[yorkietalkjilly]

I am so sorry to hear that you had this close call but grateful she made it. I had a 3 lb. Yorkie who stopped breathing, almost choking to death on a piece of rawhide she swallowed and then had lodge in her throat so no air could pass. With these tiny dogs, one can't be too careful to watch what they are chewing and take it away if they are getting close to chewing through a piece enough to try to swallow. Anything that they swallow but don't choke on, could still pose a problem if it lodges in the intestine and becomes part of all of a blockage.

Tibbe only gets the very thin, flat rectangular rawhide chips now that I let him chew along the edges but if he starts seriously working on one and loosening up a large flap or something, I either toss it in the trash and give him a new one from the bag or cut off the bigger loose piece. He's only allowed to chew the edges to softness and not chew until he has a large area soft or about to be bitten through for fear he'll swallow it. I usually toss his chips chewed or not every day or two and put out new ones for him. Mostly he plays with them or carries them around in his mouth and hides them, digs them back out of the hiding place 15 minutes later and re-hides them.

Glad you posted the warning and glad your baby is okay - we just can't be too careful with very small dogs such as most Yorkies are in trying to manage their chewing while keeping them safe.