Im going to suggest stop giving him those. He can and may get hurt swallowing that whole, it's not worth it. Plus going through his little body whole can do some damage to his intestines.
My Dexter used to swallow treats whole like that too, he gave me the scare of my life 2x, one time I thought he was going down and my mom happened to be there and somehow she did the Heimlich and got the treat up and out. No more small treats for my boys.
Try other treats that are BIGGER, like a bully stick that he will have to take his time to chew on it. Its hard and long, there is no way he can swallow it whole, and it will slow him down. My boys LOVE them! (not me so much... they stink lol) but I feel ok with them eating them when they are supervised. When I'm not home, I put them on the counter so they can't chew them while no one is home. I throw them away when they get too small.
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