Dogs don't chew ... it's a nasty fact of nature. In the wild, a wolf or a coyote who takes the time to chew loses its food to another wolf or coyote who bolts it down whole. Hence, bolting food down without chewing is a natural evolutionary "survival of the fittest" behavior.
And, another nasty fact of nature ... a dog will eat just about anything, no matter how rotten, rancid, disgusting, bad for them, or completely inedible it is. They usually just throw it back up, or poop it out later. This is ok, they have short, fast digestive tracts, most things just pass right on through. It's when something gets stuck, that there is a problem. I've heard of rawhide knots, panty hose, baby diapers, etc. getting stuck and killing dogs. One of my customers dogs had to have emergency surgery for eating several pounds of gravel.
Dogs eat stuff, dogs puke stuff up. It's pretty normal. Disgusting for us, normal for them. If it doesn't get worse, I wouldn't worry about it.
Anything fed to a dog in moderation - with the exception of known toxins like chocolate, caffeine, onions, etc. - is not going to harm a normal, healthy dog. Dogs are omnivores, they have developed the ability, over millions of years of evolution, to eat meat, plants and grains. Highly processed food is not good for dogs, just as it is not good for people. But a few bites here and there is not going to cause harm to a healthy dog, just like a candy bar or a Twinkie is not going to cause harm to us, as long as we are not eating twelve Snickers bars every day or something.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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