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02-07-2013, 09:14 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: United States of America
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| Are rawhides bad? My 8 pound yorkie loves rawhides but I read in many paces that rawhides are bad for small breeds because of many reason. Although my dog never swallows any pieces or anything so is it still bad for him to chew them? We only give him rawhides for him to chew on it so is there alternatives for rawhides that are safe for small breeds? |
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02-08-2013, 06:20 AM | #2 |
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| Hi and Welcome to YT! Just about anybody's dog never choked on rawhide until the one time they do, or they swallow a chunk that may go unnoticed, until it creates a blockage in the dog's intestines, or they can have unexplained recurring tummy upsets from the bacteria that grows on a wet piece of rawhide.
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02-08-2013, 06:42 AM | #3 |
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| We just experienced the tummy infection due to rawhide. Not Fun and not sure what we are going to do,all of my dogs love chewing. |
02-08-2013, 07:03 AM | #4 |
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| We give Calvin rawhides chew he loves chewing things and it keeps him occupied. |
02-08-2013, 07:19 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | Rawhides are bad they cause blockages and choking. And also some dogs have digestive irratation from them. There are many things out there that dogs can chew. For example a kong. You can fill them with peanut butter, 1/2 plain yogurt and 1/2 pumpkin and freeze them.
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02-08-2013, 10:21 AM | #6 |
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| Rawhide's are terribly dangerous and will cause blockages and are not digestible. Try bully sticks they are 100" digestible.
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02-09-2013, 03:26 AM | #7 |
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| Rawhides are nothing more than leather! It is not digestable and if your dogs manages to swallow a piece large enough, it will not be broken down, and could easily end up needing to be surgically removed from the stomach or bowel. If it manages to get lodged in the gut, and is there for several days, you can easily end up with a "dead gut", where the pressure caused in the walls of the intestine, cut off the blood supply to a portion of the gut, and it dies.....and you have a life threatening situation. That is NOT a risk I want to offer my dogs. I just think there are much safer things to satisfy my dogs chewing requirements....even those nasty bully sticks that they adore, can be digested if apiece is chewed up and swallowed. |
02-10-2013, 10:18 AM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Rawhide Chews.. Hello again, its been a while since we have been on YT..I'm so sorry to hear rawhide chews are so bad..Hollee loves them and demands one when she sits on the couch with me..i have a drawer besides me and she climbs over me to try and get it from the drawer. If she is on the floor she stands on her back legs and tries to open the drawer herself. Her kong disappeared in two ticks when I brought it home and stuffed it. We think our older dachie took it outside somewhere. She doesn't miss a thing. Ave x
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02-10-2013, 10:51 AM | #9 | |
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I give mine cooked and sometimes raw soup bones, (no raw for dogs with any tummy/liver issues). Cooked bones are hard and they can break a tooth on them, but I figure that's better than abdominal surgery if the need arises.
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02-10-2013, 11:06 AM | #10 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Marrow Bones made into chew toy.. Quote:
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02-10-2013, 11:12 AM | #11 | |
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02-10-2013, 08:33 PM | #12 | |
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02-17-2013, 11:14 AM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Hi..sorry for late reply. No..ants aren't attracted at all. Once cooked the bones are scrubbed clean rinsed and put on window sill to dry..there is nothing left for any insects. Hope this helps. The puppies and older dogs love them Ave xx
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02-17-2013, 11:35 AM | #14 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Rawhides aren't as bad as lets say the chicken wrapped rawhides that have killed around 300 dogs in the last year, but they do carry some risks. (These have finally been taken off the market. The main risk associated with rawhides is that they can cause a intestinal obstruction. The problem with intestinal obstructions is that they can produce gangrene in the intestines, before you even know that there is a problem. Now any chewing stick can cause a throat obstruction, and you must use supervision, but it's safer to use a chewing stick that's 100% digestible. Millions of dogs eat rawhides with absolutely no problem, but smaller breeds are more lightly to have an obstruction when a small piece won’t digest. I use bully sticks, and have been very happy with them. They are 100% digestable.
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02-18-2013, 05:56 PM | #15 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Springfield, MO, USA
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| Ran into something like this sort of trouble with the foster dog I have now. I bought a long thick log type rawhide for my Lilly who can't chew that up, usually just teethes on them and as they start deteriorating I throw them away. Foster dog somehow got it when I wasn't looking and ate the entire thing in a few hours. She now is having trouble pooping anything but diarrhea the past day and has blood streaks in it. The humane society said to just watch her and it should get better in a few days. If not, I'm to bring them a stool sample to be sure it's not something else. They don't want to medicate her unless necessary since she has the 9 nursing babies. Blah on rawhides! |
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