Quote Originally Posted by CountryWolf07 View Post
Thanks guys!
I was just wondering, are antlers really that safe to give to a puppy of 8 weeks or just honestly wait until he's at least over 6 months old? I guess I do need to make sure he won't injure himself.
I don't see how a puppy could injure themselves on an antler. They're just a chew like any other. Puppies like to chew, and I think things that last are better than things that don't. We used to just give ours nylabones before we knew of other things, which again are a hard chew, and an antler doesn't seem any more unsafe than a nylabone.

The only way a hard chew of any kind as far as I know can be unsafe is that they do pose a risk for dogs as far as breaking teeth go once they have their adult teeth, but I still give them to my dogs anyway as my crew all love to sit down and chew on things for a long time.

At 8 weeks old he might not even be interested, but it's still something you can redirect him to when he decides your furniture looks tasty.