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Comment by alchemism

9 hours ago

My beagle does this with every sidewalk spot where he’s ever found a half-eaten chicken wing in his life - just in case.

While it was my grandma saying this, so an old wives tale, she said chicken bones can get caught in an animal's throat. They break all super pointy amd such.

Unclear if cooked vs raw matters, I'd expect cooked would be the problem, as animals in the wild don't get that.

  • Yes, he is very much not welcome to eat street bones. He knows they are a forbidden pleasure and activates his highest-functioning brain cells in order to snatch one.

    The only thing working in his favor is that beagles tend to have an iron gut. A bag of chocolate bars might drop another dog…but probably not a beagle.

  • Cooked bones are definitely a risk for dogs - I always check meat I give our dog from a roast chicken to make sure it doesn't contain any bones.