Things You'll Need
- Veterinary anatomy textbook
Instructions
Locate the bone you want to identify on your dog's body. Note the bone's specific location.
Feel the length of the bone through the dog's coat, until you reach a joint. This will give you a rough estimate of the bone's size, which might make identification easier. This might not be possible with the smaller bones in the paws.
Open a veterinary anatomy book, or visit a website with a diagram of a dog's skeleton.
Find the spot on the diagram that corresponds to the bone you are trying to identify in your dog. Once you have the location, find the bone that best matches the size of the bone you felt through your dog's coat. The bone in the diagram that is the same size and in the same location as the bone on your dog is probably the one you are looking for.