Only Canines will eat bone, and only bone-eating animals will eat items made of ommel bone, thus gaining massive boosts to all stats.
HEY! I wonder. Give me a couple minutes, I need to try something really quick --
Well, what I was planning didn't QUITE work out, HOWEVER, I found a way for you to do your experiment more easily. Polymorph yourself into a wolf. Or even better -- a blink dog! Unfortunately, the stat gains don't carry over.