To solve the mistery first waht actually a brisket bone is – see picture on the left Where does it come from?! I didn’t really know before I found this blog: my dog parlance According the the authors butcher, and I’m sure he knows what he is talking about, a brisket bone isn’t a bone at all. It’s cartilage and connects the two sides of the chest. So if you have a look at the picture you can see that it doesn’t look very hard and it isn’t. Definitely one of the advantages of those bones that aren’t bones… If you are concerned about your dogs teeth than it is a great alternative to the big bones. That doesn’t change anything on the fact that I think most dogs are fine with the big bones – except from the really little ones… Anyway – back to the brisket bone! It is a fatty one. Which turns it into a really bad snack for already overweight dogs. But if your dog is extremely active – go for it!!! I walk my dogs everyday 2-3 times and we go running and skating and some days he goes to doggie day care which means he plays for 10h non stop so I think he deserves up to 3 brisket bones a week. As usual that is only I recommendation I can make by using my common sense and looking at my dog. If you want to feed your dogs brisket bones just look at your dog and then make a sensible decision…