Dog food safety answer
Unsafe: Dogs should not eat chicken bones
No. Dogs should not eat chicken bones. Cooked chicken bones can splinter into sharp pieces, and raw chicken bones can still cause choking, mouth injury, intestinal blockage, internal injury, or bacterial exposure. If your dog ate chicken bones, remove any remaining bones and contact a veterinarian for advice, especially if your dog is small, a puppy, swallowed several bones, or shows symptoms.
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Bottom line
No. Dogs should not eat chicken bones. Cooked chicken bones can splinter into sharp pieces, and raw chicken bones can still cause choking, mouth injury, intestinal blockage, internal injury, or bacterial exposure. If your dog ate chicken bones, remove any remaining bones and contact a veterinarian for advice, especially if your dog is small, a puppy, swallowed several bones, or shows symptoms. Remove any remaining bones and do not try to make your dog vomit unless a veterinarian tells you to. Call your veterinarian or an emergency veterinary clinic for advice, especially if your dog ate cooked bones, swallowed several bones, is a puppy or small dog, or shows any symptoms. If your dog is choking, struggling to breathe, repeatedly vomiting, bloated, painful, weak, or has blood in vomit or stool, seek emergency veterinary care immediately.
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