Hi CIndy,

Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 RW> Also, I forgot to mention that those poultry bones were *not* cooked
 RW> in any way when hunted by dogs.

CH>  I think wild dogs would just eat the bones... hmm. I'm not sure on
CH> this but the bones when raw are safter? When they're cooked is when
CH> they splinter? hmm.. :)

Yep, the chemical makeup is different after cooking, and hence the bones
more brittle and prone to splinter.

CH>  Yeah. In the wild in the home oh oh but they love those bones :)

 RW> Yep, and I won't deprive her of them.

CH>  It's good. hey wen'ts the last time you had a really good bbque? :)
CH> I've had some really truly gooood bbqe so good you wanna chew the
CH> boens too 

tHere's a place around here, Brad's bbq which is excellent.  Along with a
great rack of ribs, excellent baked beans and some slaw the fries are
great, and if you're so inclined you can get a cold beer served in one of
those frosted mugs.

 RW> Schatze likes those too, we get the big rawhide rolls too for her, all
 RW> sorts of things like that.


CH>  We spoiled our two last weekend. We couldn't find the regular
CH> rawhide boenes we used to get so we tried some vet approved
CH> pork/beef hide bones .... the plain ones don'e measuer up. heh.
WE get those for her occasionally too.

 RW> Yep, but I just give Schatze the raw bones.  I don't know, those
 RW> prepackaged knucklebones you buy might have already been boiled or
 RW> something.  Not sure.

CH>  Could be.. but they look raw. We haven't bought any in long time.
CH> Couldn't find them at the stores we went to in FW but the stores
CH> here have them so we'll try it sometiem when they can chew
CH> outside.... (when it's cooler out)
wE let her have them wherever she wants them.  sHE loves them.  sHe's got
them hidden all over the house.

 RW> I've heard that, but don't know as much about the small breeds.  I've

CH>  Some of them have lots of food allergies. ESP the Shih Tzu. Not all
CH> mind you but those of friends of mine, and ours does.

 RW> owned DOberman mixes SHepherd mixes and ROtts as an adult. I know my
 RW> sister when I was a kid had that Pomeranian mix that had the tender
 RW> gut.

CH>  Yup. Has to do with their short GI track IIRC from a shih tzu site
CH> I  visited awhile ago trying to find out more about my Cosmo.

I wouldn't doubt that.  My sister's pom could only have one of those gaines
burger things a day. Anything else gave her the runs real bad.  WHen I had
to care for her I used to have to throw her in an old kiddie wading pool we
had once in awhile to give her a bath.  That long coat and the stuff got
caught in it stinks.

 RW> I think it's a combination of both.  Pack conditioning, and hoping. 
 RW> Schatze sure exhibits that behavior.
Re:  human food and behavior:

CH>  Yeah that is often it isn't it. A combination of factors. not just
CH> one thing. :)

I"ve always believed that as well.

Regards,
           Richard
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