When can I introduce recreational bones to my dog's diet?Updated a year ago

For any dog that has never eaten raw meat before, we recommend allowing a month to adjust to their new diet before introducing any additional bones. The reason for this is to allow the gut to stabilise and adapt to handling the breakdown of bone in their new raw meat and bone diet. Excessive bone in their diet can lead to constipation.  

We do not recommend introducing our small or large Play Bones to puppies until they have all their adult teeth. 

Dogs need to learn how to chew bones. When introducing a bone to an adult dog that has never learnt how to handle bones it is better to give a bone with sinew and fascia attached in larger pieces that cannot be swallowed whole e.g. Natural Instinct Chicken Carcass. The dogs learn to use their back crushing teeth to break down the bone before swallowing.  

Always follow the three ‘S’s’ when feeding bones.  

• Supervise- ensure that your puppy is always supervised.  
• Separate- in multi pet households ensure that pets are separated to avoid conflict.  
• Size- You may initially have to teach your puppy to eat bones. Start with a bone larger than the size of your pet’s head to ensure it can’t be swallowed whole.