Knuckle bone

 Mine eat knuckle bones. They are the end part of the weight baring bone (the part that you normally get), and do contain marrow, on the inside. The outside is mostly tendons with a bit of meat. They are much, much softer than the hard, straight, marrow bones.

 Dyan I give Bugsy knuckle bones regularly - it is entirely consumable but since it is so large and it is his first let him chew if for a bit eating a chunk and then put the remainder in a ziploc and refreeze. 

BTW I give it to Bugsy frozen he doesn't care

And it may take a bit longer to come out the other end  and his poop will be very light colored dependent on how much you allow him to eat!

Is it possible to get the marrow out of them before I give it to him?   You know... I am talking BIG, its 4 lbs.   maybe I should not have gotten the whole thing...or I wonder if next time I should have them cut it in half?????  I mean really.... he already has a funny stomach although never saw him have problems with the bones I give him now.  BUT he doesn't really eat them.

I'm not sure if you'll be able to scrape marrow out of it.  Our guys eat them as well, but I usually let them do it over a series of chews.  I usually give them for 20-30 minutes at a time, & refreeze them when their time is up.

Four pounds should be a good size for Gibby.  I use 3-4 pounders for all of our big dogs, & halves for the little guys. 

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I'm not sure if you'll be able to scrape marrow out of it.  Our guys eat them as well, but I usually let them do it over a series of chews.  I usually give them for 20-30 minutes at a time, & refreeze them when their time is up.

Four pounds should be a good size for Gibby.  I use 3-4 pounders for all of our big dogs, & halves for the little guys. 

Well its good to know that size is good for him..... but its not good to know that I can't get the marrow out.... I really don't want him getting diarrhea...... I've had enough problems with him and his tummy.   But I will time him....wonder what kind of damage he can do on about 30 minutes?    Now...I don't ever refreeze them.....but I guess I could. I really don't want to give it to him two days in a row... but I have rinsed them off and threw them in the fridge in a plastic bag.  

Do your freeze them again even if you are giving them to your dogs the next day?

Why am I nervous about this silly bone????

I toss them in a ziploc & refreeze them every time.  I would be far more worried about something, bacteria wise, growing on them when they were sitting there thawed, than I would frozen.  I would not give my dogs bones that are thawed, but that's just me.

In my experience, most dogs won't go straight for the marrow, so they usually get a good mix of bone & marrow.  Bone usually firms everything up.  That being said, marrow is like crack to Shooter.  He will focus entirely on getting it out without chewing the bone at all.  He's the only one that we have that does that though.  None of my guys have any issues with eating marrow, so I've never had to worry about that.

Okay...........so I gave him the bone this morning. I cut off the fat ( I think---since I am not really sure what is what ) and left on some stuff that seemed like the cartilage, there was a tiny bit of meat attached to it. I really didn't see any marrow because it was just the big round bone...it was cut before the part that goes into the marrow bone.   I gave it to him on a blanket behind me while I read the paper. I set the timer for 25 min.  then when it went off....I set it for another 10.  He still seemed to be working hard at it.  I didn't want him to get too much junk off of it at one time...but then he is used to gnawing on the marrow bones for probably an hour or so, so I didn't want to take it too soon. I rinsed it and put it back in the freezer....for a few days from now.   I was so happy...he did good. Didn't do anything dangerous...actually I hear more sounding like he is going to break a tooth with the marrow bones....because he can get them in his mouth better. I took the rest and it still had some stuff he could pull off of it ( I was SHOCKED that he didn't destroy it more than he did )
BUT......... I came up here to report that he did excellent.... wonderful! But...........while I was signing in,,,I heard him scratching at the front door, something he usually doesn't do this soon after going out for the morning. Took him out where he did the biggest dump ( after going already this morning ) with the last half getting softer and softer......YUK!  Of course DH is yelling at me...."geez oh man..you know he has a touchy stomach and your giving him stuff like that!!!"
Gosh.........now this is kind of what I was afraid of. When I gave a long rib bone ( with meat ) to Bubby one day...she had diarrhea for days.

Try giving him the whole thing, but take it away after a few so he cannot just consume the whole thing in one sitting. Also, freezing helps delay the consumption process because the meat is harder. 

Rusty gets the whole kuckle bone, meat and fat.  Never a problem.  It is great for keeping teeth clean too

dyan

Took him out where he did the biggest dump ( after going already this morning ) with the last half getting softer and softer......YUK!  Of course DH is yelling at me...."geez oh man..you know he has a touchy stomach and your giving him stuff like that!!!"

Well so far....that is the only time he went.....it was almost as though the bone went right thru him.   He had a regular lunch at about 12..... and he is fine since.    So hopefully his stool will be back to normal.

 I wouldn't worry too much - the chewing can 'stimulate' things if you know what I mean

kpwlee

the chewing can 'stimulate' things if you know what I mean

You mean the mere fact of CHEWING????  Wow!

Well though...so far so good. He has had lunch and dinner and hasn't had any problems so I'm happy. And his big bone is in the freezer for another go round in a couple of days.

dyan

You mean the mere fact of CHEWING????  Wow!

 Definitely! Digestion starts in the mouth My girls like Nylabones, and they'll poop after they've had a good chew on the big Gallileo. All three of them chew it, and haven't made a dent in it, yet (it's not big enough for Gibby, I wouldn't say, but plenty big for the girls).

I'm glad he liked it so much! I give mine split knuckles, and they love them!

I give nuckle bones to all 8 of my dogs and very seldom do I have to worry about them getting the poops.  The marrow doesn't seem to affect them all that much.  Knock on wood!  I give them the straight marrow bones with the marrow still in them regularly and same thing.