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The Laird brought a big Knuckle Bone back for Dageus this Morning. He's certainly enjoying it. .....Not that he'll be getting many of them.

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He's a fine looking dog Roxy. The bone should keep him happy for sometime, it's almost as big as himself

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I'm always in a quandry when it comes to bones. We used to get those huge bones for our Labrador at one time but he was always "off colour" when he's had one. Our vet at that time told us never to give raw bones at all and since then other vets have always told us, no bones. Funnily enough that was one of the first things the vet asked me the other day when we first took ChoCho after she became ill.

I have always known of course never to give lamb bones etc, but I did once presume the big knuckle bones were okay, now seemingly not. Perhaps vets are just over cautious these days, I honestly don't know.

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This is a Cooked Bone....I'd not have let him have it raw. I only give the Dogs a Bone occasionally in the Summer (outside) as a Treat. If this upsets him in anyway it'll be his first and last. .......Kind of a Test Run

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Sorry Roxy, I didn't mean to imply in any way that you would give Dageus raw bones. It truly is that I do find it confusing with what is okay to give and what isn't. These days there are so many pet treats, pigs ears, those hide bone things that go all sticky, etc etc, it's difficult to know what is good and what isn't. I once gave Bubbles (our past little Pomeranian) one of those coloured chew sticks, oh she was so ill afterwards. The vet told me never ever to give the dogs anything that was coloured at all. I suppose animals are no different to people and all react differently to different foods.

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No No...I didn't take it that way at all, Doona Fash Yerself lol
Pigs Ears is a Thing I avoid, but I do give Deer Antler, it lasts for ages and makes no mess. Keeps the Teeth White too. I think it's trial and Error as you say every Dog reacts differently.

http://www.bigdogworld.co.uk/product...a_large_tst002

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Deer antlers.........that's a new one to me, I don't think I've seen or heard of that before. We used to find them in the park when I was a child but I never knew they were actually used for anything, other than hanging over doors.

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I never heard of them before either,have seen them of course but not for dogs.

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They are readily available up here, if you check the red link in my last post it'll show you.
These are the Two I got for Dageus, I got them a couple of Days before I got him back in Late May.

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Dageus is beautiful, is he a Labradoodle?