Can I give my dog smoked turkey drumstick bones that used to make soup?

I know you’re not supposed to give chicken bones to dogs, because they can shatter into sharp pieces and choke your dog, as well as injure the dog’s stomach and digestive tract, causing it to bleed. I’m sure it’s the same with turkey bones. They can splinter and pose a risk too.

If you have a small dog, and the turkey bone is huge and hard, it might be okay, because I don’t think a tiny pooch and break it. He’ll just gnaw on it. But I wouldn’t give it to a larger dog.

That’s right, don’t give bird bones to dogs. And the ones that have been cooked are even more dangerous. T-bones might be ok but you might want to watch them while they have it, but better to be safe than sorry and pass on all bones really. Plenty of other goodies you can treat your dog with. Knowing what vets charge it could cost into the thousands to repair a dog’s guts.

Thank guys. I’m new to this dog thing and I knew about chicken bones but these turkeysaurus bones just looked so big, but, I wanted to ask first. They’re going in the trash right now. And, those vet bills? I wouldn’t even be able to see them, because my eyes would be swollen shut from the crying, if I had caused my dog that kind of suffering. Note to self: No bird bones, you bird brain!

If your making a soup and have some spare carrots, these make excellent treats for.dogs and.are.low.calorie too!!!

I’ll have to remember the carrots; that’s good to know. But none this time. I just put the turkey, some onions and some leeks in.

No cooked bones or any sort are recommended. But raw is great. My dogs love raw turkey wings. Google Raw and BARF diets for dogs. And remember healthy dogs eat real food! :-)

As I understand it, if the bones are raw, it’s not a problem, because they don’t shatter. Doesn’t prevent other issues such as swallowing too large a piece though.

Poultry (bird) bones of any kind are different from other species bones because they have to be light to allow flight. Therefore, they tend to splinter when crunched by a dog. No bird bones of any kind for your pets.

No cooked bones. They splinter.

No. They’re cooked and cooked poultry bones are dangerous. Raw ones are safe though.

I heard apparently you can only give a dog bones only if they are raw or frozen.

On the other hand even giving them bones from the store can lead to worms it happened to my dog.

I heard raw eggs are ok..I gave my dogs raw eggs for years cuz I heard that eggs are good for their skin and coat. Guess what apparently they are not and it can actually work opposite and give them skin problems. The vet also said, I could give my dog E-coli and salmonella poisoning..

I say if your really wondering just ask your vet and if not, just don’t do it, that will probably save you a lot of hassle. My dog now has intestinal issues
which I think are from food she has eaten that we gave to her.

I generally don’t give my dog human food at all, though she ate a good bit of my Jarlsberg the other night because I forgot that I left it in a grocery bag on the floor. Wasn’t too happy about that! Because it was a lot of cheese for a dog and Jarslberg is kind of expense and I was really kind of looking forward to eating it myself.

I just had all these bones left over. But @Adirondackwannabe‘s explanation, about bird’s having to have lighter bones for flight, so they tend to shatter… well duh! One of those things that never occurred to me, but now, of course, seems obvious.

The only bones she gets are ones I buy at the pet store that are specifically for dogs. Aren’t they O.K.? And she only gets them when she’s inside so I can generally keep an eye on her. And usually she just eats everything off the bone and then she’s done. I did get one recently though, like a cow’s ankle or knee bone or something, I’m not sure, that she’s been chewing on even after she’s eaten “the good stuff” off of it.

The problem is that she’s a puppy, a little over 8 months and she’s a real chewer and I’m always trying to find alternatives for her to chew on besides my shoes, reading glasses, plastic hair bands and wireless mouse. :-) And she’s very picky, and also kind of moody and capricious when it comes to chewing and chews. Even when I find a rubber, or rope or some kind of chew for her, like deer feet, or even the shoes I have simply surrendered to her, she likes them for a while, then won’t chew on them any more, then decides she likes them again. It’s very frustrating.

@lillycoyote – raw meaty bones are the answer. It’s the natural way, the way of coyotes and wolves and dingos. Real food is also the natural way and that usually means human food or lower quality human food recycled as pet food.

@rooeytoo I know you’re a big proponent of a natural diet for dogs and I have looked into some of the things you have talked about on this thread and others, like the BARF diet. That one has made me wish, for the first time, that there actually were such a thing as animal psychics. I’d be very curious to know if dogs think that’s funny or whether they would have preferred that humans had come up with an acronym other than BARF. :- ) But to be honest, I have had cats my whole life and Lizzie is my first dog; there is a lot to learn and right now and I’m concentrating on making sure that I don’t give her something or that she doesn’t get into something that will kill her. The reason I don’t give her human food now is that still I don’t know all the ins and outs of what she can and cannot have, and what quantities she can consume of the stuff she can have. Providing a purely natural diet, what you say is the optimal diet for a dog, well that I may do in time, but for now I am feeding her commercially produced dog food, this stuff, from Buffalo Blue. I don’t give her canned food. Maybe I should, I don’t know. But I am interested in all that you have to say about dogs. You know a lot about them and care about them very much. :- )

@lillycoyote – it sounds good, but I am a fanatic about this and I admit it so you can take it with a grain of salt if you wish! :-) I just don’t like feeding my dogs stuff that doesn’t look like what it is supposed to be or that doesn’t rot if you let it sit on the window sill for a couple of days. I try not to eat stuff like that myself either because I know it is full of preservatives, etc.

I’m glad you don’t get annoyed with me, I do mean well!!!

@rooeytoo You never annoy me! Plus, you are the beloved companion of Town Dog, a dog who is not afraid to stand up to sea monsters, which makes Town Dog a pretty darn good dog, in my book. And if you are good enough for Town Dog, you are certainly good enough for me. :-)

And, as I mentioned, Lizzie is my first dog and I have a lot to learn. I listen to everyone who knows more about dogs than I do.

@lillycoyote Try the rawhide chews. They come in various sizes, so you can adjust the size for your dog. My dogs loved to chew on things and those kept them out of trouble, usually.

if your dog is mitivated by food and loves to chew, the try a kong they keep your dog occupied and they think they are getting a treat, and as it is full of dog food you aren’t giving them anything they shouldn’t have!
Well done for being a responsible pet owner and making sure you are doing what is right by your pet. Any major doubts about chewing or diet do ask your vet :) GOOD LUCK with the chewing!!

@Adirondackwannabe and @sakura

I’ve tried rawhide chews. She seems to see them as toys. She will carry them around in her mouth, and sometimes brings one when she gathers up some of her toys to have on the bed, but she won’t really chew on them.

And I have tried a Kong. She just eats the treats out of the inside of it and after that, it doesn’t interest her.

I’ve tried just about every possible chew thing, rubber, soft chew toys, rope, animal parts, rawhide, and she’s really just moody or something. Any of the chews she likes will interest her for a while and then not interest her at all until she’s interested in them again:-).

The best luck I’ve had is with the Jones Chews variety pack and pig ears, she really likes those, but she goes through the pig ears pretty quickly and I don’t want to give her too many.

It sounds like your puppy is a chewer, I don’t know what else to advise! I wish @dog was still around! :)

The breeder where I got my dog advised that I have plenty of chew substitutes to trade with puppy when I catch her chewing on things. In my case I had a few green tree branches that were 1–2” in diameter x about a foot long. They don’t seem to have much of an attention span so it was easy to trade with her and she just went to town on the wood pieces and didn’t think too much about it. I think the wood should be fresh cut so it will be more fibrous and not dry to the point of splintering. I know those little puppy teeth are sharp as needles.

@woodcutter I’d be concerned with the dog getting used to chewing on wood. That might backfire with some dogs.