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Old November 17th, 2006, 06:37 PM
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Dog Bit Off Part of Recreational Bone

I was wondering how digestible recreational bones are? I gave my pup his weekly recreational bone (he's gnawing on it as we speak), but I just noticed that he bit off a small chunk of it and ate it. Is this okay? It is a beef bone (knuckle bone I think) and he bit off a piece approximately 2 inches big...maybe a little big bigger. Will he just throw it up if he can't digest it or can it cause problems?
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Old November 17th, 2006, 07:18 PM
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Just watch him closely for a possible blockage... I don't know much about "recreational bones", but from what I've been told, they don't digest well and usually find their way out in one piece...
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Old November 17th, 2006, 07:28 PM
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yep. it'll go down, or it'll go up! maika has "upped" small bone fragments two or three days after eating so it can take a while for the body to decide what to do with it.

but do watch your doggy... if acting abnormal, no poops for a day or two... get to the vets to rule out possible blockage. this happens mostly with cooked bones though, which are not really digestible.
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Old November 17th, 2006, 08:26 PM
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Thanks guys.
I guess we will be on poop patrol for the next few days
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Old November 17th, 2006, 10:50 PM
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It won't get digested but will probably go threw. If it doesn't, worst case senerio, depending on how big the piece ingested is, could cause a blockage risking your pets life and costing thousands in vet bills. You always have to watch them when they are eating bones.
I like the raw beef marrow bones, I get them at Sobey's. When my dogs have eaten all the meat around the bone and the marrow inside I take it away and throw it out.
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Old November 18th, 2006, 02:04 PM
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That was kind of unnecessarily nasty..
Just what the OP needed to hear. Blockages have been discussed. You didn't have to point out that due to not watching closely enough his or her pet may die. Geeze..
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Old November 18th, 2006, 09:43 PM
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Thanks mafiaprincess I really didn't want to hear about blockages although I know that risk is there, but I WAS watching him as he gnawed on the bone. He likes to hold the bone down with both his paws and it happened when his face was turned sideways as he was using his back teeth on the bone. When he is in that position and he has a paw on either side of his face holding the bone, it is very hard to "see" exactly what is going on there. In one split second he looked up and that's when I noticed a piece of the bone gone.
On a positive note, poops were right on schedule as usual today and he seems to be acting completely normal. Well, as normal as puppies can be He did have diarrhea this afternoon but that was from all the marrow in the bone last night. I've been touching his abdomen and pressing lightly to see if he is in any discomfort, but he doesn't react in any way whatsoever, so I think he is doing well. Anything else I can/should be doing?
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Old November 18th, 2006, 09:57 PM
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barkely21, it's good to be cautious and watchful but I hope you're not worrying yourself into panic mode over this, Bridie has chewed up and digested or spit up and pooped out small chunks of bone. Your doing all the right things.
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Old November 18th, 2006, 10:11 PM
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Thanks mummummum. I'm trying not to get into panic mode because I know these things happen, and the fact that he has pooped today and is acting normal is helping me not to blow it out of proportion, although I won't be completely at ease until a week of poops pass without any problems
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