How long to keep a bone?

• How long to keep a bone? NicoleS Posted : 1/23/2007 6:27:04 PM I bought Sammy some beef "soup bones" this weekend and have been allowing him to chew on it for about 20 mintues a day.  The expiration date on the package / sell by date was tomorrow.  Today, he finished off the last of the meat/marrow that was there and it's only the hollow bone left.  Should I toss the bone by the sell by date?  Or can we keep it around to let him chew more on it?  Now that there's no meat or marrow left I can let him chew longer, I just don't want anything to go bad or something..  Oh, and if it matters, I only let him chew for a short while on it before cuz I wasn't sure how he would react to the marrow - I thought I read somewhere that it might too rich for some dogs at first? LIKE 4 REPLIES 207 VIEWS LAST POST HOUNDLOVE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• denise m Posted : 1/23/2007 7:30:33 PM The rule in my house is if I stub my toe six times, the bone goes in the garbage. Kobi actually has a large shank bone that he has been rotating from inside to outside for over 2 years. If there is no marrow or meat left on the bone there really isn't an expiration. Just watch if it gets chewed down too much and it looks like the bone is breaking off. Some dogs can chock on the bone fragments or they can get lodged in the digestive tract. edited to add: I just scoop some of the marrow out of the bone if I think it's too much. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• NicoleS Posted : 1/23/2007 8:34:12 PM Thanks for the reply!   I tried to scoop out some marrow, but the spoon didn't fit well and I was lazy about it, so I just took it away after he got out a decent amount.   Good to know that I don't have to worry about taking the bone away for awhile, maybe I'll even refill it with other yummies or something. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jennie_c_d Posted : 1/24/2007 3:18:07 PM I tried to scoop out some marrow, but the spoon didn't fit well and I was lazy about it, so I just took it away after he got out a decent amount. Try a butter knife[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• houndlove Posted : 1/24/2007 3:31:07 PM Yes butter knife, yes toe stubbing/tripping. I just last week finally threw out an old marrow bone that had been fully stripped because it was developing a crack in it. I think we'd had it since Christmas. Once they clean the bones up totally, I just start filling them with other things. Pieces of bread is a popular one. Smear some blue cheese around the inside. Peanut butter, natural balance food roll, whatever I've got laying around. I think right now we've got at least 5 cleaned bones rolling around the house in various places. I pick them up and inspect them every now and then to make sure they're not cracking. Also, the extra marrow out of a bone makes a dynamite, and thoroughly disgusting, addition to any Kong filling you may be doing. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login