What can he chew on that is SAFE?
Our breeder told us to stay away from rawhide, pigs ears, etc. We bought the edible Nylabone but from what I have read, that isn't too great either. I just want to be well informed of what I am putting in my puppy's mouth and what is SAFE. I know lots of companies do whatever it takes to put a product on the shelf. Is there anything that will ease my puupy's chewing desire? I have tried the frozen carrots but he gets bored of those in a heartbeat. What's left? Any suggestions? |
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| Non edible nylabones are great, practically indestructible... or at least that's what they claim. Tucker has put some good dents in his already. Still, I feel it is very safe.
Kongs are good too... |
| ooooooo, not to scare you but I have read the non edible ones are bad if they swallow pieces that are too large.
We spend too much time online. But this site seems to keep animal lovers informed of harmful toys, etc. http://www.benderplace.com/allcreatures ... alerts.htm It also makes me paranoid of giving him anything besides water. Even that is distilled. I'm losing it. I swear I won't care if my unborn kids eat dirt, but Wilbur's my little baby. Actually, he is a big baby, and he bites too hard. And he destroys things. Like my cats. What about real bones from the butcher? |
| There is virtually nothing that you'll find that someone doesn't have a horror story for. I let my dogs have almost anything but it's all under my supervision. I watch to make sure that they don't eat chunks that are too big and when the pieces get too small, I take them away. |
I buy beef bone marrow bones at the supermarket. The kind you would use for soup I guess - but not oxtail. the package says bone marrow. they are very big and thick. I nuke them in the micro until done - maybe 8 minutes or so. Cool off, and give one to my puppy. Keeps him busy fopr hours and when it looks worn, he gets another. there are no small pieces that splinter and right now he is too small to swallow. They're cheap too  |
| We use the big bones, kongs and other similar stuffabble rubber toys, and stuffed toys with squeekers. The stuffed ones are during supervised times and thrown when they get chewed through. |
| I've never even had a dog who was able to take any size peice off a nylabone... |
I think you should get what's best for your dog. We can't giveour dog anything. She can chew through anything and has... in large chunks. So, she's chewing on a rope now. She keeps shoving it in my face then running off w/it. I think she's proud/happy about her new toy (not that she hasn't had a rope before, but it's been a long time). I imagine if a dog gets a bone regularly, they wouldn't be as interested as my dog in a rope.  |
| Kongs are great - stuff them with whatever your puppy likes (kibble, peanut butter, cream cheese, yogurt) and freeze it. It will keep him occupied trying to get the stuffing out.
I use nylabones for Beaureguard. Genevieve has no interest in them. Beau really puts a dent in them and the edges get really rough. When they reach the stage when little, tiny pieces start to come off, I replace them. I also give them marrow bones occassionally, but only when they can be enjoyed outside.
As long as you're supervising, he'll be fine. |
| There are different kids of Nylabones for different type sof chewers. I have never had a dog chew or break off a piece of the white, hard Nylabones. Those are the only ones I will give my dogs.
Dixie doesn't bother with it, but Bosley has a great time with it. I had a dog break a tooth on a hard marrow bone, once...So I never give them one.....I know, I am depriving my babies... Kongs are the best. Fill them with kibble softened with water, and frozen...And a bit of something to make it tastier if you want. Sometimes I just line the inside with some cottege cheese or yogert... Mmmmmmm...... |
| Not to hijack the thread but my vet said when the Nylabone (largest white one they make) gets disgusting to throw it in the dishwasher and wash it. He said the hot water will kill all the bacteria on it and get the dirt off of it.
Anyone else heard of this? |
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No, but it sounds reasonable. I also have disolved a beef bullion cube in hot water and put the nylabone in there to soak awhile to give it flavor again.  |
| I FOUND IT! Last night I almost forgot we had a puppy.
We went to Petsmart and spent $29.99 on this round 'Everlasting Treat Ball' or something along those lines... You buy the treats for it ($9.99) and pop them into both sides of this disk and he was content all night until bedtime. He's still playing with it now. The treat is rock hard so he can only gnaw off little by little. And, the dishwasher...it's so obvious I never thought of it! Thanks! |
| I still need that everlasting treat ball! Petco doesn't have it, I will try Petsmart or order it online.
I REALLY need something to occupy Stella's time. She wants to play every minute and my arms are scarred from her pawing. I keep buying treats and bones and so on (spending a fortune) and I wuss out after 5 minutes of her chewing, afraid that she will swallow a large piece and bring us back to the vet. A neighbor once gave zak a real bone and he swallowed it whole. I have an X ray of him with a huge Bone smack dab in the middle of his belly. I know I am overly protective and I need to lighten up, but I always imagine the worst thing happening. Smack me, please. Mark Editor wrote: Here's a bunch of them from Amazon.com, Mark. Don't be put off by the prices you may see if you hover your mouse; I've found that you need to click through to find accurate and the best prices. Everlasting Treat Ball - Large Everlasting Treat Ball - Medium Everlasting Treat Ball - Small Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Chicken Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Liver Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Mint Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Barbeque |
| hahahha. You sound like me. We have taken countless things away from the guy. We have spent tons of money on treats, toys, bones. Nothing seems to work. He is the only dog on the planet that could care less for a Kong! Mind you, we only bought this Everlasting treat yesterday and by tomorrow he could hate it but this has been the only thing that has let us actually sit in front of the tv and pay attention to something.
No wonder it cost us $40 bucks. |
| We love the everlasting treat balls at our house, too. They're great for occupying their time and energy.
