Good bone to give to dog?

[ManBearPig]

Yeah, I have an 7-8lb miniature dachshund, sometimes I'll give her some of the munchy rolls and things to chew on, but really her favorite is her small red kong toy with either peanut butter or the kong brand treats inside. She'll go at that thing for hours, gives her something to do without always needing attention, and works her brain a little bit too.

Great 5 dollar investment, and the treats are like 50 cents. Obviously bigger dogs will need bigger toys, but the idea is the same.

Link plz

 

[EliteRetard]

I thought this was a discussion on bones (for the purposes of teeth cleaning and/or chew toy), not treats.

This would also serve the purpose of "teeth cleaning" and/or chew toy. It may not last long but it can be very tough/chewy and will be as effective or more so than other options (like rawhide).

If you don't care about the animal and let your dog chew on shit 24/7 that's your problem.

 

[mvbighead]

I thought this was a discussion on bones (for the purposes of teeth cleaning and/or chew toy), not treats.

The concept of any of this is that anything hard/tough for the dog so that he has to gnaw on it will clean his teeth. I could see a dried out, hardened piece of chicken accomplishing the same thing as a bone. I would also assume that, when added to liquid, it would take back some of its properties as a less hard substance, unlike a bone that will remain quite solid regardless of whether it is submerged or not.

All in all, I'd say that suggestion seems like one of the safer options available.

For me, I don't have an issue with throwing my dog a T-bone every once in a while, but largely I just give them large milk bones from time to time. Maybe not as effective as some things, but there is very little worry in using them:
http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Bone-Larg...ords=milk+bone

Walmart generally sells this quantity for about 10-12 bucks, and freshening breath is listed right on the box. Not the perfect solution, but is a safe and marginally effective measure to improve the health of your dog's teeth.

 

[Chapbass]

Link plz

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2750604&lmdn=Dog+Toys&f=PAD/psNotAvailInUS/No

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3206968&lmdn=Dog+Toys&f=PAD/psNotAvailInUS/No

Or from Amazon, the stuffing in larger quantities:


http://www.amazon.com/Kong-Toy-Sm-3-In/dp/B0002AR15U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359067268&sr=8-1


http://www.amazon.com/Puppy-StuffN-Z...ff%27N+Ziggies

http://www.amazon.com/Puppy-StuffN-Z...ff%27N+Ziggies


Edit: You're right Ns1, I suppose this isn't so much for teeth cleaning, but still useful in a thread like this I think.

 

[Ns1]

The concept of any of this is that anything hard/tough for the dog so that he has to gnaw on it will clean his teeth. I could see a dried out, hardened piece of chicken accomplishing the same thing as a bone.

We used to do the chicken treats thing that EliteRetard is suggesting and they are anything BUT hard and tough. They have the durability of greenies, which is to say they are not durable at all and about as effective as a milkbone. Maybe we just didn't bake them the right way for them to become hard and tough.

YMMV, just IMO.

 

[DrPizza]

The butcher slices the leg bones up into roughly 1" long to 3 or even 4" long pieces. I usually buy packs of the 1" long pieces with plenty of marrow inside them. The dogs absolutely love them as treats. I don't look at it as something for the dog to chew so much as a replacement for dog treats. Hell, pound per pound, they're cheaper than dog treats too (and not made in China, and not linked to recalls where 100's of dogs died from some chemical that's not supposed to be in them.)

Every once in a while, we go through the house, especially under the bed, and remove all the dog bones. Dozens of them. (We average about 1-2 bones per day.)

 

[EliteRetard]

Yeah dried chicken is like beef jerky...it can be fairly soft or it can be tough as heck. It does depend on how you cook it, how much fat etc. Still will only take a minute or so for a big dog to gnaw down the toughest stuff...but if the objective is to scrape teeth clean I think this would work as well as anything else, with less potential damage.

A proper carnivores diet makes a big difference too...