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#1 ·
Just talked to my son a little while ago and he was telling me that the 9 month old pug puppy of one of his friends had died and his friend was crushed. I asked what happened and he said the puppy had choked to death on a rawhide.

I use to give rawhides to my dogs and quite many years ago becasue of KayCee. She got one soft and tried to swallow it and choked, but was able to get it back out of her throat. I thought it was a complete fluke....til it happened a 2ed time. She is the only dog that i have ever had that I know choked on one, but after the 2edd time I decided none of the others could have one incase they left it and she found it.

So as a warning, if you give your dogs rawhides be sure you stay right with them....just in case. KayCee had been chewing on them 2-3 years the first time she choked.
 
#2 ·
*nods* I've never had any dogs choke on rawhide before (we've been giving sticks and bones to our dogs for the past 20 years). But there is always a chance of a first time... which case, I make sure I'm around when I give them bones to chew on.

Our collie - I never worry about because his teeth are pathetic. But my golden on the other hand can totally shred and eat a retriever roll in less than an hour. And we always take the two or three inch leftovers away from him, because he'd be more likely to try to swallow them whole.
 
#3 ·
I never give my dogs rawhides for that reason. They do not break up and the dog can easily swallow huge chunks that can cause stomach blockages. Before we got smart one of our dogs was chewing on a rawhide - my husband went to remove what he thought was a small piece the dog had left in his mouth. He pulled it out of the dogs mouth and it was a foot long! Soft, mushy but still very much intact. That was the last rawhide we ever bought.
 
#4 ·
I never give my dogs rawhides for that reason. They do not break up and the dog can easily swallow huge chunks that can cause stomach blockages. Before we got smart one of our dogs was chewing on a rawhide - my husband went to remove what he thought was a small piece the dog had left in his mouth. He pulled it out of the dogs mouth and it was a foot long! Soft, mushy but still very much intact. That was the last rawhide we ever bought.
Dude....

The rawhide bones I give Jacks ARE a foot long to begin with. That would be like him going all serpentine and gobbling it down whole. :yuck::yuck::yuck:
 
#5 ·
My roommate gives her dogs rawhides (cheap ones from Wal-mart at that) and on Friday Flora got half of one and ate it... and I am convinced it is what caused her to puke copious amounts of vomit all over my living room floor at 1am, because she never ever pukes. I'm kind of bad... when I see them laying around the house I throw them away, even though they're not mine to throw away.
 
#6 ·
i have given dogs (English setters, Irish Setters, goldens) rahides in every shape and form for years and years and never had a prlbme with any of them---til kayCee choked that first time. I turly thought it was just a crazy fluke---til it happened a 2ed time.

Maybe it has something to do strictly with the size of what they are trying to swallow, maybe it has something to do with their throat, I don't know.
 
#7 ·
I am the most paranoid person about dogs eating rawhide or anything that they can choke on. I had to watch my neighbour's dog die gasping for breath after chewing on a small bone. No rawhide or small bones in my house...ever.
 
#8 ·
I can't imagine watching a dog choking and not have the ability to help. How awful. We gave our dogs rawhide for years with no problems. I can't help but wonder that the quality of this product has deteoriated, and wonder that the Walmart version seems much dryer. Think that the end knots disappeared way too fast than they once did. I won't give Maggie another rawhide.
 
#9 ·
My dogs have never - and will never - get rawhide. They get a bully stick under supervision from time to time.
 
#10 ·
I stopped giving Asha and Hudson rawhides for some time now... they did love them but really easy to get stuck in their throats, only give sticks of raw hides . How sad about the poor pup who chocked on a raw hide.
 
#13 ·
What is the difference between a bully stick and rawhide? Here I thought I'd found something that would keep her occupied for a while...So sorry that your sons' pug died. How awful.
According to what I googled recently, a bully stick is a certain part of a bull's anatomy. :yuck:

And rawhide is just skin.

I'm still going to give my guys rawhide to chew, because they are more likely to choke on other stuff around the house or outside if I don't give them something to chew. <- Sticks, for example. Rocks too (we had a dog who chewed rocks). Inside the house it would be anything of a material nature (washcloths, socks, rugs, etc) that will go softly down the gullet and get lodged somewhere in the stomach.

Nylabones too are supposed to be a safe alternative to rawhide, but golden retrievers (remember, they have very strong jaws compared to other breeds) can still chomp hard plastic pieces off and eat them. And unlike rawhide which is swallowed in soft pieces, it will most definitely cause blockage or internal injuries when swallowed.

Rawhide is the only chewy thing that I will give my dog.
 
#12 ·
When Jasmine was younger, I used to give her the occasional rawhide. But she seemed to always puke them back up, so I stopped. I do give all the dogs a compressed rawhide once in a great while. I let them chew on them for about 20-30 minutes and then I pick them back up. I have always worried about them choking on the regular rawhides.
 
#15 ·
I figure there is enough things they can get into that we can't prevent, so I will not add to the chances of something going wrong by giving Honey a potentially dangerous item.
 
#16 ·
I used to give them rawhide, actually Kirby has never had a rawhide. Too many times I have had to retrieve a large soft chunk of rawhide from Sunny and Darbys' throats. It is scary and disgusting. They get raw marrow bones and large Nyla bones that's it.
 
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