knowingly do anything that has the potential to hurt or make one of my girls sick. I appreciate the information...hooves are in the trash!

knowingly do anything that has the potential to hurt or make one of my girls sick. I appreciate the information...hooves are in the trash!

I used to let Bully chew on these when he was a puppy. He loved them and they kept him entertained for hours. After he stopped chewing things around the house, I stopped buying them because of the smell.

About six months after that, he suddenly started chewing again; and so I went out and bought a bag of cow's hooves. In that time, his jaws had grown powerful enough that he was able to splinter the hooves and swallow the splinters. He managed to get about a quarter of a hoof's worth of splinters into his stomach before I realized it. As a result, he suffered a prolonged and horrible bout of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and spent four days in the veterinary hospital at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fortunately, he passed the splinters without doing any permanent damage to his system, but I never want to go through anything like that again in my life. At first, I thought it was just a simple case of diarrhea, but then he started bleeding, stopped eating, and became completely lethargic. I had him to the local vet four times in the course of the longest weekend of my life; and when that vet finally gave up and said Bully should see a specialist, I took him down to Penn. Total cost between the two vets was about $2500, since there had to be x-rays, ultrasounds, and all that. (And my business had just failed, so the money really hurt.)

Your dog is a female and--I think--younger, but it's possible that she'll grow powerful enough to splinter those hooves. I wouldn't chance it. The entertainment value isn't worth the risk.

I used to let Bully chew on these when he was a puppy. He loved them and they kept him entertained for hours. After he stopped chewing things around the house, I stopped buying them because of the smell.

About six months after that, he suddenly started chewing again; and so I went out and bought a bag of cow's hooves. In that time, his jaws had grown powerful enough that he was able to splinter the hooves and swallow the splinters. He managed to get about a quarter of a hoof's worth of splinters into his stomach before I realized it. As a result, he suffered a prolonged and horrible bout of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and spent four days in the veterinary hospital at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fortunately, he passed the splinters without doing any permanent damage to his system, but I never want to go through anything like that again in my life. At first, I thought it was just a simple case of diarrhea, but then he started bleeding, stopped eating, and became completely lethargic. I had him to the local vet four times in the course of the longest weekend of my life; and when that vet finally gave up and said Bully should see a specialist, I took him down to Penn. Total cost between the two vets was about $2500, since there had to be x-rays, ultrasounds, and all that. (And my business had just failed, so the money really hurt.)

Your dog is a female and--I think--younger, but it's possible that she'll grow powerful enough to splinter those hooves. I wouldn't chance it. The entertainment value isn't worth the risk.

They can chew on the forever and they don't splinter nor can the bully choke on it. I let them chew on them for a couple of weeks and then throw them away and surprise my girls with a fresh batch of hooves when they least expect it.

They can chew on the forever and they don't splinter nor can the bully choke on it. I let them chew on them for a couple of weeks and then throw them away and surprise my girls with a fresh batch of hooves when they least expect it.

I BUY THE BIG BONES AT GROCERY STORE

I BUY THE BIG BONES AT GROCERY STORE

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Whole Dog Journal had an article about rawhide last month. There was good explaination about how they are made and what is good and what isn't and where to buy.

I don't give any type of edible chews to my dogs other than an occasional bully stick when I am right there watching.

Whole Dog Journal had an article about rawhide last month. There was good explaination about how they are made and what is good and what isn't and where to buy.

I don't give any type of edible chews to my dogs other than an occasional bully stick when I am right there watching.

UNLESS YOU LIKE TO GO FISHING DOWN HIS THROAT FOR SLIMY MASS...EVEN THEN YOU DON'T WANT IT GETTING STUCK...MAJOR SURGERY BILLS IF IT GETS STUCK SOMEPLACE...I ONLY GIVE BIG NYLABONES AND THEN I KEEP AN EYE ON THEM SHATTERING OFF THOUGH LARGE GUMABONES HAVE WORKED AS HAVE THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE TURKEY WISH BONE BUT HAS TO BE BIG.
MOST EDIBLE STUFF LIKE RAWHIDE ETC IS BAD FOR BULLIES AS THEY TRY TO SWALLOW THEM WHOLE.

