Dogs Chewing on Bones
Given in their raw state, they are like toothbrushes for dogs and cats. With the exercise that is involved in chewing, they improve their jaw structure; they reinforce it and help to lengthen it. My greyhounds have always had exceptionally good snouts, and I know what the reason is: the ideal exercise for the jaw that they do, besides consuming seaweed flour. The bones help activate the salivary glands. For a regular use, it is advisable to use soft bones, or better so the flat bone (from the ribs), because hard bones – the ones with marrow – tend to wear the teeth down. Try to avoid bones that break into splinters easily, the ones that are small enough to be swallowed whole, cooked falconry bones and fish fins that can puncture the intestines and produce death.
Another good food is the head of the lamb, split in two, which you can give your dog quite often, leaving the meat so your dog can get it directly. There is an old recipe that is used for dogs in fox hunting, which consists in boiling a lamb head,, including the hair, and then pouring the warm broth into oat flour. Me personally, I don't give any kind of soup to my dogs or cats because they get their stomach and intestinal channel dirty, but for those who would like to do it, the method mentioned above can be interesting. Lamb brains are very rich in minerals, and dogs love to eat them raw.
The best type of bone for a dog he is the hock (what the ankle is to humans), cut by the butcher. The marrow that a dog can not extract should be extracted with a four and then added to the meat. Bones are to be given only after foods, never when the stomach is empty, as they could puncture the intestines for provoke gases. But remember that is not natural for a dog or cat to eat bones without meat.
Don't leave the bones all over the floor because they attract flies and rodents.
