Dogs love to chew bones. It's great exercise for their jaw and they benefit from the nutrients found in the bone marrow, plus it keeps their teeth clean
Cooked bones, including left over bone scraps from your plate, no matter if they are baked, boiled, steamed, fried or smoked are dangerous to our pets for a number of reasons. As bones are cooked the collegean and nutrients are leached from the bone, leaving a bone that was somewhat soft and flexible now brittle. Should a cooked bone be chewed on by an eager pooch, it is easy for it splinter into jagged pieces. These jagged splinters can then become not only a chocking hazard but can also cause serious internal damage if swallowed, including:
Broken teeth
Mouth injuries, such as bone splinters piercing their tongue and gums
Obstructions caused by the pieces of the bone becoming stuck the oesophagus, trachea or intestines
Bone fragments can cause constipation
Internal bleeding if fragments pierce internal organs
Peritonitis - a bacterial infection in the abdomen that can occur when bone fragments pierce the stomach or intestines
Pancreatitis from the high fat content
If you must give your dog a bone then it should always be raw.’
‘If they are cooked, smoked, fried or steamed, this makes the bone very brittle and likely to splinter
While raw meat bones can be good for dental health
No bone is completely safe to give to a dog.
if you’re intent on feeding your dog chicken bones, make sure you only use parts like chicken wing tips or neck pieces – and always cut them up into small, flattened pieces
I do not recommend feeding chicken drumsticks to dogs, nor wishbones
