Many vets and pet professionals strongly recommend against giving raw hides to dogs. There is no nutritional value to them what so ever, and the process by which they are made does not make them a healthy treat. Any one who has seen a raw hide treat that has been chewed by a dog knows how extremely sticky it becomes and how easily pieces stick to the dog’s roof of the mouth or throat. They routinely get stuck in dog’s throats, cause blockages, and dogs can easily choke on them. Second of all, raw hide products are by a long shot not problem free. The processed raw hide treats are made out of animal hide, that is skin, not bone. That way he’s safe and you don’t waste your money.įirst of all, there is no such thing as “raw hide bone”. But if you have any doubts about a product call your vet, before you give it to your pet. Stores selling pork bones for dogs say they stand behind their products, and say they’re safe. “I really want to get this out there so other people don’t feed their dogs pork bones,” Balzer said. It’s something pet owners like Balzer want changed. The FDA requires pet food products be ‘pure and wholesome’ and ‘truthfully labeled.’īut these federal regulations apply only to the ingredients, not product safety. We found the industry is largely self-regulated.
So why are these potentially dangerous bones still in stores? The FDA investigated and recommended that processed and cooked bones never be given to dogs. “They’re gorging, they’re grabbing, they’re gonna swallow things in one gulp,” he said. He says brittle bones are among the most dangerous because of how dogs eat. Many of these sharp ones can cause perforations or lacerations as they go through.” Fitzgerald said, “and in 30 years I’ve seen a lot of problems with this type of food. Kevin Fitzgerald sees these kinds of injuries on a weekly basis. It took just seconds to send a pork bone splintering into shards.Įmergency vet Dr. And x-rays show several images of where those pieces can end up lodged inside a dogs body. We found dozens of complaints from owners who spent thousands in vet bills, and even lost their dogs, after giving them pork bones. “There was little pieces of the bone in there. “It was actually in the vomit,” Balzer said.
But then his dogs started getting sick, he said. Gene Balzer believed the packaging, which said the pork bones were good for his dog’s Bella and Reggie’s teeth. Some people feel they are better, as they more resemble natural bones.īut a growing number of online complaints list all sorts of injuries that owners blame on these bones. Most dogs chew on rawhide bones, which shred to harmless fiber when chewed.īut many stores are now selling pork bones, and dogs love them. The two are almost inseparable: What dog doesn’t like chewing and then hiding a bone?īut a growing number of vets across the country are raising concerns about a popular dog treat that they say is injuring, even killing some pets: Cooked pork bones.
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