Can you give a dog a deer antler straight from the deer, or are they treated before they are good for dogs?

0NE TRlCK P0NY · Jan 17th 2013, 7:21pm

My boyfriend has a bunch of deer antlers that have fallen off deer in the woods, I know that deer antlers are great for dogs teeth, but I don't know if the ones in the stores are treated before sold or not?

Memphis Belle Make N Mischief 7914 · Jan 17th 2013, 7:21pm

Im not sure either. What I can tell you is every year when we harvest a buck...the antlers are given to the dogs without ill effect. As far as sheds (which is what your BF is finding) I dont know.

lil carl 0383 · Jan 17th 2013, 7:58pm

Yikes I am not sure about this but you can figure anything you get from a store will be 'treated' with something...

0847 · Jan 17th 2013, 8:36pm

My cousin collects them and he gives them to his rottie mix without treating it. His dog is 8 and he was doing this since he was 6 months old. Not once has he been sick from the antlers

1480 · Jan 17th 2013, 9:13pm

My aunts dog, a huge Anatolian shepherd lives on acres of property and regularly brings home huge antlers she finds to chew on. She has never once gotten sick from them. My dad's friend hunts and also gives his dogs the antlers and they have never been sick either. I don't see why you couldn't give them to your dog.

1 Farm Girl3218 · Jan 17th 2013, 9:50pm

Many hunters around here just give their dogs the antlers. There are many antler trained hunting dogs in the area as well. These dogs are trained to seek the sheds from deer and elk. Except for fractured teeth, these dogs have no problems with them. Dogs will fracture their teeth on the store bought ones too.