Is it safe to let your dog eat a knuckle bone?

[Germanshepherdlova]

Originally Posted by schatzi14

Sheena's teeth are worn down to nothing..very bad. I have given her marrow bones at times, no more though. The dog needs to have something in her mouth at all times when she's outside. For the first 4 years she ran around with a basketball hanging out of her mouth, and I really believe that's what did it. She has played with tennis balls, but not as much as that basketball.

You think that the basketball was the cause of this? This concerns me because Brutus has a basketball in his mouth all the time when he is outside, I don't see any wear on his teeth yet-but he is only two.

[schatzi14]

Originally Posted by Germanshepherdlova

You think that the basketball was the cause of this? This concerns me because Brutus has a basketball in his mouth all the time when he is outside, I don't see any wear on his teeth yet-but he is only two.

Yes, I really do. My male played with the same toys, ate the same food, caught the same tennis ball..his teeth were fine. Sheena was obsessive with that basketball...constantly in her mouth when she was outside...I can't see what else it could have been. Since I took the baskeball away, she has substituted with the round ring made by Tuffies.