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How to fill hollow bones

Posted : 10/15/2006 11:16:58 PM

We've had a lot of threads on what to fill kongs and hollow bones with. But I'm having trouble actually filling the hollow bones. Today I mixed up some yogurt, peanut butter and bananas, but it's too liquidy to put in the bones. I froze the yogurt first, but it just souped up when I mixed it. I've tried freezing the mixture, but then it's too hard and icy to fill the bones with. Anyone have any good tips?

Pwca

Posted : 10/15/2006 11:34:59 PM

Use peanutbutter, cream cheese, or a balled up piece of sliced bread (white works well for some reason, I think because the texture's weirder) to plug up the end. Freeze for an hour or so, then add your yogurt mixture and freez again.It DOES take them a lot longer to eat if the mixture's frozen, though.

mudpuppy

Posted : 10/16/2006 10:14:48 AM

piece of plastic wrap on the end held on by a rubber band works too.

Margaret Tyler

Posted : 10/16/2006 11:17:07 AM

I use pasty canned food: Natural Balance or Nature's Logic. They are pasty, so they don't run out the end of the marrow bones.

Terri

Posted : 10/16/2006 11:24:03 AM

I tried plastic wrap, but the yogurt mixture just came out the sides. What I was trying to do was put the yogurt mix on the ends, fill the bone with some kibble and then freeze it. But I guess that won't work. I'll need to put something more solid on the ends and the yogurt in the middle.

huskymom

Posted : 10/16/2006 11:28:31 AM

Are your bones flat on one end? I stand mine in a flat bottomed bowl while I fill them. Something small that can go right into the freezer with the bone. Then I just layer in whaever I want. With a Kong I plug one end with a bit of bread but the hole is smaller. I still have to stand it up while its in the freezer or it will spill out.

Ruth

Posted : 10/16/2006 7:50:34 PM

What shape Kongs are you using? The beehive shape is easiest to fill. I turn it so the smaller side is down, put some kibbles down inside to plug the small hole, then spoon the liquidy stuff in to fill. Then I freeze it in a tupperware container, sized to keep it standing upright while it freezes. Sometimes a tiny bit leaks out into the tupperware, but the pile of kibble generally keeps the rest of the mixture in so it can freeze. And it's no trouble to wash the tupperware if it gets gooey at the bottom.

Terri

Posted : 10/16/2006 9:18:57 PM

I've got Kongs, but only smaller ones. They go through those pretty quickly. So I usually use 6-8 inch hollow bones.

I'm trying to bread idea right now. I soaked the bread in the yogurt mixture and it's freezing in the end of the bones right now. Once it freezes, I'll be able to stuff the rest of the bone and it the bread will stop it from leaking out--I hope.

I sure hope these dogs know what I go through for them! [

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Scout in Canada

Posted : 10/17/2006 7:02:37 AM

I buy marrow bones from the butcher, and Scout eats the inside stuff as far as her tongue can reach. So then I have a bone that is hollow at both ends, but the middle is plugged with marrow (I think?). So then I can fill and freeze each end separately without it draining out the bottom.