Do any of you give your yorkies rawhide to chew on?? Our 15 month old began chewing on things in the house so I gave him the little bone (dingo) ones. I take them away from him before they get too small becasue I worry about him choking. He 3.7 pounds. ( we thought he would be bigger but I guess this is waht is normal for him). Anyway the other night he kept gagging and vomitting up foam. I called the vet...it was in the middle of the night and we decided to watch him longer before taking action. About an hour later he vomitted up chunks of the rawhide. After that he was his normal self again.
Soem background, he does not like kongs. HE is not allowed to have any sort of chew that might break...basically ANY chew because he had one lodge itself in his esophagus, get infected and leave a scar in an already narrow opening.
So , I may sound like an idiot to give him the rawhide, but i noticed it softens up and practically disolves into tiny pieces. ANy since he becan chewing everything , I felt he needed soemthing. I also noticed that despite my toothbrushing efforts, he teeth had become much more discolored that i had expected at such a young age. I was thinking these thinng may be due to all the month he had been with out chew things anymore.
So now I am not giving him any chew items and wondering what else there is to satisfy that need. BUt also , I am still wondering if others give thier yorkies rawhide, even if I never do it again. When I told the vet , who is a small dog owner...he didnt think it was strange.
I really need to find something for Kirby to chew on that doesnt break down.
I tried a chicked flavored nylaabone without success.
Thanks for any responses & suggestions.
