# Dog swallowed boiled chicken thigh, what now/next? NEED Answer/Talking Down FAST!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 10, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-swallowed-boiled-chicken-thigh-what-now-next-need-answer-talking-down-fast/821080 "2018-09-10T01:43:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-swallowed-boiled-chicken-thigh-what-now-next-need-answer-talking-down-fast/821080/41 "2018-09-11T15:12:04Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> So what? What’s so good about “natural”? Natural =/ healthy.

I don’t see where anybody said it was healthy.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-swallowed-boiled-chicken-thigh-what-now-next-need-answer-talking-down-fast/821080/42 "2018-09-11T15:15:44Z")

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For larger dogs (40 lb or more) the idea that they can’t eat chicken bones is largely a myth. The danger of splintering/perforation is mostly with small dogs.

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**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-swallowed-boiled-chicken-thigh-what-now-next-need-answer-talking-down-fast/821080/43 "2018-09-12T01:55:18Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> The bad thing about raw beef bones (besides bacterial concerns) is that they are so hard they can fracture teeth, especially the premolars.
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> There are plenty of safe chew items for dogs. IMHO bones are best skipped.

Yep, that’s why one of my dogs had a $1000 tooth extraction. Cracked tooth from eating beef bones. So no more bones for either dog.

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**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-swallowed-boiled-chicken-thigh-what-now-next-need-answer-talking-down-fast/821080/44 "2018-09-12T02:07:03Z")

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> [@RobDog](#):
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> In a traditionally dressed chicken the thigh contains only the femur, no?

That’s not true for the chicken parts I buy. They always contain part of the pelvis when I buy them. Might be a regional preference here in the central U.S.

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