What is a good bone to give your 16 week old Doberman??
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You definitely want to stay away from rawhide since it can be so dangerous.
Bully or pizzle sticks are a good alternative and they last for many hours if you get a thick one. Many people also give them raw beef bones but of course those can spoil if they don't get the meat bits off them in a fairly timely manner.
Bully or pizzle sticks are a good alternative and they last for many hours if you get a thick one. Many people also give them raw beef bones but of course those can spoil if they don't get the meat bits off them in a fairly timely manner.
@Antman408 had a post about Benebones being excellent so I had to order some for my two heavy aggressive chewers. They are awesome and hold up extremely well.
Both my dobes will fall asleep chewing them too. It’s like a pacifier for them...YAY
Thanks for the recommendation @Antman!!
Both my dobes will fall asleep chewing them too. It’s like a pacifier for them...YAY
Thanks for the recommendation @Antman!!
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Rex falls asleep like this too lol. Did you get the wishbone ones too?
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I’ve found these to be a little too rich. My boy gets the runs if he has too much of it.
Yes, I went crazy buying different ones in hopes they would like at least one. I have the others put away until these get too jagged. I was blown away with how well it relaxed them. That was huge for me to get them to relax for a bit.
I really do appreciate your recommendation. I even got some for the clinic to help occupy the crazy barking dogs.
I hadn’t seen these before.
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MY puppy had this horn waiting when I brought him home it is his favorite and now at 5 months it is still holding up
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Have you tried real bones? We go to the butcher and buy the large soup bones and the butcher cuts them into 2 inch pieces for us. We freeze them and give them to them frozen and they lick the marrow it. Keeps them busy for 30 minutes or so. However if you have carpeting or let them on the couch or bed, it can leave a bloody mess. We have wood floors so not an issue.
What is that made of? Is it something they can actually eat or is it like a Nylabone type of thing? Did you get it from chewy.com?
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I just read up on it on chewy.com and they said to throw it away if a peace bigger than a grain of rice comes off. So this is not something to actually be consumed. That's what I was wondering. It's kind of a chew type thing, but not to actually be eaten. Made of nylon?
I just read up on it on chewy.com and they said to throw it away if a peace bigger than a grain of rice comes off. So this is not something to actually be consumed. That's what I was wondering. It's kind of a chew type thing, but not to actually be eaten. Made of nylon?
Mine just chew on them. They don’t try to ingest them, they save that for rocks and paper towels.Edit
I just read up on it on chewy.com and they said to throw it away if a peace bigger than a grain of rice comes off. So this is not something to actually be consumed. That's what I was wondering. It's kind of a chew type thing, but not to actually be eaten. Made of nylon?
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The chewing / gnawing soothes them, then when they are done chewing on them I just put them away. They have the large ones and both of them are aggressive chewers so this has really worked for them. They chew a kong to pieces within a day or two or most any other toy. Out of everything I have tried this works the best and their teeth are nice and clean.
As with any chew toy they should be supervised while chewing it.
Most caution labels and warnings are to cover the ass of the company that makes it so it doesn’t get sued for JQP using it in a way that is not intended.
Sort of like the warning on the heat guns that look like a hair dryer. DO NOT USE ON YOUR HAIR. The temps on those get to 1000+ degrees. So there are always stupid people that will do something foolish, then sue the company.
Can you imagine all the lawyers for these companies that have to sit and think up ways people can harm themselves from misuse of the product so they can sue the company. They have to list all the warnings on the label.
There should be a Tort Reform that excludes stupid people from suing for damages in frivolous lawsuits. Like the lady that sued McDonalds over the coffee burning her. Hmm... seems to me unless you specify ice coffee then one could be assured that coffee is HOT and caution should be used. These are the people I identify as stupid.
I am quite sure I haven’t insulted anyone on this forum in that statement since “as a rule” stupid people do not successfully raise and own Dobermans.
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