Nebo has several of those hooves laying around in our house. There's one in his dog run, as well in his kennel.

He LOVES them and I've never worried that they would really hurt him....though I don't think I'll leave him alone with them now!

I think most of it depends on how your dog chews them. Nebo doesn't crunch them, he just slowly chews on them until they are softer....he's bitten large pieces off before, but surprisingly, he doesn't swallow them, he just spits them out.

Nebo is a killer chewer, but I guess he's not as bad as some dogs! I leave either a kong, milkbone ball (made by kong) or the molecuball (I'm not quite sure what it's called) in his dog run with him every day, and there's never been a problem. He has no bitemarks in his kong at all, and it's the red version. But my friend's german shorthair, Lady, also had those same toys.....she killed all 3 of them! She now has a black kong and so far so good!

Oh, and one thing that I've given to Nebo before is the *edible* nylabones.....he *loved* that! He likes whole raw carrots too to chew on, don't last long though. Also, when I get rawhide, I get the pressed (layered) rawhide, it lasts *much* longer! I'd *never* leave him alone with rawhide though! He likes to soften it up and try to swallow pieces that are too large, he's kind of gagged on them before.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling here!! I hope Malone is ok! I really don't think it'd be possible to swallow one of those whole...so lets hope, if he *did* eat it, he bit it off in little tiny pieces!