Cooked Chicken Bones :-(

[3Stars]

I was lucky - no problems ended up developing. It taught me a valuable lesson, though. No matter how sick I am, or how tired I am, chicken bones stay in the fridge or freezer until trash day, and then they are put out immediately. I would feel horrible if I ever caused damage to my dogs, no matter how unintentionally.

[Ann]

I think your vigilance and fast action helped avoid more serious potential problems with this. We've all had these kind of things happen, no matter how careful we are, so don't blame yourself. The important thing is that your pups are OK! I'm very happy to hear that.

Meantime, I hope you are feeling better too!

[BarbV]

Cooked chicken bones are only a problem as they can cause a choking hazard. Once ingested, then they should digest fine through the digestive track. So I'm not surprised that you did not have any issues later.

Raw chicken bones are different. I'm not sure why they aren't a choking hazard but cooked chicken bones are. I'll leave that to the Raw Food Folk to comment on.

Certainly any chicken, whether cooked or raw, left unrefridgerated for any length of time is a salmonella issue, though dogs don't seem to be as susceptible to this as humans.

I'm glad everything ended well for you. My worst Christmas was the year my Timber got into the leftover Turkey....he ate himself sick....coming out both ends for days. That much real turkey was too much for his little tummy to handle!