Butcher Bone for Your Doodle?

[Ace's Place]

Hi!

Does anyone give their dog an actual butcher bone (steak bone, etc) for a treat ever? I think Ace would love something like that. My co-worker said her dogs (a pug and something else) love bone marrow bones which she buys in a package and cooks in the oven first before giving them one.

Safe? Not safe? Only certain types of bones?

[Lab lover]

I give my lab marrow bones I buy at the store but never cook them. I have read that when you cook them it makes them easier to break up and cause the dog to choke. I actually keep them in the freezer and when I am ready to give her one as a treat I grab it from them freezer raw and toss it outside and she loves it for hours!

[Lab lover]

Oh and I only buy the long bones not the round kind or anything that is to small. When I get my Labradoodle I will also do this for him or her.

[Micha's Toby]

We were giving them to Toby until he ended up with a cracked tooth so none for him since. thankfully was a baby tooth but still scared us away from the soup bones we would boil up for him.


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[lindamarie]

Bummer! I can't see Toby! I have sworn not to use Twitter......between Facebook, Linkedin, texts and 5 emails.......I feel like a walking tech woman who never gets a break anywhere in the world!

Ace, I know a lot of people who do what LabLover does. Uncooked and frozen.
Actually, we have a restaurant nearby that has wrapped bones for customers who have dogs and they hand them out when you leave.

If you have a local butcher, ask them to save some for you. Usually, they will know the kind good for dogs.

[Ace's Place]

Thanks for all the responses!

Based on lablover's response, Ace was gifted with his first bone marrow bone last night. And when I say gifted - he was like a child at Christmas! We actually sat on the couch for a littel while and watched the show. I've never seen him really "talk" to a treat like that before - lol - and we think he even did a little four legged jump (all at one time) at one point before he allowed himself the pleasure of eating it. In addition, this was probably our first dinner in 7 months where Ace did not even care to step a paw into the kitchen - our soup and ham and cheese grilled sandwiches were no match for his bone.

We gave it to him raw unfrozen, but the rest of the package is in the freezer now. I would say that after three hours of chewing I thought some of the inside was getting sharp so I just decided that he'll have them as treats when we are home to just keep an eye out here and there....I'm not sure he would have stopped on his own.

[Lab lover]

So glad it worked out for you and ace. I always give my dog those kinds of treats when I have an event such as a cookout or birthday party or just need peace for a little while, keeps her busy for a good couple of hours.

[judycarl2001]

I agree with the raw marrow bones, frozen. Molly loves them and we've never had a problem. Never give them cooked bones....its true they get too soft and can break apart. Bones are also great for their teeth.

[lindamarie]

Ace, the way you write things cracks me up! I could almost see that doodle and his joy.

And when I say gifted - he was like a child at Christmas! We actually sat on the couch for a littel while and watched the show. I've never seen him really "talk" to a treat like that before - lol - and we think he even did a little four legged jump (all at one time) at one point before he allowed himself the pleasure of eating it.

[Ace's Place]

It really was pure joy! So much so we kinda felt guilty for not having given him one already in his nine precious months on this earth. He's had pig's ears, and duck jerky which he expresses joy over, but nothing like this!

[Ace's Place]

Oh and Linda, by the way I've been studying Bogart's picture and looking at Ace. Ace seems to be getting that auburn color mixed in with the black around his muzzle kind of what I see with Bogart. It's interesting - and its a pretty bronzy kind of color. Did it show up anywhere else on Bogart? I also see it on Ace's tummy.

[lindamarie]

Bogart.....my tie dyed doodle!

He only has that auburn/rusty color on his muzzle. The rest of him is black but his legs are sooooo silver!

I picked him up from the groomer yesterday and he seriously has a visible line of greyish-silver that stops at the top of his legs and goes right to a black-black!
The breeder expected the muzzle color, but never mentioned the silver legs.

The legs always make people think he's much older.....so, they appear shocked to hear he's only 3, yet his teeth are still pearly white and that helps.

[Riverkatie]

I feed raw and Ruff has many kinds of bones, including raw chicken backs etc. For those worried about breaking teeth, the chicken bones are the softest you can get. Ruff has all kinds of bones, but not so often the large weight bearing bones as these can break teeth.


BUT their teeth are far better off with bones than without. Many dogs have trouble with their teeth and this can be prevented by giving them bones, which help keep teeth clean and gums healthy. apparently more dogs loose teeth to gum disease then through chewing bones, although how anybody can actually know this for sure is beyond me!

By the way NEVER EVER give a dog a cooked bone of any kind whatsoever. particularly not cooked chicken but any cooked bone is bad bad bad.

[Ace's Place]

Wow Linda, silver legs....that WOULD be suprising. I'll have to keep my eye out for that!

I appreciate all the expertise re: the bones because of course my first instinct was to cook one (WRONG), which just luckily something told me not too.