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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  Honestly, I have never understood where giving antlers to dogs for treats came from. Having grown up in the country and in a family of hunters, I have never seen where wild canines have any interest in antlers. In fact, antlers are shed by deer annually and people around here like to go scouting for those sheds. If dogs "loved" them, they would be so much harder to find, but they are not. They are easily found. They are left to decay or insects and rodents will knaw on them. I even have a few laying around my house and my dogs never even sniff them. I think if I were to break them apart and continually lay them in front of my dogs they may show some interest but it's not a natural attraction so for these reasons I pass them up. They are extremely hard, and can definitely break teeth. |
For me, this is the best explanation right here. I feel like if they were meant to be chewed, that they *would* be chewed on in nature. I've never heard of wolves chewing on them or anything.