Re: [PyrNet-L] Re: Pyrenees en guarde

["Tracy Bassett" <espinay@dynamite.com.au>]

<< I'm usually pretty relaxed about my dogs being dogs.  Maybe it is because
I've been doing my pre-med work and am going into medicine, my instincts in
regard to meat, is to sterilize, sanatize and cook! ........  I have one
other question about the carrion though. What about the bones?  I know beef
bones are probably okay, but fowl bones are known to shatter.  How do you,
or the dogs, handle the bones? >>Brandy

I think if we all knew about the wonderful micrscopic life living in our
food, none of us would eat anything! LOL!  It reminds me of a trip to Borneo
a few years ago.  One of the people I was travelling with was a Lab Tech who
was VERY concerned about bacteria (said she had seen it all under her
microscope and didn't want any of it thank you!).  She spent the whole trip
wiping every surface with med wipes, sterilising everything and not eating
any of the local food/drinks from the markets if she could help it etc.  The
rest of us were fairly relaxed about what we ate and drank (basic
precautions is all).  Interestingly enough, she was the only person to get
sick!!!!

As for chicken bones, my dogs have been eating raw chicken
wings/necks/backs/carcasses for about 5 years now.  I have never had a
problem.  I know many many people who also feed them without problem.  Raw
chicken bones can actually be softer and easier for a dog to digest than
beef/lamb etc.  Remember also that dogs have a much higher acid content in
their stomach than we do - it is built to digest things like this.  Cooked
chicken bones on the other hand are a totally different matter.  These
should NEVER be fed to a dog.  Cooked chicken bones (all cooked bones) are
brittle and hard.  These are the bones that will shatter.

Tracy Bassett
Canberra, Australia
espinay@dynamite.com.au
visit my webpage at http://members.dynamite.com.au/espinay/index.htm