Lorraine
If only I was as good a person as my dogs seem to think I am!
Find us on:
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UNLESS YOU LIKE TO GO FISHING DOWN HIS THROAT FOR SLIMY MASS...EVEN THEN YOU DON'T WANT IT GETTING STUCK...MAJOR SURGERY BILLS IF IT GETS STUCK SOMEPLACE...I ONLY GIVE BIG NYLABONES AND THEN I KEEP AN EYE ON THEM SHATTERING OFF THOUGH LARGE GUMABONES HAVE WORKED AS HAVE THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE TURKEY WISH BONE BUT HAS TO BE BIG.
MOST EDIBLE STUFF LIKE RAWHIDE ETC IS BAD FOR BULLIES AS THEY TRY TO SWALLOW THEM WHOLE.

Lorraine
If only I was as good a person as my dogs seem to think I am!
Find us on:
www.karismakennels.com

Mine get only the hard nylabones.

Sue

Mine get only the hard nylabones.

Sue

like rawhide, bones, pig ears, greenies, etc. I am too scared of choking. And they totally gross me out, but that is just me. Deuce only gets the hard nylabones. Don't get me wrong, he has so many toys it is pathetic, just none that are designed to be eaten.

like rawhide, bones, pig ears, greenies, etc. I am too scared of choking. And they totally gross me out, but that is just me. Deuce only gets the hard nylabones. Don't get me wrong, he has so many toys it is pathetic, just none that are designed to be eaten.

Bulldogs can be aggressive chewers, and can choke on large chunks that are swallowed. They can also cause a blockage if they swallow long pieces. It's not worth the risk, to me.

Cathy Miller

http://www.marshillbulldogs.com
http://www.bulldogclubofmetropolitanatlanta.com

Bulldogs can be aggressive chewers, and can choke on large chunks that are swallowed. They can also cause a blockage if they swallow long pieces. It's not worth the risk, to me.

Cathy Miller

http://www.marshillbulldogs.com
http://www.bulldogclubofmetropolitanatlanta.com

I wouldn't chance giving one of my bulldogs pig ears. I had a pomeranian that loved pig ears but then she got choked on one and I said never again(I had to put my finger down her throat to get it out so no she didn't die from it). You can be watching them so closely and in a matter of seconds they can get a piece off and choke on it. My bullies don't get any bones, it might sound mean but I don't want take a chance on one of them getting choked. I have heard of several bulldogs getting choked on bones and dying so no chancing anything here.

I wouldn't chance giving one of my bulldogs pig ears. I had a pomeranian that loved pig ears but then she got choked on one and I said never again(I had to put my finger down her throat to get it out so no she didn't die from it). You can be watching them so closely and in a matter of seconds they can get a piece off and choke on it. My bullies don't get any bones, it might sound mean but I don't want take a chance on one of them getting choked. I have heard of several bulldogs getting choked on bones and dying so no chancing anything here.

but only when i'm home and can watch them...when they get too small and too soft, in the trash they go...i keep like 3 bags on hand...

but only when i'm home and can watch them...when they get too small and too soft, in the trash they go...i keep like 3 bags on hand...

Hello,

Some may not agree with me but I do give pig ears.

The only ones that I will give are the ones that you can purchase at Costco. They tend to break apart so the dogs can chew them rather than getting soggy.

I've purchased many bags of these and have not had any problems with the ones from Costco.

I always watch them when they have any kind of treat like that though.


*Amanda*

Hello,

Some may not agree with me but I do give pig ears.

The only ones that I will give are the ones that you can purchase at Costco. They tend to break apart so the dogs can chew them rather than getting soggy.

I've purchased many bags of these and have not had any problems with the ones from Costco.

I always watch them when they have any kind of treat like that though.


*Amanda*

They can get stuck in their throat soon as they get chewed to a certain size. I would not give one to any of my bulldogs. You are better off going to the market and getting a raw soup bone. They can chew on that raw not cooked. Cooking bones makes them brittle and they splinter. If the marrow is too greasy you can scoop it out before you give it to your dogs.

They can get stuck in their throat soon as they get chewed to a certain size. I would not give one to any of my bulldogs. You are better off going to the market and getting a raw soup bone. They can chew on that raw not cooked. Cooking bones makes them brittle and they splinter. If the marrow is too greasy you can scoop it out before you give it to your dogs.