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Should I feed my dog raw marrow bones thawed, frozen, or cooked?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Border Collie | Male | neutered | 6 years and 8 months old | 50 lbs

Hi there. Not an emergency just a question. I just bought raw frozen marrow bones from the butcher what is the best way for my dogs to eat these? Raw thawed, cooked (boiled), raw frozen?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 9th, 2019

Never feed cooked bones to your dog, they easily splinter in the GI tract causing perforation and obstruction. I personally never recommend feeding bones to a dog because they do break teeth, but if you want to feed these to Cody, feed them raw thawed.

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