If you and your pup are city dwellers, you may have a bone to pick with the hazards the two of you face just walking down the street.
One thing many urban pup parents will tell you they encounter regularly is chicken bones. All those chicken wings and fried chicken joints have overflowing trash cans, and the bones magically seem to make it to the street. Some say that squirrels help move these bones from the trash to the street and others will tell you it’s careless humans who are dropping them on the ground. With their delicious and tempting meaty bits and fun shapes, they are like magnets for little puppy teeth.
So, what do you do if your pup does manage to get one of these into their mouth? First, stay calm and don’t panic.
What to Do If Your Dog Eats a Chicken Bone
1. Ask your pup to “drop it”
If your dog knows the cue drop it, this is a good time to use it. If you have a new puppy and they are still working on cues like sit and down, you might need something else. Carrying some delicious treats on your walks like pieces of deli meat or cheese can come in handy. Ask your pup to “trade you” the chicken bone for another (safer) tasty morsel. This trick can also come in handy if your pup has found the chicken bone in your kitchen like at a dinner party or…
