[Michael Romanos]

Volntitan - I can't tell you where to get raw bones suitable for dogs from - I get mine from a local supermarket - but I can tell you a little about bones suitable for dogs. Their are four safe kinds of bones to give dogs and they are all from beef or lamb. Bones must not be cooked, any excess fat removed, don't give your dog any other kind of meat bones because they are unsafe - cooked they may splinter and do unreparable damage to a dog, uncooked they are dangerous for the three kinds of elements that can make a dog very ill or indeed, kill.

The four types of bones in the order of what's best are: canon, chin, femur and brisket. With brisket you should permanently remove the bone from the Corgi as soon as it becomes soft. The other three don't degenerate in this way.

Canon bones are marvellous, They are very big, so I get mine cut in two. They are still too big for a Corgi to bury so I refrigerate the one I give Taylor after he has had a good go at it and he gets it back again for a couple of hours per day for around two to four days. In NZ, two halves of a canon bone costs $1.50. So they are inexpensive. Raw bones of this type are the best of all for a dog's teeth and gums as well as the mental and physical stimulation they bring.