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Unsupervised puppy with bully stick? Our puppy loves his bully sticks. Is it OK to leave him alone for several hours with one? I wondered if it was safe. He seems to like it more than any of his other chew toys. He seems to be frustrated being home alone in his x-pen, tearing at his pee pee pad, and I thought he might be able to let go of some energy if he had something he really loved to chew--but I don't want to take any chances that he might choke or swallow a big piece. |
I would be a little scared to leave him alone with it. Is there something else he might like that he couldn't chew pieces off of? I know it's hard to leave them with nothing :( How far is Slingerlands from Albany? You could leave him with me :) hehe I'll entertain him! |
I would be afraid to leave mine alone with any chew toy where a pup could chew off a piece and choke. Any natural treats will soften after a lot of chewing and a pup could possibly get a piece of that lodged in his throat. Try the small size hard Nylabone instead. Oscar loves his and will chew and chew on it. I would trust leaving him home alone with the hard Nylabone - it is the white one. If they chew anything off of this bone it is a tiny speck and won't choke them. |
He has all the usual suspects, but it's the bully stick that he loves the most. Do you have any ideas? |
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I do leave my Yorkies with bully sticks unattended, but until recently I was doing the same with Greenies and have never had any problems. From my observation they actually chew the bully sticks and never bite off a piece that they could choke on. The greenies did disappear a lot quicker so i am sure they probably were swallowing chunks. Mine are all 4 pounds or less and I give them the bully sticks that are about 7" long, 1" wide, 1/2" thick and I throw them away when they are less than 3". Although choking could be a problem, I think a puppy with nothing to do is worse. |
I leave my puppy with pork twists-like bully sticks. I make sure i throw them away when she has softened the ends a lot. They are cheap,so I don't mind that we go through 3or 4 a week.She doesn't eat them-just chews! |
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I have these rawhide stick-shaped things - that get soft after a lot of chewing. I doubt my pup would be able to get much off of these after only a few hours of chewing. However, he (and my other dog) certainly do enough chewing on them to get one or both ends very soft. When they reach this stage, I just take the scissors and cut the soft ends off and throw them in the garbage. Then, they have to start all over again. **** Also, if my dog were left alone with one of these for several hours - he might chew them for quite a while -- but he wouldn't chew them the whole time. (And - I know for a fact that he plays with his other toys and sleeps a lot of the time I'm gone....) Carol Jean |
Am I a bad mom??? I leave their Bully Braids, Sticks, and Pretzels in with them when I am gone.. They don't chew them non stop like some dogs do... I think its cause they have like 8 of them on the floor at a time.. They are everywhere... My kitchen is littered with Bull Hoo-Hoo's. And I have a drawer in the kitchen that if full of them... If I had only known what they were when I bought them.... I might not have chosen to store them in my kitchen drawer! Me when company is over! :eek: "A spoon you say?? right over there in that drawer... no no, those are the bull Penises.. the other drawer... " :eek: Its the only chew thing they have down when I'm gone... I really don't worry about them.. If they were larger pups and chewed bigger soft spots, maybe I would have cause for concern... but it just looks very safe to me at the slow rate they chew... |
What about leaving your pup a frozen kong? I leave Nikko kongs stuffed with treats or frozen with peanut butter or yogurt. He loves this and doesn't even notice when I leave. Plus these are a lot safer than most chew toys. But I agree with Snow Wa. I think dogs sleep most of the day, especially when left alone. I know lots of times when i come home, Nikko has his just woke up from a nap sleepy face on. |
Thanks everyone for your advice. I think I will find some very big bully sticks at the pet store and leave one in the x-pen on Saturday or Sunday to see what happens. Because I am in and out on the weekends, I will be better able to monitor the puppy's activity. Ironically, our breeder recommended a stick chew made from a pig that comes in a $10 package at Walmart--there must be twenty sticks in the package. She felt they were perfectly safe and could be left in the x-pen--in fact she leaves one with the puppy she held back from our puppy's litter. And so last night I gave one to each of our dogs. The puppy, who is 17 weeks old, managed to break off a piece and was chomping away on the little piece when I noticed and wrestled it away. What I like about the bully stick is that pieces don't seem to break off. |
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