Rawhide - a warning...

Cross posting this from another (non-staffy) forum.....



I never give rawhide to my dogs, anyway, but I hope this will make other people a little more wary of it!

Shocking, saw it on Facebook earlier. Goes to show how we must double check everything.

I steer clear of rawhide anyway but I bet this isn't the first case.... Makes u wonder how many dogs have ingested lead.

Are rawhide chews bad for dogs in general? But wow, that's horrible, thank god that person noticed it.

Yes, they are. They swell in the stomach, so if the dog swallows a large piece it can cause a fatal blockage.

we stopped using rawhide chews a long time ago based on advice from here

What would be a good alternative to the rawhide chews ?

was just about to but this on here scary troy has the solid bones rawhide and once they get small they go in the bin

kathytake2 wrote:What would be a good alternative to the rawhide chews ?

Pizzles, dried treats there's alsorts on zooplus for example

Can't beat stagbars IMO. Last ages too, no need to give ur dog any other type of chew treat if u got a stagbar.

Lola's stag bar lasted 4 hours....

Buy an xl one, my 2 have had theirs weeks !

kathytake2 wrote:What would be a good alternative to the rawhide chews ?

Pizzles ( ) or stag bars are good.

kaztaz wrote:was just about to but this on here scary troy has the solid bones rawhide and once they get small they go in the bin

Tghe problem is, you never know if they've pulled off a large piece & swallowed it. They can't digest it & it swells - before you know it, it's an emergency dash to the vets with blockage & a major stomach operation.

That's a shame, Loki's gone off his StagBar since buying him a rawhide chew bone thing. He'll just have to geet back to it then.

Jackieb wrote:Can't beat stagbars IMO. Last ages too, no need to give ur dog any other type of chew treat if u got a stagbar.

unless they get bored of them like my two do

Yes, Dempsey gets bored every so often, but goes back to them eventually.

thanks for that Caryll will get rid and get a stagbar

mrsxg wrote:Lola's stag bar lasted 4 hours....

My foster Baloo has demolished his today as well.
I was shocked - the other dogs I've fostered barely made a mark on theirs.

Really bad. I never give cairo rawhide anymore.She once tried swollowing a huge piece and started choking on it.I managed to get it out but i have never been so scared in my life i steer well away from anything like that now.

Rocky still loves his stag bars, thankfully.

We stoped giving Debo rawhide because one-it gave him loose poo and two-once he swallowed big piece of it. Likely he was fine but never again. Now he's in love with his stagbar and cow hoof

jola139 wrote:We stoped giving Debo rawhide because one-it gave him loose poo and two-once he swallowed big piece of it. Likely he was fine but never again. Now he's in love with his stagbar and cow hoof

Cow hooves are the second most disgusting smelling things ever. First place is tripe

Before we knew how lovely they smell we got one for Debo and took it with us on the car trip to Poland in August. You can only imagine how nice smelled our car in 30C.

I don't think tripe or hooves smell that bad! must be used to them now

ella wrote:I don't think tripe or hooves smell that bad! must be used to them now

You're definitely used to them. I came downstairs to find the entire living room smelled of tripe

I've been defrosting 4kg of tripe in the kitchen for a few days and i can barley smell it!

Based on advice from here when I first joined, I stopped the rawhide. The stagbar are the best things ever. What I do is, if Pixee stopped playing with them, which is rare, is play an hide and sneek game with them, she goes mad I will ever hide them under my butt, you should see her trying to get it.

And tripe, it does smell and makes me want to

OMG is rawhide really that bad??
i give Diesel raw hide on a very regular basis, like a good few every week, shes a big chewer and so thought it was better she had somat to chew instead of my furniture.......i never ever would have even thought they were bad for them?! Everything else she just chews right through and thought raw hide was safer for her than plastic.

She's gets nylabones which she likes but she goes off them and for some reason will only chew one end!

Try a stag bar (extra large). they last a long time & are much, much safer!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stag+bar+extra+large

ella wrote:I've been defrosting 4kg of tripe in the kitchen for a few days and i can barley smell it!

you sure?

Staffy lover wrote:

ella wrote:I've been defrosting 4kg of tripe in the kitchen for a few days and i can barley smell it!

you sure?

Fresh raw tripe doesn't have much of a smell - it's when you cook it that you really get the whiff!!

I have just been reading the posts re-Rawhide and am a bit concerned. I have been giving Zak Highlife rawhide chews for years and he loves them, always after his main meal thinking that it is good for keeping his teeth clean, he has a moan if he doesn't get one. I shall try stagbars now, but where do i get them and what are they, never heard of them.

they are recycled Deer Antlers (naturally shed) and are hypoallergenic , you can get them all over but Pets at Home sell them now at a decent price

What is a stagbar please and where to buy ?

Many thanks they are now on my shopping list.

If you buy on line make sure you get a XL , they aren't as big as you think

This is an XL bought online , think I paid about £12 , expensive but had it since July though Tommy does not spend every waking moment with it

Ihave just been looking on line, so thanks for tip about size. I will let you know how he takes to them and interesting to see how long one lasts.