Rawhide

[turner]

Phoebe and Deisel only get rawhide on a very rare occassion. I read that the rawhides are not good for them as they can swell up in their stomachs and should only be given them when they can be supervised.

[ownerof3dogs]

I personally don't like my dogs to chew on rawhides. I just find it too much of a risk for my dogs. THEY ARE HEAVY CHEWERS. Those rawhides wouldn't last more than an hour.I like to give my dogs the beef/soup bones (you know from the butcher) I like htrem b/c the dogs can't break them. But some people don't like them b/c it is raw meat/marrow. But You could always cook them

But if you do get rawhides My vet said to get the small rawhide stick(or something in simaler size) becasue if you get them too big the dog accually softens it and then swallows the rawhide without chewing off chunks, so they can endup swallow a rope of rawhide. Some is left in the mouth the other half is down in the stomach so the dog can end up choking. With small peices if the dog swallows the whole thing it not long enough that it's going to be half swallowed and the other half not swollowed.

I guess the whole point is you need to supervise the chewing.