Vets Warn Dog Owners Of The Dangers Of Marrow Bones

by pawbuzz on in Dogs, Health 147

Dog owners everywhere love to reward their pets by providing them with bones to chew on, but did you know that you could be potentially placing your best friend in serious danger by doing so? Thanks to the good people at Wasson Memorial Veterinary Clinic, we can all learn a valuable lesson about the dangers of giving marrow bones to our pups.

The dog that you’re looking at in this photo is in a world of hurt, as the pet has managed to get a bone lodged over its lower jaw. While this might seem humorous, the situation is actually rather serious and the animal required immediate medical attention as a result of the issue.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident and it seems to be happening on a more and more frequent basis. North York, Canada firefighters were recently contacted about a woman (whose dog’s name is Ginger) who happened to find herself in the exact same predicament.

She stopped at the fire house on her way to the animal hospital and the bone was eventually removed. Once these bones become locked onto the jaw, the fangs are responsible for holding it into place, which makes removal quite challenging in most instances.

The bones can be cut apart, but if that does not work? The dog’s teeth can experience cracking or splitting as a result of this all too common issue. Please choose the bones that you are giving your dog wisely, so that you are potentially placing the animal’s short and long term health in danger.

That’s why this is a story that needs to be shared as soon as possible, with as many people as possible. Let’s band together and do our absolute best to ensure that no dog is ever forced to experience such a frightening and awful ordeal ever again.



147 thoughts on “Vets Warn Dog Owners Of The Dangers Of Marrow Bones”

  3. Jason Bonar

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    So in short, don’t buy ones that they cpuld get caught over their jaw. Hey at least it’s free to post on the internet, nobody would print anything for this silly subject.

  15. Ashley Clews

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    Max won’t even touch them. He smells it and walks away. He won’t chew or eat the dentasticks either and does not even really like toys stuffed animals or balls. He will sometimes play with the stuffed rainbow little monkey, pink baby, ree dog or Nemo but not really. Like 2 mins and he is over it. He loves tearing up paper though hahaha. And he likes playing chase…where we chase him around the house but as soon as he goes under the kitchen table it’s impossible to be able to tag or pick him up….it’s like dog version of playing tag. Lol and even then after 5 mins or less n then he is done and gives kisses or hides under table to be like ok i’m done let’s be friends. Haha

  27. William Anderson

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    Most commercial doggie chews are not good for your dog. Any of you who gives their dogs raw hide chews have no right to complain when they chew your good leather shoes or slippers because you are the one who taught them that it was ok to chew leather.

  42. Sharon Langman

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    It’s hard for the oldies to believe it’s bad having done it all their lives , like I used to give my dogs chocolate before it was dangerous, but media and my daughter has taught me the error of my ways , but some haven’t got these teachers !

  49. Gail Godoy-Diguette

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    This just happened to our Black Mouth Cur puppy, Sophie. Freaked me out! Luckily, I was able to get it off. All my puppies love these bones, but now I get them with small holes, and once they wear them down, they hit the trash!

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