Bone broth for dogs has had a real moment over the last few years, borrowing an idea humans have been enjoying for even longer: simmered or naturally-derived collagen, minerals and amino acids from bone and connective tissue, in a form that’s gentle and genuinely useful. It’s one of the simplest natural additions you can make, and it turns up in more corners of a natural diet than people expect.
What Does Bone Broth for Dogs Actually Do?
Bone broth is rich in collagen, along with minerals and amino acids like glycine. Owners tend to reach for it for three reasons: to support joints and connective tissue (particularly for older or working dogs), to support gut and digestive health, and, honestly, because it’s an easy way to tempt a fussy eater or add moisture and flavour to a bowl that needs a bit of encouragement. As ever, we’re not vets, so we’d frame this as general wellbeing support rather than anything that treats a specific condition, but as a natural, food-based addition, it’s hard to go wrong with. The RSPCA’s guide to feeding your dog a healthy diet is a good general nutrition reference alongside our own advice.
Where you’ll already find it in our range
In a supplement: Hackney Dog House Chicken Bone Broth Powder 180g is made from 100% pure and natural ingredients, reconstitutes with water into a broth, and can be served as a drink, frozen into a Kong, or sprinkled dry over food. One pouch makes roughly 5 litres of broth, so it’s genuinely good value as a daily topper.
These products are also made from a bone broth base too
- Forthglade – Juicy Pork Bone Broth Topper 180g
- Forthglade – Hearty Chicken Bone Broth Topper 180g
- Forthglade – Succulent Beef Bone Broth Topper 180g
- SuperNature Slurpeez – Beef Bone Broth 60g
- Karnlea – Venison Bone Broth 500ml
- Karnlea – Lamb Bone Broth 500ml
- Karnlea – Fish Bone Broth 500ml
- Karnlea – Chicken Bone Broth 500ml
In natural chews: you don’t need it powdered to get the benefit. Natural recreational bones and chews like our TDB Goat Recreational Bones or Natural Air Dried Ostrich Bone are essentially bone broth in its original form. Dogs get the same collagen and connective tissue benefits from working on the bone itself, plus the added bonus of a good chew for dental health and enrichment.
In a food: Alpha Spirit Fish Complete includes hydrolyzed cartilage in its ingredients list: the same collagen-rich building blocks you’d get from a broth, already worked into a complete cold-pressed food.
How to serve it
If you’re using a broth powder, follow the pack for serving size by dog weight. Most brands suggest anywhere from a teaspoon for a small dog up to a few tablespoons for a large breed. It freezes well in ice cube trays or a Kong for a longer-lasting treat, and most dogs will happily drink it on its own or have it poured over their usual food. Never give cooked bones (they splinter): recreational bones should always be raw, and always supervised.
The takeaway
Whether it’s a powder you mix up in minutes, a bone your dog spends an afternoon on, or an ingredient already sitting quietly in the food you feed, bone broth for dogs is one of those genuinely simple wins: natural, easy to add, and useful across pretty much any dog. Come in and we can talk you through which format would suit your dog best.
BTB Dog Supplies, Unit A, Newton Farm, Tewkesbury, GL20 7BE. We’re not vets, so please speak to yours about anything health-related, this is general nutrition information, not medical advice.
