There was a bone in Bailey's dog food this morning

[papie]

I would not trust the chicken bones to be safe for my dog. I don't know.

[Kit]

That....is odd.

[bornbaker]

Um, no. I'm not buying this - no way can you soften a bone. I smell bull shit.

[isabel]

Jul 8, 2013 12:08:08 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

I thought chicken bones weren't safe even if they were cooked??

That's what I thought too. Raw bones in general are supposed to be safer than cooked because they don't splinter. I think cooked chicken bones are especially bad.

[Deleted]

Wow, I thought dogs weren't supposed to get chicken bones under any circumstance :/ That's just gross, too.

[bania]

Huh. Yup, that would definitely be alarming if you weren't expecting it.

I wouldn't feed it to my dogs either.

[lightbulbsun]

I would not be ok with that.

[Yankees21]

I'm sure it's probably ok otherwise they couldn't have it on the market (right?) but ick!

[piaffe]

Merrick has bones in their can food and it's super soft and breaks up easily. I've not seen that food Tamb but I'd bet it'd be ok if it was canned.

[snickers]

what the hell!

[speckledfrog]

My dog would be in heaven munching on a bone. I'm not so sure how a toothless dog would deal with it.

[speckledfrog]

Jul 8, 2013 12:23:55 GMT -5 @gracie6414 said:

Just coming in to dispell a myth. Dogs can eat raw chicken carcasses. The bones are fine for the and clean their teeth as they chew them up. Cooked are bad. In tambs situation the bone is likely cooked/processed and I wouldn't feed it.

I thought the same thing because I know cooked bones are bad but the quote Tamb posted said it was cooked in a way that made it soft. I'm guessing that it won' splinter if it's soft.   

[bbaggins]

Yeah, that wouldn't be okay.

[lolly]

I found the same thing in a can of Merrick (I think Smothered Comfort flavor lol). It freaked me out too. It was somehow processed so it was really soft and chewable but I tossed it. Ew.

[elleblue]

Jul 8, 2013 12:08:08 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

I thought chicken bones weren't safe even if they were cooked??

They aren't as they frequently splinter and can get lodged in the throat, stomach or intestines.