I'm anxiously waiting for a new and improved version as Beau has now figured out how to extract the treat from the ball in under 10 minutes.  So, what used to last hours or even days, now is gone in 20 minutes. Still, compared to the under five minutes it takes to chew through other "long lasting" chewies, it's great! |
| AHHH! No way! I couldn't even figure out how to take it out! Too funny. |
| Izzie is pretty good at getting the treat out too. If I catch her before she has chewed to much of it I pop it back in....boy does she give me the evil eye |
| Here's a bunch of them from Amazon.com, Mark.
Don't be put off by the prices you may see if you hover your mouse; I've found that you need to click through to find accurate and the best prices. Everlasting Treat Ball - Large Everlasting Treat Ball - Medium Everlasting Treat Ball - Small Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Chicken Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Liver Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Mint Everlasting Treats - Large - 2 pack Barbeque |
| Thanks Ron! I'll order them today.
mark |
| Woo hoo!
Thanks Mark!. Be careful to order all your products from the same vendor inside Amazon, otherwise you will probably get hit with multiple shipping charges, vastly outweighing any dollar here, dollar there savings on the items. |
| Skye loves marrow bones, she goes to town on them. They are good for her teeth and they don't splinter. She also loves the kong barrel shaped toy, I stick some treats in it and she has to bounce it around until she gets the goodies inside! |
Amanda P wrote: If I catch her before she has chewed to much of it I pop it back in....boy does she give me the evil eye
I do too, if I catch him in time. And, I get that same "what'd ya do that for?" look. |
| I buy Dental chews for my dog(canine Enzadent chews) you can only get them at the vet office. They help reduce and clean teeth and help with bad breath. They don't last long but Montana is usually tired out after devouring his. They are also lowin fat so they can be given daily. |
| So what size everlasting treat ball do you guys buy? Allie is 10 months right now, 50 pounds and an aggressive chewer! I only give her marrow bones now to occupy her time. Some last 1 day, others will last 1 week...Haven't figured out why yet! So I need something new! Will order the treat ball on Amazon. Should I get the large? |
| Wilbur is 3 months and we figured we may as well spend the $29.99 on the LARGE one as he will grow into it.
But he is too small for a large so he has to stand while he eats it. But, I wouldn't suggest getting the medium size. I believe it will be too small. He loves his marrow bones but if he chews on it too long, he always throws up. Not fun. |
| just so you guys know, even the official nylabone site warns against putting your nylabone in the dishwasher! i think it breaks it down or something.
http://www.nylabone.com/productusage.html they even say that no chew is indestructable and to promptly call your vet if a piece larger than 1/4 inch gets swallowed. it can lacerate the dog's intenstines. keep in mind as well, they are not detectable in an xray! also, cooked real bones can splinter and break. raw bones are best. you can go to safeway and get "soup bones" that are nice and hard and filled with marrow. i feed my dog with a kong, the one with ridges. i dont feed her in a bowl, she has to "hunt" for her food in the kong. and she LOVES it! she hears the word "kong" and gets excited. [/url] |
| if you are going to give your dog a real raw bone, always freeze it first to kill off harmful bacteria/parasites. cooking bones, like i said, can be dangerous to the dog. |
| I've never heard that freezing kills anything or everything harmful at all. Where did you read this? |
I don't know if it will kill EVERYTHING or not...but freezing does kill some harmful critters...its what sushi bars do to make raw fish safer to eat.(I worked at a sushi bar for a long time  ) I know that it will at LEAST kill off many worms...I'm not so sure about bacteria.  |
| please don't even consider the non-edible nylabones either!
Our oldest dog is do to have her stitches removed this week from emergency surgery from a non-edible nylabone. She chewed off a chunk of one and swallowed the large chunk whole. Because the non-edible nylabones get so jagged from the chewing, an entire chard (or chunk) moving through a dog would be very dangerous indeed. Our vet and the surgeon that day, who were originally on the fence about doing the surgery - because the nylabones don't show up on xrays and we didn't actually see her swallow it but only suspected it since it was her brother's nylabone (our medium sized dog who has a smaller nylabone than her, since she is 25 lbs larger than he is) and when we noticed that she had her brother's nylabone we took away immediately but noticed it was shorter than before (our medium sized dog isn't nearly as much of a chewer as our older dog). Thankfully we we decided on the surgery and the vet/surgeon team came out later to report that we had luckily brought her in soon enough that it was still only in her stomach and not proceeded into her intestines yet...where in a matter of days when it would have moved into her intestines, the jaggedness of the large chunk would've painfully killed her within hours, as it ripped her apart from the inside. We were so thankful that she was going to be ok. So please don't consider the non-edible nylabones for your dogs! |
| Ok, I am a Chef, so I feel really comfortable saying with certainty freezing your bones will simply delay bacterial growth. They will kill larvae, but the eggs...well, some worms can survive.
This is why you can still get sick if your hamburger is not thoroughly cooked. Most bacteria die at a certain degree of heat or cooking. Kinda makes you want to only want to feed them water... |
ButtersStotch wrote: T I watch to make sure that they don't eat chunks that are too big and when the pieces get too small, I take them away.
I think this is the best advice. The only thing my guys get when I am not around are their Kongs. However when I am home and trying to keep them busy I'll give them Nylabones (they aren't really interested but I keep trying), or marrow bones. |
| There is an excellent book on this subject: "Give Your Dog A Bone" by Dr. Ian Billinghurst. It is self-published and available at his website: http://www.BONSAH.com It was first published in 1993.
The rescue group we work with has used his recommendations for over 10 years with no problems. For a short synopsis (used by permission on the rescue website) go to: http://www.ahimsarescuefoundation.org/bones.htm Hope this helps. |
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