My Chewy got her name because she loved to chew on everything when she was little. She's seven years old now, and when we go to the beach, she loves to chew on driftwood, probably because of the salt...but I don't let her have it because it will splinter in her mouth or stomach or intestines......it would cause damage in any event. I give her other things....bully sticks are her fave....pig's ears and all those disgusting things of the like.