Timeline for Are rawhide bones or natural raw bones potentially dangerous for a dog?
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| Apr 17, 2014 at 14:30 | comment | added | Beth Lang | Yes the pre - split are more likely but I have had the other split on their own too. I wonder if the ones that have split are processed in some way that makes them more susceptible but I don't know that. | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 14:22 | comment | added | Alex A. | @BethWhitezel: I appreciate you sharing your experience with antlers. I'll try raw bones next time. It seems to me that pre-split antlers (with the marrow exposed) would split much more easily than whole antlers. Which were you using? | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 14:19 | comment | added | Alex A. | @JamesJenkins: I've never given a dog a rawhide so I can't attest to whether they can actually splinter, it's just what I've heard. They're supposed to be chewy, but I guess if one is dry enough I could imagine it splintering. | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 10:43 | comment | added | James Jenkins | Can you expand on how a rawhide would splinter? This seem counter intuitive. | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 6:32 | comment | added | Beth Lang | I like antlers as well but they are not immune to splitting. Most don't but I have had a couple that shattered in an odd way that make me wary of letting them chew antlers unsupervised. I like raw or smoked bones much better. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 19:54 | history | answered | Alex A. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |