[Piglet44]

Gir gets a cooked marrow bone once in a while when I make Osso Buco but its been slow cooked for hours with the meat so its not as hard as a raw one would be (the edged can be slightly dented with a thumb nail). That and hard bones end up leaving little sharp chips everywhere like cracker crumbs.

Normally his "bone" of choice is antler of some sort. Its not going to chip his teeth and all it leaves is a little shmutz on the couch cover that washes off. Tried hoof but once it got slobbered on it started to release a cow patty like odor.

 

[Snowflakes]

OMG! Your Shiloh must have been in great pain fracturing his teeth. Whoa! and that tartar build up are home to not so nice bacteria that might lead to infection. But I couldn't help myself recommending a product I recently discovered. Its actually a new Dog Treat which was advertised in Amazon called Milkotein. The label says its as hard as a bone but without the risk of disintegrating into sharp splinters. What is good about it is that it helps in maintaining dog's teeth by preventing tartar build up. And its healthy too with the highest levels of protein than any other dog treat. It is also long lasting since it can be reheated on microwave lasting for days. My Vet actually recommends it too as a healthy, risk free dog treat.

 

[doggiedad]

elk antler can do the same damage as a femur bone. elk antler's are very hard.

Antlers are GREAT to give dogs as a chew toy or "rec bone". I bought a full Elk rack on Ebay 2 years ago and the 6 dogs are STILL working on finishing it

 

[DwayneTaylor]

Each dog is different and I know there are plenty of people who feed ribs and other non weight bearing bones from large animals with no problem. Becuase I have had my dogs both crack teeth on beef ribs I will never feed any beef bones unless ground into muscle meat. It is not worth the risk when there are so many other softer bones that they can have.

 

[pacanis]

I'll bite.
No pun intended

Hey OP, you didn't say if the bone was cooked or not. And your picture is missing further on.
For all I know you bought one of those cooked and bleached dog chews with who-knows-what stuffed into them. The bones they can only get at about 20% of the "marrow".

Kind of a weird thread to have stickied with so much information missing due to time.
I'm hoping someone can recall the particulars I am wondering about.

Oh, and to the other poster:
Yes, there was a time when they sold actual cooked marrow bones with some kind of stuffing in them that were maybe 1/2" thick. Like a Swiss Steak bone. They came in one of those packages like the cheap cinnamon swirls you see.
Of course, being cooked they would splinter when the dogs ate them. If the dog was lucky he would vomit it out (what I usually saw happen because cooked bones can't be digested) without any blood. Maybe they are still sold. I haven't seen them in a while... I still see cooked knuckle bones. Some of those pet treats are plain unsafe for dogs.

But a raw marrow bone???
I've been feeding them myself and have seen them fed to dogs for years.
That's why I'm hoping the OP is still around or someone can tell me what their GD was having a problem with.

Thanks