Please share your opinions on chew toys!

[Fluffy]

Mine LOVE the dental bones by Hartz, I think. They have the nubby things in the middle of them. They also enjoy the durable nylabones and OCCASIONALLY the flavored (peanut butter is their fav) bones but I don't know what brand they are. I do not allow mine to have the other chewies you all have mentioned...I saw Ben get sick from them too many times. Buddy will chew rawhides til he bleeds so they are out too. He just doesn't seem to know when enough is enough. I feel bad b/c Heidi does like them, but if she leaves it and Buddy gets ahold of it I have a hard time getting it away from him. That's about the only time he growls at me. Greenies are OUT after reading a post about someone's dog dying b/c it was blocking his intestines. I am just so fearful of my dogs getting sick or hurt because of something I gave them!

[Patt]

I'm sure Trix would chew anything but all she is allowed is C.E.T. Chews and a frozen Kong when we do errands. She loved Greenies but I don't allow her to have them anymore.

[HotDogMama]

Molly's fav is the booda velvet blimples any flavor will do....... haven't messed with animal skins or insides yet lol..... don't know if I want to if they are smelly......:heart:

[Jacqueline]

I was concerned with what to let Taffy have after seeing signs posted about washing hands after touching rawhides. And they are so wonderfully soggy and nasty when chewed.

A friend recommended the compressed rawhide, saying they last longer, and don't leave big undigested lumps in the tummy and other parts. I bought some, and Taffy really has enjoyed the bone. She spent two days chewing on this first one, it didn't split into pieces, and she really seemed to have fun with it. We were shopping in Walmart, and it kept her totally occupied (in her carrier) while we were in there. No getting bored and tap dancing to let us know it was time to wrap it up and go.

Hopefully, this will help with everything else she has been chewing on....harnesses, leashes, her basket. I did get Bitter Apple spray and used it...seemed to stop a lot of that.

[oceangirls]

I've been giving compressed rawhide on occasion too (peanut butter flavor). I bought both the sticks and the bones - the sticks seemed to do better; they actually got a couple of layers on the bones separated.

[Anatresia]

I give mine those big petsmart knuckle bone things and thin, flat rawhide strips from Target. I have to watch them to let them chew smaller bones, though, because I'm paranoid about them choking. I used to give greenies, and they LOVE them, but there are so many reports about how undigestable they are, so I've stopped.

I think we might try flossies.

[Fluffy]

A lot of you have been talking about flossies...what are they?

[oceangirls]

tendon, twisted into a spiral shape (like a corkscrew)

http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/Merric...s_p/134014.htm

[Fluffy]

Thanks Kim...don't know about those. I am so leary about what I give my dogs!!!