Brody is sick
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I am so relieved for you !!! Good going Brody ! As to bones .... I've given them for over 50 years . Yes, in the old days some were cooked . For the last 20 years raw . Dogs are different . I have at this moment 4 old bones removed of marrow etc..... just bone . Ollie may work on them once or twice a week ....He doesn't get much off of them ... mainly cleans his teeth . If I hear a " Crunch " I inspect . It really depends on your dog and the bone .
OH good, I don't know how I missed this thread either until now but I'm so glad that I caught the tail end with the good news!!!!
I'm leery of giving bones that I haven't personally bought myself from a local butcher, but I still would have given Brody that same bone. Nature's Variety is a pretty good quality company, though buying from a third source I'm not sure about. But still, most of us would have done the same thing and it seems like it's all turning out for the best!!!
I too don't quite understand how raw bone would have clumped together like cement...stomach acid is pretty strong and non-weight bearing bones are more spongy than anything.
I'm leery of giving bones that I haven't personally bought myself from a local butcher, but I still would have given Brody that same bone. Nature's Variety is a pretty good quality company, though buying from a third source I'm not sure about. But still, most of us would have done the same thing and it seems like it's all turning out for the best!!!
I too don't quite understand how raw bone would have clumped together like cement...stomach acid is pretty strong and non-weight bearing bones are more spongy than anything.
I bought the bone from a local store. I guess it being split just allowed him to be able to eat it. About it clumping together like cement the vet said something about the lime and the calcium in the bone.
I don't know if I was really hearing everything they were saying at the time. I am so worried right now. I can't sleep or eat I am just sick over this. I am worried about him getting depressed since he has never been away from home. I hope all of it has passed and he can come home but I don't know if they would release him right away.
I don't know if I was really hearing everything they were saying at the time. I am so worried right now. I can't sleep or eat I am just sick over this. I am worried about him getting depressed since he has never been away from home. I hope all of it has passed and he can come home but I don't know if they would release him right away.
Nefarious and Herschel: I gave my old labbie Nylabones all the time, but I just got a golden puppy, and her new vet was very specific about not giving her Nylabones or any other very hard bones, nothing but rubber, like Kongs. She said a really aggressive chewer could shear off her teeth gnawing on them, and that she saw it a lot in her practice. That wasn't something I'd even considered as being a problem. I have to say, though, that Molly, my old lab, did break three teeth over the years, which then had to be extracted. (None which I could trace to bones). Her teeth were awful, though, despite brushing, Hexoral rinse and twice a year cleanings.
Go figure. Probably each dog is different. The books I have on goldens all recommend Nylabones as being good for hard chewers. To be on the safe side, I probably won't give Phaidra any of them. Honestly, though, I think it's probably a crapshoot; growing up, none of my dogs had problems with knuckle bones, the kind my mom used in soup. I think it's most likely safe 99.99% of the time, and every once in a long while, you just get unlucky. I had to quit giving Molly rawhide chew chips because as soon as she got them softened, she'd try to swallow them whole. After the third time I had to reach down her throat and pry them off the back of her tongue (eww)....no more chips.
I'm so glad Brody's doing better, goldiefur, and we'll keep praying for him (and you)! Count me in if you need a paypal donation to help out with the vet bills.
Kitty
Go figure. Probably each dog is different. The books I have on goldens all recommend Nylabones as being good for hard chewers. To be on the safe side, I probably won't give Phaidra any of them. Honestly, though, I think it's probably a crapshoot; growing up, none of my dogs had problems with knuckle bones, the kind my mom used in soup. I think it's most likely safe 99.99% of the time, and every once in a long while, you just get unlucky. I had to quit giving Molly rawhide chew chips because as soon as she got them softened, she'd try to swallow them whole. After the third time I had to reach down her throat and pry them off the back of her tongue (eww)....no more chips.
I'm so glad Brody's doing better, goldiefur, and we'll keep praying for him (and you)! Count me in if you need a paypal donation to help out with the vet bills.
Kitty
I'm so glad Brody's alright!!!!! I too only ever give raw bones from my butcher. I won't even give them from the gracery store LOL My butchers gives me HUGE bones whereas from my grocery, they tend to be on the smaller side. Not too small to give to the boys but smaller than what I get from my butcher.
I just got off the phone with the desk clerk and she said he is doing fine he has no infection and she said every time they do the enemas he is passing bones. So everything is working! They had an emergency with another dog so they could not do the x rays so I have to call back around noon. If he has no more in him he may be able to:hail: come home. I hope and pray to GOD that all of it has passed. I would hate to have to leave him there all weekend.
I hope and pray to GOD that all of it has passed. I would hate to have to leave him there all weekend.