Cleaning teeth

[Denaluvscorgis]

I can imagine my Dachshund breaking a tooth...he won't stop once he gets a hold of a bone. I guess that's where the saying "like a dog with a bone" came from !LOL

 

[Pomp]

Are there advantages to raw bones as opposed to rawhide?

Also, I have two beagles...should I get smaller size bones like chicken wings, etc?

And by this discussion, I am assuming that raw bones are safe to digest?

 

[garyluer]

I freeze all of mine first. If you give them frozen they last a lot longer (the knuckle bones) kinda like a kong.

I think poultry is fine for most small dogs. Chicken necks, backs, wings...

Our vet told us if we were to feed Ben raw bones to ALWAYS freeze them first. Something about freezing killing bacteria.

 

[Zoom]

Are there advantages to raw bones as opposed to rawhide?

Also, I have two beagles...should I get smaller size bones like chicken wings, etc?

And by this discussion, I am assuming that raw bones are safe to digest?

Raw bones dont' carry the risk of intestinal blockage that rawhides do. Rawhides don't digest in the stomach, and if your dog swallows too big of a chunk, then it will swell and cause some huge problems. We don't allow clients to bring in rawhides when they board their dogs just for this reason.

As with any chew, make sure you supervise your dogs at at least a little bit, so you can quickly react in the event they choke.

 

[Denaluvscorgis]

Rawhide bones always seem to make my dogs really sick. I've stopped letting them have them.