Rawhide chews - yay or nay ?

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Just been and bought my 10 week old pup a raw hide chew.Thought he might like to chew that instead of me
I read the small print on the label and it says not to feed to dogs under 12 weeks old .
Why ?
 
It is one of those 'cigar' chews about 2cm thick so I don't think he will get into it that quick.It's just that he has razor sharp teeth and he is teething so he needs something to gnaw on.I might let him have it for a bit but he will be supervised !!
 
Digger123 said:
It is one of those 'cigar' chews about 2cm thick so I don't think he will get into it that quick.It's just that he has razor sharp teeth and he is teething so he needs something to gnaw on.I might let him have it for a bit but he will be supervised !!
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ARGH they are horrible! please dont say its one of those brightly coloured ones, they make my dogs puke rainbows!

as PP said, try a kong filled with something your puppy likes and let him have hours of fun with that, rather than a scabby rawhide chew.
 
Sorry to hijack post but - What do people fill their kongs with? i'm not buying that squirty stuff it costs a fortune and looks revolting. At the moment i stuff one with chicken roll which is cheap but not sure how healthy it is! My ridgeback loves it, she was not keen on peanut butter! Interested to know what others use but as much as i love her i refuse to buy chicken breasts or anything else that costs a fortune!
 
Mashed potato with a bit of cheese, stock, gravy, any meat bit or just their usual food makes a good kong stuffing.
Chilled it sets but is even better frozen.

I don't allow rawhide in the kennels - seen too many chokes & upsets.

Hooves aren't bad, neither are ears as long as they are from European sources.
 
Its a pretty versatile design, you can fill it with anything your dog enjoys.

probably the easiest thing to do is dissolve an OXO cube into a bit of hot water, soak your dogs dry food until its a firm mush and use that.

Or a big thick sausage, the skin peeled off and the meat squidged up into the hole.
 
They use all sorts of nasty things to bleach the rawhide so I wouldn't, I would find him a nice meaty amb bone from the butcher to chew on, it's natural with no additives and will keep puppy amused.
 
KarynK said:
They use all sorts of nasty things to bleach the rawhide so I wouldn't, I would find him a nice meaty amb bone from the butcher to chew on, it's natural with no additives and will keep puppy amused.
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^^^ which is wonderful when you lay your head down on the pillow at night to find it stuffed underneath...

Or getting up from the sofa to find a lovely soggy pigs ear stuck to your bum!!

lol, go to the butchers, they'll be more than happy to supply you with bones or fresh pigs ears.
 
No.

Rawhide is indigestible to dogs.

Its bleached with horrible chemicals.

I have seen far to many fatal blockages and tears to feed them ever.

Raw bones are th best thing for dogs to chew.

Antlers or bully sticks are good too.
 
katielou said:
No.

Rawhide is indigestible to dogs.

Its bleached with horrible chemicals.

I have seen far to many fatal blockages and tears to feed them ever.

Raw bones are th best thing for dogs to chew.

Antlers or bully sticks are good too.
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^^^ antlers??? wow ive never heard of that, mind you in the uk the type of antlers you would get wouldnt be that appealing.
 
I don't know check out the link i posted that my mum ordered from.

Abe is a heavy chewer. Can get through an extreme kong in 2 hours but this has lasted him 4 or 5 months so they are a great investment.
 
Chlo has rawhide bones all the time, they're not the bleached White ones but the big ones that are a darkish yellow colour.

They are most definitely digestible as we did have an incident where she swallowed a piece the size of the palm of a mans hand and we panicked the vet opened her up and it had all digested... So not quite sure what you're on about Katie.
 
flamehead said:
Chlo has rawhide bones all the time, they're not the bleached White ones but the big ones that are a darkish yellow colour.

They are most definitely digestible as we did have an incident where she swallowed a piece the size of the palm of a mans hand and we panicked the vet opened her up and it had all digested... So not quite sure what you're on about Katie.
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rawhide isnt white-or yellow to begin with flamehead.

my dog ate a pair of pants once..and didnt die..does that mean they are okay to feed to dogs because obviously they are digestible..
 
flamehead said:
Chlo has rawhide bones all the time, they're not the bleached White ones but the big ones that are a darkish yellow colour.

They are most definitely digestible as we did have an incident where she swallowed a piece the size of the palm of a mans hand and we panicked the vet opened her up and it had all digested... So not quite sure what you're on about Katie.
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Most rawhides are not fully digestible this was my first lab experiment at pre-med for veterinary school in September.

Any rawhide product you buy here and some in the UK will say on the label they are not fully digestible.

All rawhides have been bleached and or disinfected to some extent with chemicals.

There are far far safer treats out there.
 
I'm with the majority here, not a fan of rawhide chews. I occasionally give them to pups under supervision but as soon as they start getting all white and soggy they are confiscated. They may be digestible but I have heard of quite a few dogs who have had blockages, presumably Chloe had some sort of problem or the vet wouldn't have opened her up.
Those antlers sound great, might look into getting some in the future.
 
It was broken down into threads (in a strong acid mix similar to a very healthy dog stomach) which would then be pooped out or would sit in the gut if we had done the experiment on a live dog.

In the second experiment we used an acid mix similar to a ill, senior or immune compromised dog and they rawhide stayed almost whole (other than the pieces it had been chewed into) and continues to sit whole in that acid mix almost 5 months later.
 
Rawhide is animal skin so you can imagine what the real colour would be :)

I agree, a real bone/pig's ear etc would be a better treat :)

And don't start me about those ones made to look like shoes, argh!
 
I agree with using kongs instead - they last for ages, my lab who loves a chew still has one from when she was a puppy (slightly dog eared looking but she loves it!) Carrot is great to put inside aswell, it is very low calorie so don't need to worry about your up getting tubby and is cheap. With dogs, especially young pups i wouldn't advise the gravy/oxo cubes, it can be too rich for some and cause upset tummies and is high in salt which can throw them out of balance.
 
TED2010 said:
Sorry to hijack post but - What do people fill their kongs with? i'm not buying that squirty stuff it costs a fortune and looks revolting. At the moment i stuff one with chicken roll which is cheap but not sure how healthy it is! My ridgeback loves it, she was not keen on peanut butter! Interested to know what others use but as much as i love her i refuse to buy chicken breasts or anything else that costs a fortune!
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You can use dog food followed by plain yogurt and then freeze it.

Tuna and kibble and then freeze it.
 
I found large raw carrots, straight out the fridge, worked well for Dylan. They are great as they can eat it all, they aren't too hard & because they are cold they seemed to sooth his gums whilst he was teething. Also, although they can be a bit messy, they are better for the carpet than a raw chicken wing or lamb bone!
 
PerdixPerdix said:
^^^ which is wonderful when you lay your head down on the pillow at night to find it stuffed underneath...

Or getting up from the sofa to find a lovely soggy pigs ear stuck to your bum!!

lol, go to the butchers, they'll be more than happy to supply you with bones or fresh pigs ears.
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Blimey you have food items left over????? Must have been living with the Ba st*rds too long I've forgotten what it's like to have food left over!!! I'd certainly know if one hadn't finished there'd be a big FIGHT!!!

So will probably have to leave the antlers and I don't give big bones either (they are too hard) but with these two they don't need much of an excuse to put holes in each other, a plastic bottle usually suffices!!
 
Im with Foxyfilly on this one. Although my butcher does it for me, found out last week actually whilst tracking some raw meet stuff etc as now looking into it, that he has quite a nice little buisness in making his own rawhides/ pig rolls.
 
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