Raw vs. Cooked Bones for Dogs
Eo’s favorite treat is also something that she can chew on. In fact, her favorite treat happens to be bones and rawhides.
For rawhides, I’ve found that grocery store brands are sometimes the best. The rawhide from HEB grocers (Hill Country Fare brand) are much better than the ones you get at PetCo / PetSmart — thicker, more tightly rolled, and at $8/bag the’re literally half the price of the ones at PetSmart.
For bones, it’s important that you do NOT buy cooked bones from the grocery store for your dogs. Ask at the meat counter for RAW BONES WITH MEAT STILL ON THEM. Cooked bones are a danger to your dog because they will splinter as the dog chews on them, and the splinters are sharp like little knives — as they make their way through your dog’s digestive system, they’ll make little cuts. Would you feed your dog a handful of little knives? I didn’t think so! Uncooked bones are so much safer and you should be able to buy them by the pound from your butcher.