Many years ago I had a mini doxie named Sally--such a sweet girl. She's in heaven now. Anyway one day I gave her some cooked cubed steak and left the room. A few minutes later I came back & she was lying on her side, choking. OMG, I grabbed her, started shaking her & ran two fingers down her throat and got the meat dislodged. Ever since then, I do not give any cubed steak to my dogs. It like everything else has gotten so expensive that I rarely buy it for me