Looking for a chew my dog can chew on :)

OnAndUp

hmc wrote: »

Our stag bars are just out all the time or chucked in the toy box. They aren't smelly,sticky or anything

THANKS again hmc!!!

That's what I was concerned about, thought they would be smelly & messy after the chewing!! Definitely going to buy one!

Kinski

The pet shop I go to has stopped selling stag bars as they were starting to hear of dogs damaging their teeth on them. I bought them for my pair a few years ago but they were ignored.

globalds

hmc wrote: »

My vet said raw hide stuff and pigs ears were too fattening. We too have stag bars about the place, I buy the tripe filled calcium bones . I havnt tried the bull horns yet?

They are hide ...It is pretty much all protein ..98%.

Can't see a dog getting fat on protein ..

Pigs ears are not the same and have more fat

elsien

The downside of rawhide chews (apart from the worry of power chewers biting large lumps off and blocking up their innards) is that they tend to go out the same way they went in -undigested.
Which means if you have a revolting poo eating dog, they take one sniff, think "dinner" and start munching as soon as it comes out the other end.

hmc

Ewwww never had that happen thank god! I give the cigar type as they chew those knots off the bones and gip them back up and re eat a few times!

the_devil_made_me_do_it

In the case of my dog, he needs a low fat diet, not because I'm avoiding him becoming fat, but because too much fat can cause a flare up of Pancreatitis. He also can have quite a sensitive tummy and rawhide chews don't really agree with him.

kinski...the link I put on, pretty much says the same as what you have said about stag bars and damaging dogs teeth. I had never given in much thought before, but I can see how the teeth could get damaged due to the hardness of them. However, it's obviously up to the owner whether they feel that stagbars are ok.

Francesanne

OnAndUp wrote: »

THANKS again hmc!!!

That's what I was concerned about, thought they would be smelly & messy after the chewing!! Definitely going to buy one!

They're great, my two adore them and they keep them well occupied.They last for ages too. Not cheap but well worth the money.

Fosterdog

I give mine stag bars but do limit how long they get them for, my boy has barely any teeth as it is so don't want to do more damage.

There's probably something not quite perfect about every type of chew though. I don't give mine hide chews because my girl tries to swallow them whole and I have to fish them out of her throat before she chokes, I've known of lots of dogs who do the same. Others are quite good for them but don't last long enough. I've yet to find a long lasting chew that they enjoy and doesn't damage their teeth or give them digestive troubles.

I can't stand the nylabones and similar, I just don't like the thought of feeding my dogs plastic, there is no way it can be good for them in any way.

I do feed mine dried tripe, dried chicken necks etc. but they never last long and are gone in minutes so don't provide the same stimulation that stag bars give them.

krlyr

There is some kind of tree root chew I've seen, meant to be more of a recreational chew like antlers than edible like pigs ears etc. - can't think of the name off the top of my head

1DayAAT

We happened to recently discover "bully pizzle" or (in pets at home) "bully stick".. which is 100% pure dried bulls penis formed into a chew.. I know it sounds AWFUL.. but my dog (who is quite fussy about chews) ADORES these, and they are smell and mess free and keeps him happy for hours - good for teeth and gums.. widely known as bully pizzle if you have the courage to ask in the pet shop lol

i pay about £4.50 for a pack of about 5 from our small pet shop, or they are £2.99 each in Pets at Home