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re: My son gave our dog pork rib bones. What are the chances this is going to hurt her?

Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:20 pm to
Posted by GetmorewithLes
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:20 pm to
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Now, I have always heard you cant feed your dog any cooked bones, but I know that this same dog has eaten an entire rotisserie chicken carcass after the main parts (breast, wings, legs and thighs) had been taken off. Didn't hurt her. But I know these rib bones are much more stout than chicken bones.

Is the vet about to raid my wallet?


I used to feed my old dog baby back rib bones often and never thought anything of it. He devoured them completely and no problems.

Now, fast forward to today I have my daughter's dog on long term babysitting because she is travelling too much to keep him right now. So i recently saw the recommendation that you dont feed dogs cooked bones and now I feel like he will die if I give him one. I did give him one not too long ago and he ate it, no issues.
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
24935 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:26 pm to
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same dog has eaten an entire rotisserie chicken carcass after the main parts (breast, wings, legs and thighs) had been taken off. Didn't hurt her

Just because it didn’t once doesn’t mean you should do this

You shouldn’t feed cooked bones to dogs
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:35 pm to
Maybe call a vet and not a message board full of morons
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:38 pm to
I was duck hunting in Mississippi one time and after the hunt one of the dogs was dragging his butt around on the grass and the guide walked over and stuck his boot on something sticking out of the dogs butt. The dog continued scooting away and a whole Walmart bag emerged from his butt. The day before some of the guys had caught and cleaned a bunch of crappie. They had put the entrails and left over fish parts in a Walmart bag and the dog had gotten to it and swallowed it whole. Damn thing passed all the way through him.
Posted by High C
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:38 pm to
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:55 pm to
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good dogs are hard to find. get rid of the kid and try again


Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
15136 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:57 pm to
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We had a BBQ for my FIL's birthday Sunday. I smoked ribs and grilled chicken. I came home hoping polish off the ribs and there were only 2 ribs left.

There was like half a rack left last night so I asked my son if he ate some for lunch. He did, but he said he gave the dog a couple because he got full. Now, I have always heard you cant feed your dog any cooked bones, but I know that this same dog has eaten an entire rotisserie chicken carcass after the main parts (breast, wings, legs and thighs) had been taken off. Didn't hurt her. But I know these rib bones are much more stout than chicken bones.

Is the vet about to raid my wallet?
Tell your husband that you may need a Midol and a super absorbent pad. It's obviously your time of the month.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:02 pm to
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greygoose

Speaking of husbands, this you?
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blows hard, and is very quiet. We use it in the house at night, then take it outside on the weekends and use the mister.
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
3466 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:10 pm to
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She has eaten everything from chocolate to raw rabbit, so I think she will be fine.

That's great for her.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
57108 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:10 pm to
My dad had a lab and ran a campground. That lab ate everything - BBQ chickens, pork, beef, beans - anything that people cooked while camping. He never had a problem. Can’t ascertain much from a sample size of one but that’s a data point.

One day when he was about 10 years old he disappeared into the woods, as he always did, and never came back. We figured alligator, moccasin, or killed in a dog fight. But that dog had a great life. Never penned up and 100’s of acres of woods and rivers.
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:11 pm to
Pork rib bones are fine for a dog.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
5602 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:28 pm to
Did you go look for him at least? Sounds like he had a great life, but sad ending.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:28 pm to
A dogs stomach acid is going to take care of those bones.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
35085 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:33 pm to
I give our dog at least two every time i smoke ribs
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:34 pm to
Pork bones are ok
Posted by AaronDeTiger
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:34 pm to
Tha frick?
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I have always heard you cant feed your dog any cooked bones
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
2205 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:34 pm to
A vet would say that any cooked bones are at risk of splintering but our German Shepherd used to eat a rib bone like a potato chip and never had any problems.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
21613 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:35 pm to
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If you can't give a dog a rib bone, then you have a pet. Not a dog.


This is such a douche, try hard comment
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
8657 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:41 pm to
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Is the vet about to raid my wallet?


Probably not.

During a routine tune-up, the vet said our Aussie would need her teeth cleaned the next time I brought her in. Since that entailed sedating her, I tried another approach. I started saving rib bones and giving them to her, along with the blade bones from a butt.

The next time I took her in, the vet looked at her teeth and asked me where I had them cleaned. Told her I didn't, just started giving her pork bones. The dog was happy, her teeth were clean, and it saved me money.

I did stop giving them to her during her last 6-8 months because she was having trouble digesting everything.
Posted by Kneereaux
Member since Jan 2019
302 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:45 pm to
I have a German Shepard. All I know is that every time I give him bones he throws em' back up. So no more bones.
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