have to stay at the stables - we have a communal back yard so she cant have them out there. On the occasions that we let her have them in the house she insists on stashing them until they smell so now they are stables only.

I get her the rawhide chews for in the house - I bulk buy from pets at home. They aren't the cheapest but they are the ones that do the biggest bags. They keep her teeth in good nick and she doesn't have bad dog breath either.
 
only bones from the butchers.
so many horror stories petshop hide chews that have bleach added,prepacked cooked bones etc so imo not worth the risk.

i have seen a picture of a white hollow bone packed with tasty inside and the poor dog had it stuck on his lower jaw :(
 
Cahill said:
only bones from the butchers.
so many horror stories petshop hide chews that have bleach added,prepacked cooked bones etc so imo not worth the risk.

i have seen a picture of a white hollow bone packed with tasty inside and the poor dog had it stuck on his lower jaw :(
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I have seen that too.

Well he can have the calcium bones, deer bones and the white plait rawhide ones. They don't upset his stomach so.will have to just stick with those.
 
I once had two very poorly dogs from butchers bones too-it was some years ago and I still remember the horror of the kitchen floor! poor things. I still give bones but freeze them first, had no trouble since. The only reason I go into the local Morrisons is their pork ribs and lamb bones are very good vfm-they do beef rib bones as well. I don't feed RAW but they get a couple of bones a week-pork ribs and chicken songs mostly.

I wouldn't give either of mine rawhide and last time I gave the old dog a jumbone he was spectacularly sick a couple of years ago. I do now have a staffy cross though who loves to chew so she gets various kong toys as well.
 
Antlers are fab and last for ages, work out good value for money too. Although mine does love bones from the butchers too. Have you tried chicken carcasses? Might be less upsetting for delicate tummies, our local butcher is usually happy to fill a bag full of them and they freeze easily too.
 
Lanky Loll said:
Antlers are fab and last for ages, work out good value for money too. Although mine does love bones from the butchers too. Have you tried chicken carcasses? Might be less upsetting for delicate tummies, our local butcher is usually happy to fill a bag full of them and they freeze easily too.
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Tried the chicken carcass same results.

When he was four he had a bacterial infection that stripped his stomach lining, he was vomiting and diarrhoea blood and when from 25 kilos down to 12 kilos. We nearly lost him. Since then.we have to be very very careful about what he eats as he can't digest things easily.

The two foods, after a recent relapse, are arden Grange puppy and simple kibble, one or two winalot shape biscuits a day and the calcium bones, white raw hide plait bones and the deer bones.

Will try the Antlers, my local pet shop has buffalo horns too.
 
What does freezing actually do? I was under the impression it simply halted the multiplication of bacteria for the frozen period but that any existing bacteria would still be capable of causing harm once defrosted? Plenty of humans are ill after eating previously frozen food? Am not being pedantic it's just what I've always been led to believe.

Also shouldn't weight bearing bones be avoided or is that another myth?
 
minesadouble said:
What does freezing actually do? I was under the impression it simply halted the multiplication of bacteria for the frozen period but that any existing bacteria would still be capable of causing harm once defrosted? Plenty of humans are ill after eating previously frozen food? Am not being pedantic it's just what I've always been led to believe.

Also shouldn't weight bearing bones be avoided or is that another myth?
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depends on the bacteria but you're correct, it won't kill them all. With pork, its a parasite problem which afaik freezing does sort. RAW feeding does need careful consideration if there are immunosuppressed around, dogs/cats don't have to be ill themselves to shed bacteria.

I've been told weight bearing bones from sheep and cattle are to be avoided.
 
Slightlyconfused said:
We have bunnies.....:D

Tried a friends spare one last night and the dog with the sensitive stomach, long story, and he is back to brown water this morning so raw is out. Was hoping he would be okay with just the bones as he can't take a raw diet anyway.

Back to the.drawing board. The ones that he doesn't react to are white twist bones if that makes sense?
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Took mine weeks to adjust because I went cold turkey. They came on Pedigree puppy, horrible stuff, went onto Orijen then swapped to raw. I should have gone slowly, the kitchen floor wasn't good! Once their stomachs had adjusted, they were fine. It's like any food, it should be done gradually.

You're supposed to try one protein only to begin with, so eg chicken breast then the bones, slowly.
 
Weight bearing bones and antlers depend on the dog. My dog won't stop, exterts maximum pressure, he would crack his teeth, so he doesn't get them. Some actually have a sense of self preservation.
Can anyone remember the name of the rice based chews....very bland...come as hedgehog, toothbrush and crocodile shapes in various sizes? Much better than bleached rawhide.
 
^^ yup, dog #1 will gnaw a bone for half an hour or so until the meat and sinew is gone then abandon it. Dog #2 once ground a big ball joint down to nothing, fractured a tooth and passed only pufts of bone dust for the next 48hrs.

The rice chews make their poo look like rice pudding. :p

About the only chewy thing they have now is pig and cow ears, both are good quality and value from Zooplus.
 
The rice crocodile and toothbrush are called greenies. I use a compressed wood chew made by pet stages called ruffeood. They are great as the dog cannot get off big chunks but more scrapes at them, nothing comes out the other end, last a good while and the dogs really like them. Whilst at crufts yesterday I bought 2 new nylabone one that is a mock antler and tastes like venison and the other you put a treat stick in. Tiva enjoyed them so much the nylabone man insisted on taking her photo for their Facebook page
 
minesadouble said:
What does freezing actually do? I was under the impression it simply halted the multiplication of bacteria for the frozen period but that any existing bacteria would still be capable of causing harm once defrosted? Plenty of humans are ill after eating previously frozen food? Am not being pedantic it's just what I've always been led to believe.
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Absolutely true! The problem is that domestic freezers don't go cold enough to kill off bacteria - something like minus 30 degrees F is required (from memory), although it varies depending on what you are trying to eradicate. Also, the length of time required at that temperature is another variable. Get an industrial freezer if you want to kill off the nasties.
 
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