Bones
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BluwaterNewfs
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If you cook the bones they can break and splinter when dog is chewing on them possibly causing all sorts of intestinal problems. Marrow has a high fat content which sometimes can cause diarrhea. I give the bones raw to my dogs. If you are concerns about the marrow - scoop most it out of the raw bone.
plafleursr
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Our Vet said just give them to the dogs, no cooking. Our dogs just lick out the marrow, chew on bone a little. Some folks we know with Newfy's give their dogs knuckle bones and it cleans teeth, bone chewed up, so watch they don't choke on them.
Newfs Forever
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Please do NOT cook the bones. Give them RAW! Initially, scoop out at least a good 1 1/2 inch of the marrow on both ends.
If you are going to give the femurs to your dog/dogs each week, let's say, then each week you can lessen the amount of marrow to be scooped out. Next week, maybe just a tad bit less than the previous week.
It's one of those things that the marrow being so very rich, they have to get used to it in a slow progression.
Some people feed the knuckles also, but please be aware, that if you have a voracious chewer, the knuckles could cause problems.
I just stick with the femurs.
JMO
If you are going to give the femurs to your dog/dogs each week, let's say, then each week you can lessen the amount of marrow to be scooped out. Next week, maybe just a tad bit less than the previous week.
It's one of those things that the marrow being so very rich, they have to get used to it in a slow progression.
Some people feed the knuckles also, but please be aware, that if you have a voracious chewer, the knuckles could cause problems.
I just stick with the femurs.
JMO
Sound Bay Newfs
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Do not cook them first. I give them raw but freeze them first.
nowhavethreebears
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Ditto what everyone else said...Raw bones only. If there is a lot of marrow in the bone just scoop some out the first few times til she gets used to it.
ozzysma
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this is what i have been told. freezing will kill any germs that are of concern.???
R Taft
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I freeze my bones in Summer for that reason. Now often dogs new to bones and marrow can get the runs, but it is often to do with the fatty content of marrow and very high protein, . My dogs because they are so used to raw bones do their own thing with the bones. And they never get the runs. Even Katy (13weeks) is on a daily bone and shares the others bones. As our hot weather gets here I will only leave the bones out for a day and freeze them to keep longer. But in Winter/ fall and spring, I just throw them at the dogs in the morning. And throw them after about three days if anything is left. But as I said our dogs have almost daily bones. I find our dogs have very firm almost cigar type poops and if on my poop patrol I notice they are too firm, I withhold bones for a couple of days, and increase just raw meats/fish.
newfiemomof2
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Frozen rings here too. Makes for very good dental floss. No tarter if I give them each one a week.