Well, this is something that I find odd. My son’s dogs eat mostly beef bones, all the time. I never thought cooked chicken bones would hurt the dogs either. Now I don’t know if it’s because the big beef bones they eat are gnawed on and eaten very slowly. These dogs are a good size and they inhale food. Perhaps it was because he didn’t take the time to chew them up because they were small enough to just wolf down? I don’t know. But it made him very, very sick. They thought he was near dead. Threw up many times, then just laid on the floor and was shaking non-stop. Couldn’t hold his head up, couldn’t drink water. It really scared them.
My son ordered a small dumpster for the property so the garbage will be out of reach all the time. He needs it for his business anyway.
Poultry bones become brittle when cooked. Then they can splinter and poke through a dog’s intestines. The dog would bleed to death or develop an infection.
Overseas, I keep telling my dogs that, but somehow they find chicken bones (not from us) and live dangerously.
I think chicken bones splinter. poor dog, he was in horrible pain, poor baby. you have a great son, to take care of his dog.
Chicken bones cause so much damage because they splinter apart, and you can imagine what having splinters in your belly might feel like!
When I had big dogs, I bought them the knuckle bones to chew on.
One of my dogs split a tooth on the beef shank bones.
Great idea about the dumpster for the garbage.
Since he needs it for his business, it’s a tax write off, too!
Judy could there have been chicken skin/fat mixed in with the bones in the garbage. If so it is more likely the fat that caused the problem.
I learned this when I was giving my dog chicken skin and the Vet told me not to do that anymore.
“When dogs eat fatty material they tend to get Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). The clinical signs of pancreatitis are vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, lethargy, depression.”
I wouldn’t be giving them bones either.
“Cooked chicken bones can break and splinter, which can cause your dog to choke and can also puncture the gastrointestinal tract, or get caught in his throat. This is extremely painful to your dog and can potentially lead to death.”
I have been to restaurants with them and they save the chicken bones and gave them to the dog when we got back.
It was the first I had even seen that either.