I. Is it true that eating bones can be a calcium supplement?

Dogs give themselves very little calcium by chewing on bones. It is not the bone itself that can replenish calcium, but the bone marrow inside the bone. Even if your dog eats a whole bone, the amount of calcium that can be added is really small and difficult to digest, and most of it is still excreted in the feces.

If you want to give your dog a calcium supplement, it is better to buy some calcium tablets and mix them with your dog's food to get a better effect and to promote your dog's physical development and growth.

Disadvantages of Dogs Eating Bones

1. Scratch the inside of the mouth
Frequent gnawing on bones may be harmful to your dog's body, starting with oral problems. When dogs gnaw on overly hard bones, they are likely to be stimulated to gnaw even more frantically, leading to broken tooth roots and cuts and punctures around the mouth and tongue.

2. Easy to get stuck in the esophagus
If your dog swallows pieces of chewed bones, there is a high risk of them getting stuck in the esophagus and trachea as they enter the dog's stomach, which can cause your dog to have trouble breathing or internal bleeding, which can be life-threatening.

3. Cooked bones are dangerous
The small bones can not be given to small dogs, especially poultry bones, chicken and duck bones are hollow, upside down in the gut is easy to scratch, or stuck to the dog's mouth or esophagus, serious also have to open surgery.

Three, the benefits of dogs chewing bones

Although dogs eating bones does not achieve the effect of calcium supplementation, there is an advantage of grinding and cleaning teeth. Dogs that often eat soft food are fed bones occasionally to help clean food debris for a cleansing effect.
Teeth grinding
Give the dog to eat some hard large bones, to a certain extent, can play the role of grinding teeth cleaning. Dogs themselves bite is relatively strong, usually more bite hard things to grind teeth, if not grinding teeth for a long time will be easy to have bad breath or another periodontal disease, so eat bones can also have clean grinding teeth such a role Oh.

Supplementary calcium
Usually, giving dogs to eat bones can supplement calcium, we have heard. Although it is said that dogs chewing bones can supplement calcium or less, there will be a little bit of oh, if the dog is lack calcium, you have to expect to eat bones to supplement calcium, it is recommended to choose to buy calcium tablets, calcium powder, etc. to the dog to eat.

Pastimes
Dogs often feel bored, if you give a bone dog bite, can play a pastime, appropriate to alleviate the role of boredom, occasionally turn a pastime, is also a good choice.


For dog safety, you can choose a professional teething stick, or can help grind teeth chicken jerky snacks will be better. It's tasty and nutritious, and a great training snack.

IV. Periods when your dog needs calcium

1. Growth and development period

Dogs that are in a period of rapid growth and development need special calcium supplements. Without calcium supplementation at this stage, the dog may develop rickets, double row of teeth, etc. It may also affect the dog's physical development, such as short stature, etc.

2. Calcium and phosphorus ratio imbalance
Eating too much meat for dogs, and ignoring the work of calcium supplementation, it is easy to lead to the dog's calcium-phosphorus ratio imbalance, the situation is the front leg lame, that is, the whole osteitis, this time is the need for a lot of calcium supplementation.

3. shaky limbs can not stand
Some dogs are adults, but when standing exercises, there are shaking limbs and walk as if they have no strength. Hospital examination generally will be targeted for calcium deficiency, the need for a large amount of calcium supplementation.

4. Old age
The dog enters old age, because the calcium loss is faster, prone to osteoporosis and other situations, this time the appropriate amount of calcium can prevent bone problems, you can choose calcium tablets or high calcium food to supplement.

5. Why can't dogs eat cooked bones?

Cooked bones are usually brittle and sharp, and when chewed, they can become tiny sharp pieces that can damage your dog's throat and digestive tract. In addition, cooked bones pose the following risks.

Broken teeth.

Cuts to the mouth and tongue.

Bones get stuck near the dog's jaw.

Bone blockage in the esophagus.

Bone blockage in the trachea.

blockage of bones in the stomach.

blockage of bones in the intestine.

bone fragments scraping the intestines.

Severe bleeding from the rectum.

Peritonitis.

The benefits of bone broth for dogs
1. Rich in vitamins and minerals that contribute to your dog's overall health and immune function.

2. Rich in glucosamine, chondroitin, and hyaluronic acid, which are beneficial for joint protection and prevent arthritis in older dogs.

3. Contains glycine, which promotes liver function in dogs.

4. Contains natural anti-inflammatory compounds, such as glycine, proline, and arginine

5. Compared to bones, bone broth is easier to digest as well as absorb, and older dogs tend to have reduced digestion, so the broth can soothe gastrointestinal function.

6. Dogs that have lost their appetite will also be willing to drink bone broth.

For older dogs, bone broth is an all-natural dietary supplement that helps promote organ function as well as the immune system, keeping dogs healthy and strong. Also, for some dogs that have difficulty eating or are recovering from an illness, bone broth is easier to absorb and has many nutrients, and drinking the broth also hydrates the dog's body to prevent dehydration. However, older dogs do not have a high digestive capacity and can get pancreatitis if they drink too much bone broth, so try not to give it to your dog too often.

How do owners make bone broth?
First of all, cooking bone soup is, of course, to think about what bones are good to use, generally, we will choose to use pig bones, in addition, the owner can also use chicken, duck, cow, and sheep bones. Although in the market will also be some cooked bones, the owner can directly use to cook, the time will be shorter, but with raw bones more can get the maximum nutritional value. Then there are other parts, after adding water, if the owner wants the bone soup to be more nutritious inside, then he can add some apple cider vinegar into it. The acid content in apple cider vinegar will ensure that the minerals in the bones melt into the broth, just add a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar for every 3 liters of water. If you don't have apple cider vinegar, then you can also use lemon juice instead.

Of course, bone broth is the soup, after all, the owner can also add some vegetables to the soup, such as carrots, spinach, kale, etc. These vitamin and mineral-rich vegetables are helpful to the dog's health. But owners should not add some vegetables that are toxic to dogs, such as onions and garlic, etc.

After cooking the bone broth, the owner must filter out the bones and repeatedly salvage some bone fragments to prevent the dog from eating it and hurting the digestive tract of the throat. At the same time, it is best to let the bone broth cool a bit before giving it to the dog to eat. If the owner usually likes to cook, it may be worth making a bone soup during the holidays, and some soup for the dog to drink, and then other ingredients continue to make dishes on the table, so the bones will not go to waste.