Advantages

Calcium supplementation

This is a common saying. Although dogs actually supplement themselves with very little calcium by chewing bones, there is still a certain amount of supplementation. Calcium acts.

In fact, the calcium in the bones is difficult to be digested and directly absorbed by the dog's gastrointestinal tract, and 80% of the calcium is excreted directly with the dog's feces.

Teeth cleaning

The benefits are certain. Because when the dog chews bones, it rubs the surface of the teeth, which has a good cleaning effect on its teeth.

You have never seen rural areas or places where dogs are not raised as delicately as we do. Dogs’ teeth are often bright and white because they often have the opportunity to chew big bones and eat hard food.

Promote stool formation

After a dog eats bones, his stool will be drier than usual. If your dog usually has loose stools, try giving it a bone to chew.

But this is a folk remedy passed down from old people. If your dog has diarrhea, you can give it some bones, but if it has difficulty defecating, you should avoid chewing bones.

There are still some disadvantages to dogs eating bones, so there are quite a few things to pay attention to.

Disadvantages

Feed leftover bones to dogs

Although some friends did not intend to feed bones to dogs at first, the dogs will become angry when they see people chewing bone sticks. Being greedy, some laxly trained dogs may take the initiative to ask for food from their owners. At this time, the owners may not be able to refuse their requests.

Dogs will be greedy when they see their owners eating bone sticks

In fact, if they are raw bones, dogs can still eat them occasionally. Although there are not many benefits, at least they can grind their teeth. But try not to feed cooked bones to your dog.

Cooked bones should not be given to dogs

Especially for smaller dogs with small mouths, they will try their best to bite with their molars in order to break the bones, and opening their mouths too wide may cause Dislocated jaw.

Puppies are not suitable for eating bones

So it is not natural for dogs to eat bones. It is just that in the past, poor people raised dogs and were reluctant to give them meat, so they could only feed them with bones that humans do not eat. Dogs, that’s why we have the prejudice that “dogs like to chew bones”.

What bones can dogs eat? It is generally recommended that dogs eat bones from larger animals such as pig bones and cow bones, but not fish bones, chicken bones, birds and other poultry bones. Needless to say about fish bones, some fish bones cannot be shaved off by dogs. The chance of scratching the intestines and stomach is too high. Poultry bones are too thin and will become very sharp when dogs bite them. In addition, some small dogs want to If a bone is swallowed, it will get stuck in the middle of the throat, compress the respiratory tract, and even lead to death.