To ask you to settle a 'discussion' please. Can you feed dogs cooked bones?

[AtYourCervix]

Specifically a beef shin bone.

Raw bones are advised over cooked bones as cooked bones are more likely to splinter. I wouldn't feed my dogs a cooked bone.

My dog always had a gnaw on the Sunday roast lamb leg.

Beef shin I would yeah. Never chicken bones, but a big bone like that I would, not a professional in any way though so.....

I raw feed so regularly feed bones and would NEVER feed a cooked bone. 99% of the horror stories wheeledout about operarations and dead dogs to try and put people off raw feeding turn out to be cooked not raw. Raw bones are soft and digestable. Cooked bones are brittle and sharp and splinter into shards.

But even for raw feeder the only bones usually advised against are weight bearing cattle bones as they are too dense.

Cows and pigs ears are far more dangerous than bones. Our dogs have always had cooked lamb and beef bones with no issues. Never pork or chicken though.

I had to learn the hard way to avoid cooked bones . It was painful (for him) and expensive (for me).

Yes? No? Maybe?

I need a definative Yes or No!

I'd feed raw over cooked any day. I've given my terriers raw and cooked bones and they've been fine, but friends with lots more experience of dogs reckon you should only give raw bones.

No to cooked pork and chicken bones as they can splinter. Beef and lamb bones cooked are fine.

I'm not a professional though, just what we have been told by others.....

No. All of the professionals who advocate raw feeding say raw bones only, not cooked.

No, only raw ones (including raw chicken bones).

No to any cooked bones.

No - only raw.

Only raw bones ever and never any weight bearing bones as they are too dense and can sheer.

So, no beef shin bone

No.

No.

Only raw bones.

this is what i have been told:raw bones will soften in the stomach but cooked bones don't. That means splinters can therefore puncture the intestines as the pass through.

No, they splinter and are dangerous. Stick to raw

the consensus is no then.

HA!

I was right.

have operated on so many dogs i cant count them; having eaten cooked bones which get stuck/perforate intenstines

have heard people say that large beef/lamb bones are ok...but these have been amongst the culprits IME, although chicken bones are definitely the worst offenders

I would vote NO, never

Exactly what Captchaos said - never cooked, and never weight bearing bones, coked or not.

No to any type of bone.
We learnt the hard way - it was a knuckle bone.

Please don't feed tour dog bones; there's plenty of nice, safe chews out there