Strikes me as one too many do’s and don’t’s. Dogs I biologically engineered to eat prey bones and all. That means rodents, birds, medium size herbivores, reptiles, etc. The notion that a mid-size dog can’t eat a lamb chop bone without serious risk of harm strikes me as absurd. Is there any peer reviewed science to assert any of this, or is it just a vet here and a vet there?

Interesting article. I put off giving my terrier bones after he started choking on a rawhide and an antler bone splintered. However, after developing tarter on his back teeth which could not be removed by brushing and bleeding gums I knew I had to do something. After putting a sheet down on the floor I started him on lamb bones and within a couple of weeks, the tarter has almost gone.Little bits come off but they are soft and no problem.He has a knuckle bone and just loves gnawing away on it. I take it away after half an hour as that’s enough time to give his gums and teeth a good clean each day. I would worry about rib bones as they may splinter. A bone lasts about three days after keeping it in the fridge between gnawing sessions. I have good local butchers and fresh lamb bones are easy to get.

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