Dogs should not be fed chicken bones
By
Señor Surfer Smurf
on January 17, 2009
It's amazing how consistently that thought seems to be held throughout the US. It's certainly not so here in Mexico. I've yet to see or hear of one accident over the year+ I've been here and I've seen countless bones consumed by the dogs (including my own dog).
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Really? Well I'm a vet and I've had seen chicken bones get broken up and damage dog esophagus' and even get snagged in dogs digestive tracts and have to be removed by surgery. Some dogs with strong jaws shouldn't even get ham bones (Rottweilers for example) because they can cut them to shards as well.
There's no need to give your dog animal bones if you are feeding them a balanced diet.
Why tempt fate?
PS There are other practices of other countries that I wouldn't recommend for the health of your pet either.
I don't feel the need to feed my dog chicken bones but since I stay with a family and she's also pretty much free to roam the general neighborhood she gets her share of chicken bones. Maybe all the dogs here are genetically selected good chewers.
That's simultaneously the funniest, dumbest, most naive, ridiculous, and ignorant attempt at justification I've heard.
Re: "she's also pretty much free to roam the general neighborhood"
I repeat:
There are other practices of other countries that I wouldn't recommend for the health of your pet either.
There is a risk of course, feeding a dog only with chicken bones would increase the this risk of organ rupture. I don't think there is nothing wrong giving them chicken bones once in a while, bones have important nutrients and they can digest them.
"I don't think there is nothing wrong"
I meant to say: "I think there is nothing wrong"
alrac.em, I appreciate your concern. I also appreciate your description of my 'attempted justification' as it was intended to carry some humor. I do think you went a little long and redundant on the other adjectives. Besides that, justification is moot. Maybe this tidbit will make you feel better: My dog is spayed and even has all of her vaccinations. Which is a practice that I certainly didn't adopt from the town I'm staying in.
As for her being free to roam the neighborhood, I would rather that she was confined to the yard in which I stay. However, in my unique situation, of which you don't have much knowledge, that's not really feasible unless I tie her up. Perhaps you would prefer that but not me.