How frightening, this is something that worries me and the reason I started this thread, do you still feed raw bones or has this experience put you off?

It certainly put me off!! Once was once too often for me.

Mine very, very rarely get bones. The only ones I would give are the huge, solid marrow bones - and I make sure to cut off any wobbly/gristly bits first. I always chop chicken necks & wings into 'swallowable' pieces as all my Boxers have been gulpers rather than chewers.

I would never want to go through that again and I would not want any dog of mine to go through that dreadful panic and helplessness. They have plently of safe chewing toys

I agree, Loki seems to spend alot of time chewing his wings rather than just gulping them down, I do think I may look into getting minced bones as it does worry me him getting a bit stuck!

The benefits outweigh the risks, the important thing is to always keep an eye on the dog when it is eating raw bones