Are raw meaty bones dangerous?
Dogs and cats are survivalists; they are animals that will do anything to preserve their own life. The likely hood of them choking on a raw meaty bone is very low; remember in the wild they eat whole animal carcasses. Sometimes if your dog ingests something too big they will simply throw it back up and eat it again. I know this is exceedingly gross, but it is part of the way that they eat. You should feed raw meaty bones that are appropriate size, err on the side of too big instead of too small. Raw meaty bones that are too small can be swallowed whole and get stuck. If your dog has to chew the bone, choking is much less likely. If you are really concerned about choking think of this, children are high risk for choking but we would never think of feeding them nothing but mush until they were 5 or 6 years old. The benefits of feeding raw meaty bones (cleaner teeth, better digestion) outweigh the risk.
