syntactically correct, but no native speaker would say it that way.
We'd say the bone is his or the bone is hers.
We generally associate a sex with animals, especially pets.
But even if not, "its" is generally not used in that way -- as a pronoun.
The book is red. That color is its. -- sorry, just not said.
Not sure why, but "its" is just never used at the end of a sentence like that.
Oddly enough, all of the other possessive pronouns are used like that all the time.
1. This bone is the dog's.
2. The dog is in the garden. The bone is its.
3. I have a dog. This bone is its.
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Can we use 'its' as it #2 and #3?
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