Dog Eating A Bone

Dog Eating A Bone. This can be frightening or painful for your dog and potentially costly to you as it usually means a trip to see your veterinarian. The dog can also get a gastrointestinal upset as the stomach finds it difficult to digest the bone.

Your pet may show one or a combination of vomiting loss of appetite lethargy straining during bowel movements drooling burping as well as abdominal bloating. When a dog eats a lot of bone theres a risk it knits together inside the intestine. A dogs stomach is designed to digest bones.

So if your dog consumed a raw steak bone theres still some risk.

Their stomach is very acidic with a pH level that during digestion can reach well below pH 10 which is a similar strength to battery acid. A dogs stomach is designed to digest bones. When a dog eats a ham bone and gets constipation it indicates a blockage in the intestine due to the bone. Most times dogs are able to pass chicken bones uneventfully.