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11-04-2012, 11:31 AM | #1 |
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| Chocking with Bully Sticks We almost lost our 2lb yorkie on Friday when she had 3 pieces of a bully stuck in her esophagus. She loves them and the pet store had recommend them for her but to my surprise I found out yesterday they are not good for dogs under 5lbs. I feel horrible for not doing better research before I gave it to her. Does anyone know what would be good for such a small yorkie that she can chew on? |
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11-04-2012, 11:42 AM | #2 |
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| Bully sticks aren't if they aren't contaminated or to small. If she go 3 pieces stuck they musta been already small and she swallowed them? Or it was old an gooey and she swallowed these pieces?? I give Moki a Bully and make sure he chews supervised. To small I throw it away or when it's to old or gets gooey . He needs to chew and he wont chew anything else. He will go after baseboards if he doesn't have any. Which is worse if he swallows splinters |
11-04-2012, 11:46 AM | #3 |
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| Maybe a chew that is larger. It would be harder for her to break a piece off. |
11-04-2012, 11:47 AM | #4 |
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| Mine don't get bully sticks anymore, after one almost choked to death
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11-04-2012, 11:48 AM | #5 |
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| TG she's ok! Did the bully sticks break apart in 3 pcs, that is so dangerous! Is she still a puppy? Mine are all grown up & don't need chews anymore since they're not teething...but if she's still teething & needs a chew, I would try the himalayan chews. They last a lot longer & it doesn't stink. It's a hard cheese made out of yak's milk. They need to chew on it to soften it & kinda grind it off. Recently, I learned that you can put the smaller pcs in the microwave for 35-40 mins (I think?) & puff it out into bigger pcs.
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11-04-2012, 11:56 AM | #6 |
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| They was the bigger bully sticks, and she chewed it so quick and did not see her break it off like that.. |
11-04-2012, 11:57 AM | #7 |
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| Thank you for the suggestion on the Himalayan chews, I might try them. She is 7 months old and still has her baby teeth so she still likes to chew. |
11-04-2012, 12:00 PM | #8 |
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| Glad she's okay. I believe that all chew type things are choking hazzards, JMHO. Not worth the risk...
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11-04-2012, 12:07 PM | #9 |
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| Thank you! I am finding that nothing is worth the risk.
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11-04-2012, 12:55 PM | #10 |
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| I buy 12" long bully sticks for Gracie. She is about 10" long so there is no way she is getting it caught in her throat. I always take it away from her when it gets to be around 4". I have seen various chew products for dogs in department stores and pet stores that are very dangerous. They are small enough to get caught in the throat and they have pieces that will break off. Vets will tell you that they have many cases yearly of dogs with these products lodged in the throat or stuck in the stomach. Whatever you buy for your dog to chew make sure they cannot bite pieces off and that they remain big enough that they will not fit in the mouth. |
11-04-2012, 01:00 PM | #11 |
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| I don't know what brand of bully stick you purchased but they must have been thin for her to be able to break into 3 pieces. There are some bad pet treat and chew companies out there that sell some poor quality products. Even though these dogs are small they can still chew a pretty thick chew product. Never buy them small chew products and make sure that the product is hard and will not be easily softened. |
11-04-2012, 01:06 PM | #12 | |
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11-04-2012, 01:17 PM | #13 |
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| It depends on where you get them Ive had some that got from a pet store that got soft fast and others that I bought online that didnt
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11-04-2012, 01:19 PM | #14 |
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| Thank you so much for all the great responses. Right now we are going to hold off on any chew things until she gets better and off all of her meds. With all of this it did end up giving her a few ulcers in her stomach also.
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