Boy, I learned the hard way about those things since it almost killed Jilly. Never have had any of those in my home since the day after she came home from the vet after almost choking to death. She was so dainty in how she chewed her chewies and things, though she would persistently keep at her chewing for an hour or two at a time or longer, I never ever thought she would attempt to swallow the whole bulbous end. Sure made me aware of how dangerous chews can be after her incident. And it's hard, since doggies so love to chew!
Tibbe is not a big chewer but he has his moments. So when he starts chewing on a piece of his rawhide rectangles that he plays with and hides, I just get him and put him in my lap, hold one end and let him chew a while. But he may only chew once every 3 or 4 months. Jilly would chew forever - I had to take her chewies from her for fear she was making her gums and tongue raw. She was obsessive about it at times so I could never leave a chew down for her when I was leaving home and had to search the house to be sure none were out before leaving for fear she would chew for hours and hurt herself. But after she choked, I bought only those rawhide rectangles and held them for her.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |