Ok, I have heard a lot of things about this and so I am posting here to get your opinions on it. Do you think it is good or bad for dogs? I have a ton of Chew-eez that are rawhide strips put out by Alpo and I have been occassionally giving them to the dogs, all except Hooligan, because she tries to swallow them whole...the other dogs just chew on them til they get a little piece off then eat the little piece.
Have you guys had any bad experiences with it?
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They are not too good for dogs. The higher end pet store in town won't even sell them. Once in a very blue moon I let the dogs have them and only USA made. Most of them are imported and there have been problems with dogs contracting illnesses from the curing process and something involving milk. Sorry I can't be more specific. I stopped paying attention to that when I stopped using them.
Other reasons: My male Riley would eat the giant ones that were the size of my arm in like 20 mins-they were like crack. He would also try to remove the face of anyone that came within 20 feet of him while he had one... only with rawhide. Daisy and Doc will beat the living snot out of each other over them....again only over rawhide. IMO, and many stories, dogs just get wierd over them. They are an extreme rarity at my house. Last but not least you can't get the mushy slimy rawhide stuff out of anything once it has dried like cement.
Other reasons: My male Riley would eat the giant ones that were the size of my arm in like 20 mins-they were like crack. He would also try to remove the face of anyone that came within 20 feet of him while he had one... only with rawhide. Daisy and Doc will beat the living snot out of each other over them....again only over rawhide. IMO, and many stories, dogs just get wierd over them. They are an extreme rarity at my house. Last but not least you can't get the mushy slimy rawhide stuff out of anything once it has dried like cement.

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i give luce rawhide sometimes, usually the vanilla flavored braided rings. they take her awhile to chew through, and she's a slow and methodical chewer- she doesn't gulp pieces down- so i don't worry too much about blockages. she leaves little rawhide crumbs everywhere....
mostly she gets raw knuckle bones from the butcher though. cheaper and last longer. but OH the GAS.
mostly she gets raw knuckle bones from the butcher though. cheaper and last longer. but OH the GAS.
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I'm guilty of giving dogs the rawhide from time to time. I give them sparingly, though, and I don't let Reba have them because she's an idiot and will try to swallow them whole. I've had to fight her to let me pull them out of the back of her throat, all slimy and nasty. Yuck.
I'm trying to wean myself (and the dogs) off using them as pacifiers. I'm trying to go with raw bones and Kongs only, but there are some days when they're driving ya nuts, and you know a rawhide will shut them up for quite a while . . .
I'm trying to wean myself (and the dogs) off using them as pacifiers. I'm trying to go with raw bones and Kongs only, but there are some days when they're driving ya nuts, and you know a rawhide will shut them up for quite a while . . .
I almost lost 2 dogs to rawhide, one ate half of one and couldn't get it back up and the other choked an a flip. I'm scared to think what would have happened if I hadn't been around in both cases. After the first incident I didn't allow rawhide in the house. The second happened at a friends house. Ended up reaching down the dogs throat. Poor dog.
We sell rawhide but not much, I talk everyone out of it if I can. I wish we didn't carry it but.........it's not my store.
We sell rawhide but not much, I talk everyone out of it if I can. I wish we didn't carry it but.........it's not my store.
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I don't do rawhide at all. Pookie used to throw up big chunks all the time. And I've heard really scary stories about how they're preserved. And the ones that aren't made in the US. It is tempting sometimes when you want to shut them up for a while, but the cons of giving them MUCH outweigh keeping them quiet for while. I just take time to stuff Kongs and buy soup bones(much cheaper too...rawhide's gotten expensive!)
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