[yorkietalkjilly]

I imagine a dog is way more likely to swallow the bully, greenie or rawhide chew than any object lying about as we give them those and they know they are theirs to chew with the object of eating them. That's what is so scary about chewies and things - we give them to the dogs and they see them as something good to eat as most of them smell good to them. And most chews get soft after a bit unlike a plastic ballpoint pen or something. None of my Yorkies ever chewed on anything else that wound up within their reach but they sure chewed their chewies - and tried/try to swallow when something was/is within swallowing size. And it is such a shame since these dogs love to chew things that smell good, have that chewie texture and get soft after a while! No doubt the chew things that aren't hard nylabones are dangerous to many dogs. But none of my Yorkies would or will touch a hard nylabone!