Panicking about chicken bones-help please!

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Just been out with doggy & he was sniffing in some long grass & I heard a crunch.

Pulled him out & he´d obviously eaten something!

Had a look & there was a carrier bag of bones-chicken I think

Looked like drumsticks.

What do I do?

I put the bag in a nearby bin btw.

The advice goes that dogs should not eat cooked chicken bones.

I bet you would be pushed to find a dog owner whos dog hasn't, especially those who live in a city. My Stafford ate so many he should have rattled.

Keep a close eye on him look out for any blood in his poo, vomiting, constipation/straining, or just seeing to be in pain, but I would imagine he will be perfectly fine.

Thanks-just read online that you should feed white bread?

I´ll keep an eye on him, obviously, just wondered if I actively needed to do anything to lessen any risks, iyswim.

You could do, or some say white rice, but you might just give him diarrhea.

Sorry I didn't mean to sound patronizing by saying 'keep an eye on him', obviously anyone would do that, I was just trying to say that really that is all you do need to do.

Don´t worry, you weren´t patronising!

Hmm, don´t want to risk diarrhoea, so I´ll just keep an eye on him & fingers crossed

Hi when my dog did this, although it was my food recycling bin that was raided, I called the vet who said to give her some bread to pad the bones as they went through her and to keep an eye on her for 24hrs. Luckily for us, she was fine but was very worrying none the less

Will do with the bread, then!

My dogs have done this several times (bin scroungers) and were fine. Fairly big dogs - don't know if the breed matters. Think the 'keeping an eye out' advice is good

He´s a medium sized mongrel, so hopefully made of strong stuff!