Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen: >>Be careful giving poultry bones to the dog. If the dog crushes the bone >>and swallows a part of it, the splintered bone can get lodged in the throat >>or intestines and require surgery. > >I never understood this. Don't dogs eat birds in the wild? > >What did wild dogs do before Iams came to their rescue? Most wild dogs don't eat cooked bones. Raw bones are fine. Cooked bones are more apt to splinter and cause problems. Wild dogs (as opposed to just feral domestic ones) also have a different digestive system. They can gorge on several pounds of raw meat with no ill effect. A domestic dog may eat itself to death by ingesting too much raw meat at one time. -- Eric http://canid.com/