Comments on: Dogs Eating Chicken Bones. Facts and Fables

By: Three Dog Blogger

Three Dog Blogger — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:04:03 +0000

Joe, just cut it out. It doesn’t matter if you make a mess of it, the Dogs won’t mind

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:07:59 +0000

You mentioned that there is a sharp bone in the chickens leg that your dog shouldn’t eat because it is sharp. I was just wondering if you knew how to remove this bone from a chicken before giving it to your dog. If you could get back to me on this it would be really helpful thanks!

By: Three Dog Blogger

Three Dog Blogger — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:51:01 +0000

sonia, I would suggest the best thing is to do some training at home with bones. Put them down and make him sit and then carry on to get him to drop them once he grabs them. Repetition is the key, a lot of it

By: sonia m

sonia m — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:50:12 +0000

how do i get my dog to stop eating chicken bones every time we go for a walk it’s like i’m taking him hunting at frist i would tell him to drop it and he would now he growls at me if i try to take it from him please help thanks sonia in cali

By: fro

fro — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:38:59 +0000

Been feeding whole chickens for some time to my 2 year old border collie mix. in the early days start small, wings, necks making sure the dog is breaking up the bones in the mouth first.

i decided to hold a leg in my had to ensure he would break it down a bit first. then moved onto the larger items. also ensure your raw or BARF plan is balanced with organs etc.

By: MKOUA

MKOUA — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:40:10 +0000

My family’s old dog ate chicken bones and ribs his entire life and had zero problems. He was an oilfield shopdog (almost a breed in West Texas; medium sized yellow dogs, double coat, very stout) that lived around my dad’s shopyard for 4 or 5 years, eating jackrabbits and scraps workers would feed him. For some reason, when my dad moved his shop in town, he brought the dog home, where we had him for the last 14 years of his life. He ate almost exclusively scraps, or bacon grease mixed in with dry food (horrible, I know). Every Thursday was wing night, Sunday after church was fried chicken, and a few times a month we would get Wingstop. There wasn’t a bone he wouldn’t eat, and fast. Never had any problems, though I wouldn’t recommend it to most (and I don’t feed my new puppy bones, either), and he lived to be what our vet said was likely the oldest dog he’d worked with.

By: Erik Estrada

Erik Estrada — Sat, 28 May 2011 23:42:41 +0000

I go to buffalo wild wings often and I take the bones from the traditional wings home to my dog. But I first put them in the refrigerator for about a day and he loves them I have been doing this for a long time and nothing goes wrong.

By: Three Dog Blogger

Three Dog Blogger — Fri, 13 May 2011 06:26:41 +0000

Brain,

Dogs should NEVER be given cooked bones. It is very dangerous, they go brittle when cooked and can splinter. Only ever give raw bones and with chicken remove the sharp bone from the thigh.

By: BrianTheHawaiian

BrianTheHawaiian — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:53:58 +0000

Hi guys,
I have two bichons. I bought one of those “whole” $5 roasted chickens at Costco and noticed it has lots of juicy bones. However, I don’t know if I can feed them to my babies. Should I soften them up in water? The dog’s wet food (called “Wingaling”) has two chicken legs (meat and bones) and bones are almost as soft as ice cream. Can someone please let me know if they have any advice? Thanks all! Brian

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:27:03 +0000

My 3 dogs (one 9lb. shihtzu and two about 20lb. cavaliers) somehow got onto my kitchen counter today and got ahold of a pack of defrosting chicken legs 3-4 are still missing. They are acting fine (although alittle over full) I was very worried, but after reading this article I am alittle less scared. I think I will still try the other advice I found online which was to feed them soft foods or mix in cooked white rice to help coat the bones before they pass, just to make sure all goes ok on the way out, but this has stopped me from rushing to the vet needlessly. Thank You