Hi,

My friend gave me a big bag of chicken legs for my 13 year old Labrador and I am a bit wary about giving them to her because she has never had bones before. My ex gf was a vet nurse and she was always have dogs in that couldnt digest bones or got them stuck in their throat etc etc so I have never given her any bones just to be on the safe side.
I have read they are supposed to be very good for dogs though with the glucosamine in them.
Are these safe for her?
https://imgur.com/a/Xsiwxsy

Thanks

Just a suggestion to other forum members, don't click on the link (better safe then sorry!)

To the OP, raw chicken legs are perfectly safe.

Are they raw chicken feet ? If so safe to give but do supervise her

Not sure if they are raw or cooked, they are very hard and golden so maybe cooked?? Not sure as I've never seen them before

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I think theyre cooked, as a few have what looks like black burn marks on them

NEVER feed/give cooked chicken bones to dogs.

Raw chicken bones are alright I have been giving raw chicken wings to my dogs for 7 years.

Black.marks can be signs of bumble foot or urine burns brother will hurt the dog  BUT if u have any r houghts they may be cooked ditch them .it could be very dangerous and not worth the risk .

Raw chicken feet should be frozen not fried. Only raw bones/feet should be given to dogs.

As said, raw would be fine but what's in that bag (I did look) seems to be cooked.   So NO WAY

I'm old school however, and really can't bring myself to feed raw chicken to my hounds.

My friend gave me a big bag of chicken legs for my 13 year old Labrador

Maybe you should pick you're friends more carefully.
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These look like dried chicken feet. Dried/cooked pretty much the same thing anyway, makes the bone brittle. I've fed these before. Know a lot of people that feed them. I would use them, personally. I wouldn't buy them but I would use them.

NEVER feed/give cooked chicken bones to dogs.

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Just looked at the bag . I wouldn't feed them as they will be air dried or fried but are sold for dogs and many do feed them .It's like  those big dried marrow vines  and rawhide chews quite happily designed for dogs which also arnt safe due to possibilities of splinters of choking . I've fed fresh chicken feet but wouldn't use any of the above  although mine are used to a full raw diet and therefore their bodies are used to digesting bone. In all if those the risk of splinters or choking is far to high Imo    i vote no

Euro, anyone who is thoughtful enough to buy gifts for my dog is ok in my books. I don’t think there’s any need to be rude (though I appreciate it’s a specialty of yours) about someone’s friend or OP’s choice of friends. Goodness knows my dogs get all manner of things I don’t want to feed at Christmas from kind people who are nice enough to think of them.

Well said tectona .mine do too. I just receive politely  then decide later if they are suitable

> I just receive politely  then decide later if they are suitable

Me too.   A neighbour buys Xmas presents for us and our hounds.   Most of which are NOT suitable for my two so as said, accept with politeness, and bin, or not as appropriate. 

I also agree with not giving mine the apparently cooked bones sold for dogs.  For me, it's not worth the risk.

Many years ago an elderly neighbour always cooked a Sunday lunch and used to offer me the cooked bones from the joints. I always politely refused telling her that cooked bones were not suitable, but she seemed not to remember and kept offering them. Eventually she stopped and I thought she had understood what I was telling her each week only to discover she was giving them to the family dog of the people living opposite me. Worried about the dog I spoke to the owners, but they weren’t at all bothered and continued to give them to the dog. Strangely the dog never suffered any ill affects from splintered bone or whatever and lived a long life. Oh, and it wasn’t on a raw diet either, normally ate kibble.

> Many years ago an elderly neighbour always cooked a Sunday lunch and used to offer me the cooked bones from the joints.

Strange how some people seem to get away with things I (we'd) never get away with.   Like a friend who had a litter of pups while working full time.   Her bitch had 10 and she continued to leave mum with them, going home at lunchtime to check on them, and they all survived.  Given ours isn't a breed known for being careful with their puppies (overlying them) how she managed to get away with that I never understood.

It's also like the people up the road who continue to drive by with their 2 Labs hanging out the back window.   Others would have gone down with conjunctivitis but clearly so far, not them.   I have enough bad luck without deliberately looking for it.

She's never really had bones except some from the pet shop and I'm not sure if that was wise so I think I'll pass on these as they're gonna be pretty small brittly bones and plus the claws look really sharp as well, scared me a little just looking at them haha

thanks everyone

I would.skip.the pet shop.bones unless.they are fresh raw which is unlikely  .if u really want to feed the odd bone  softer bones like.chicken carcasses or ribs from the butcher are  better especially as she isn't raw fed .weight bearing bones even raw risk breaking teeth

I feed my dog raw bones regularly, including raw chicken feet. Never, ever cooked/dried bones from a pet shop.