DO YOU FEED YOUR DOG COOKED CHICKEN BONES

[ChickenCide]

oh yeah you are right, i misread the later part...my bad. So, what is your understanding on the issue with the bones splintering cause thats what i have read too, but are they saying it may splinter in the throat, or get caught in the intestine or soemthing? Cause thats what i always read but i dont get why a stomach acid wouldnt break it down. What have you seen about that?
What I am tryign to nail down, and if you know would like to hear what info you have, is the issue with it getting caught int he throat from splintering, or getting into their digestive track and puncturing something in there, because i thought the stomach acid should take care of any issue like that, which would leave just them choking and getting it in the throat. thats pretty much what I have been tryign to determine, along with if its an actual fact that its dangerous, which I can accept it is.

 

[chicken1234]

When I worked in a vet clinic the vet fed raw chicken necks to her dogs because it was great for teeth tartar. She always said never feed cooked chicken bones because of the risk of it splintering. I'm not sure if you count that as scientific opinion but it came from a vet with years of experience. I don't feed my dogs a raw diet myself but many people do. Maybe look up a raw food diet for dogs group and ask some questions there also?

 

[ChickenCide]

When I worked in a vet clinic the vet fed raw chicken necks to her dogs because it was great for teeth tartar. She always said never feed cooked chicken bones because of the risk of it splintering. I'm not sure if you count that as scientific opinion but it came from a vet with years of experience. I don't feed my dogs a raw diet myself but many people do. Maybe look up a raw food diet for dogs group and ask some questions there also?

For sure, what does that mean though. When they say splintering are they saying it splinters in the throat and they choke? Or it gets in the digestive track and punctures something? Doesnt stomach acid take care of that? Ive heard the throat and esophagus as well as the intestinal lining, which seems to me it would have been digested by then. Do you know how the splintering is supposed to injur them? and as far as dog groups go, I was asking a couple chicken questions and thought of this and I know how much the chicken people love to get their feathers RUFFled

 

[member 544621]

No -
Actually - yes. The soft bones of the wing tips and tail.

But otherwise no - no cooked bones of any kind.

Raw chicken bones are fine and lots of raw feeders feed whole raw birds to their dogs. Personaly, if was going to feed raw I would be inclined to make sure and bone in meat was partiall frozen with the muscle/meat/skin attached to the larger thigh, leg and wing bones so the dog must bite and chew it into pieces that can be swallowed.

I had a labrador in for training who got lucky when a young chicken made the mistake of f lying into the dog yard. The lab caught and ate the WHOLE THING - feathers and all. She was one happy doggo. LOL Fortunately it did not affect her when it came to retrieving dead/shot birds.

 

[ChickenCide]

No -
Actually - yes. The soft bones of the wing tips and tail.

But otherwise no - no cooked bones of any kind.

Raw chicken bones are fine and lots of raw feeders feed whole raw birds to their dogs. Personaly, if was going to feed raw I would be inclined to make sure and bone in meat was partiall frozen with the muscle/meat/skin attached to the larger thigh, leg and wing bones so the dog must bite and chew it into pieces that can be swallowed.

I had a labrador in for training who got lucky when a young chicken made the mistake of f lying into the dog yard. The lab caught and ate the WHOLE THING - feathers and all. She was one happy doggo. LOL Fortunately it did not affect her when it came to retrieving dead/shot birds.

IDK what you mean NO actually Yes, The whole time I have been saying raw bones are fine. the question was about cooked bones AND WHY

 

[chicken1234]

For sure, what does that mean though. When they say splintering are they saying it splinters in the throat and they choke? Or it gets in the digestive track and punctures something? Doesnt stomach acid take care of that? Ive heard the throat and esophagus as well as the intestinal lining, which seems to me it would have been digested by then. Do you know how the splintering is supposed to injur them? and as far as dog groups go, I was asking a couple chicken questions and thought of this and I know how much the chicken people love to get their feathers RUFFled

Choking as they are eating it or puncturing on the way down to the stomach before the stomach acid can break it down further. I also just meant someone on a raw dog food diet group might have more info on the risks with cooked chicken bones.

 

[21hens-incharge]

It's clear you want studies or official information not just our opinions.

https://www.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/evr_dg_raw_bones_or_cooked_bones

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-bones/

https://www.preventivevet.com/dogs/which-bones-are-safe-for-my-dog

Feed them if you like but for me I choose not to risk it.

 

[ChickenCide]

Choking as they are eating it or puncturing on the way down to the stomach before the stomach acid can break it down further. I also just meant someone on a raw dog food diet group might have more info on the risks with cooked chicken bones.

So both huh. OK thats what I was wondering. Did you ever see this or have the Vet talk about actually dealing with it? And I knew what you meant about the other it was not confusing. Thank you for you clarification though. Thats pretty much in line with what I have read, I have not found any specific instances. That doesnt mean it hasnt happened but since you worked with a Vet Im just curious. thank you though.

 

[ChickenCide]

It's clear you want studies or official information not just our opinions.

https://www.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/evr_dg_raw_bones_or_cooked_bones

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-bones/

https://www.preventivevet.com/dogs/which-bones-are-safe-for-my-dog

Feed them if you like but for me I choose not to risk it.

Is that what you concluded. Well you do what you think is best. thanks for contributing. Most other people have written that raw is fine, cooked is an issue. I have seen a couple of the articles you site but the thing about it is, there are contradictory articles as well and some of those are more opinion based or phrased in certain ways and also do not contain any actual facts so that is why I was asking. thank you for providing where you are pulling your info from but I would still say there is no great risk in raw bones but I do acknowledge there is some risk, simply from the fact theya re eating bone which is essentially what is said in a couple of the arcticles. And we are all able to picka nd choose what type of risk we choose. thanks again.

the question I really want answered is the one I put up about the Delaware chickens not this one. this was just an afterthought.

 

[chicken1234]

So both huh. OK thats what I was wondering. Did you ever see this or have the Vet talk about actually dealing with it? And I knew what you meant about the other it was not confusing. Thank you for you clarification though. Thats pretty much in line with what I have read, I have not found any specific instances. That doesnt mean it hasnt happened but since you worked with a Vet Im just curious. thank you though.

She did a lot of surgeries for blockages mostly dogs eating parts of toys, socks, underwear.....but I don't remember one specifically to repair for a puncture from a bone, at least while I was there. I just remember her talking on and on about how great raw chicken necks were for teeth tartar and not to feed cooked chicken bones. She did also work at an emergency vet clinic but I didn't specifically ask about any surgeries caused by cooked bones so I don't know .