On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:23:30 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>A couple of years ago, I was at a church camp and we had pork ribs for
>dinner. Towards the end of dinner, somebody came around with a bucket
>to collect the bones for some dogs. A girl complained that these bones
>weren't good for dogs. Nobody paid her much attention. She was just a
>kid, what would she know? She looked like she was going to cry. I felt
>sorry for her. I'm sure she had sat at home, listening to the horror
>stories about bones from her parents, who were both veterinarians.
>
>I don't have a dog, so I don't know a lot, but I believe there are a lot
>of factors, including whether the bone is cooked, that affect whether it
>is safe. And I know some dogs do OK, and some don't.

Our old dog got hold of a ham bone. I had to bring him to a vet to
get "cleaned out" several times. That's about as graphic as I should
get here. Only beef bones for pets.

Lou