Rawhide bones

Hi, just seen a post on facebook about them being bad for your dogs.....is this true? I thought the vet said they were ok but maybe I misheard

I'd recommend stag bars over rawhide. Rawhide can be dangerous, it goes gooey and can be a choking hazard.

Rawhide swells in a dog's stomach, so if he bites off a larger piece than normal it could cause a dangerous blockage. I won't give them at all.

Ok thanks, will look at getting a stagbar then

StagBars are better in my opinion, they last a lot longer

our boy does get rawhide but we do have to watch him.. stagbars a bit more expensive but in the long run more practical

Stag bars are a much safer option and are available from Jolleys and Pets at Home or online from Amazon.

I don't use them at all either.. They swell and are a choking and blockage hazard Stag bars are heaps longer lasting anyway..

I have always used rawhide knot bones. One of my dobermann pups swallowed one (a smallish one!) whole - I was worried then (about 30 years ago now) and my vet did tell me I shouldn't have given her such a small one, but reassured me that a dog's stomach acid is stronger than ours and would deal with it. And she was fine.

I would suppose that a Staffy's stomach is smaller than a Dobermann's stomach, but I would need strong evidence of actual harm caused by rawhide to stop using it; I find it a godsend, especially with the crevices stuffed with cooked liver.

I do appreciate others' opinions and advice regarding rawhide (and yes it does swell when it gets soggy) but personally unless and until I have actual evidence of harm being caused by it, I will continue to use it.

Have a read of this and there are many more just search rawhide, and there is a number of topics that will come up
https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t25745-ban-the-shoe-chew?highlight=ban+chew+shoes

I have heard of dogs needing surgery to remove pieces of rawhide that have swollen in the stomach and caused blockages, some (can't remember the make) have been found to have lead pellets in!

Yes, obviously don't use any rawhide product that have used metal to stitch them together (like those little shoe things).

erm no it wasn't one that stitched it together pellets were found in flat rawhides they should not have ever been there......

Kat75 wrote:I don't use them at all either.. They swell and are a choking and blockage hazard Stag bars are heaps longer lasting anyway..

Kylie have you managed to locate stag bars in Australia? I have tried but no one has even heard of them. Can't order them through the UK company either as they are unable to ship to Aus.

If anyone can help, I'd love to try Zoey on them.

Yeah you can order them online in Aus, none of our pet suppliers have them though that I have found Although they don't call them Stag bars they call them deer antlers.. Similar if not the same though

http://www.dogtreatsaustralia.com/deer-o-deer-antlers-medium-14-16cm/

I get these for Steff but she is only 4 months they also have the large size

http://www.dogtreatsaustralia.com/deer-o-deer-antlers-large-16-20cm/

Thanks Kylie, that's great! They only have the medium in stock at present, think I'll wait for the larger sizes to come in.

There are also other suppliers in Oz if you google Deer antler dog chews in Aust there are a lot of them

terrible what it can do, I'll be popping to Jolleys tomorrow for a stagbar. Thanks a lot