Ok to feed RAW meaty ribs?

Hi I can remember reading about ribs but can't remember what I read lol! Yay or nay? Our 8 month old has been fed totally raw for some 3 plus months now and it has been a joy all round, he coped with anything but I got some random RAW meaty ribs today in my butchers' goody bag and he said be carefull of them splintering and I didn't like to ask him to remove them, plus I knoew you gus would help me with a tried and tested answer

They are fine as long as they are raw just keep your eye on him whilst eating

Definitely fine, as long as they are raw as lynne said! my lad loves them!

Raw & fresh is fine. Ribs will break into what look like sharp pieces, but the bones themselves are quite 'bendy' and don't normally give a problem.

You might want to supervise him for a while just to make sure he chews them properly & doesn't try to swallow large pieces. If he tries to, take it away & freeze it, then give it back frozen. He'll have to chew it properly then!

Hi thanks guys

Caryll whenever we have given our boy frozen or not fully defrosted food he's always sick so we don't do it. x

Fair enough. It's just a way of teaching them to chew, but if he chews ok anyway, then it doesn't matter!

He spent ages chewing through somekind of large animal spine today (Mmmm yum yum-bleurgh!!) a welcome change I have reason to believe he also ate a bird for dessert double bleurgh! lol!

Yuk! Dempsey did that, and I watched him - it was too late to do anything. He looked really plaeased with himself.

I was talking to a lady with a Border Terrier (I like those dogs, they've got a lot of courage!) & she said that there are 5 hunting insincts in the domestic dog.

1. Stalk
2. Chase
3. Catch
4. Kill
5. Eat

Very few breeds have all 5. The Border has them, and one or two other breeds, but in general the domestic dog has between 1 and 3 of them, rarely 4 or 5!