04-29-2008, 02:46 PM
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 | Chantilly Goldens | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada
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Originally Posted by monomer 
However, I'd like to comment on the fear that these pieces could harm a dog. In looking back at samples I have seen, it is my educated opinion that these pieces, the vast majority of which are less than 0.25", would not cause any harm to a canine. How do I qualify such a resonse, you may ask? I qualify this statement based on what I know to be correct about canine feeding habits. Pet foods are a very refined foodstuff for a dog - the dog (and other carnivores) is designed to consume and digest materials that most other animals could not. I say this both from the standpoint of a nutritionist and as a farmboy who has seen the unsavory side of what dogs actually enjoy eating. This ranges from dead chickens to mice in the field, all the while with a full bowl of good food at the ready. Let us consider what a coyote or wolf eats in the wild. With their massive jaws, a wolf is fully capable of shattering a moose's leg bones, the fragments of which would be well in excess of the fish bone dimensions we are concerned with here. Once the bones are in the stomach, where the pH is extremely acidic, between 1 and 2, the lifespan of the bones is about 1 hour before they are completely dissolved.
| My complaint with this is these small sharp pieces ARE COOKED! Don't compare our domestic dogs to wild wolves. I am almost sure that wolves and coyotes don't mince and cook their bones. Anyways, I will stop complaining I said it once and I will say again "EVO it is"!!! |