[nagdu] Cow Femur Bones, Yay or Nay?

[Larry D. Keeler]

Haven't given Holly one of those! But, I have given her rib bones. Those 
bones usually don't splinter but sometimes they can get pieces thety chuck 
up on the floor. Great stuff on your bare feet! If you do, I would watch her 
with it. They really love them but I wish Holly would actually eat them! She 
cleans them off, drops them somewhere and resumes chewing them. 
Occassionally the will show up in the wieirdest places!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tonia" <toniafaye at insightbb.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:42 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Cow Femur Bones, Yay or Nay?


> Hi all!  So far, I've only given Wes, my first guide dog, Nylabones to 
> chew
> on.  I've heard though about some handlers giving their dogs cow femurs to
> chew on.  While at the state fair over the weekend, I met a vendor selling
> roasted cow femurs.  He insisted they wouldn't splinter like many other
> bones you'd buy at the pet store, because his bones are roasted for 4 
> days.
> So, I impulsively bought one but am now having second thoughts about 
> giving
> it to my dog.  Actually, I did let him chew on it some yesterday; but only
> long enough to work on getting all the meat and gristle off the outside.
> While it didn't sound like he was able to break any of the bone off and
> hasn't had any negative side effects; I'm still reluctant to let him chew 
> on
> it any more.  I'd appreciate hearing whether or not any of you have 
> allowed
> your dogs to chew on any bones other than the Nylabones.
>
>
>
> Tonia
>
>
>
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