When I had my peke-a-poos years ago, I regularly gave them rawhide to chew on but I hadn't been paying attention one time and Charmin chewed the rawhide in the middle just enough so that it would bend. She swallowed the thing whole! She didn't choke on it but she really did damage to her insides when she passed it. She had to have surgery as a result. I felt absolutely horrible about it and I was always there to supervise their chew time after that. So, no, you're not overreacting.