Is there any thing safe that my 7 month old mal can chew on ? the bully sticks last all of 1/2 hr. if she doesn't have any thing to chew she is driving me crazy it's bad enough she tries to get in my lap while driving lol she's with me all day so i need something to keep her busy thanks john

1/2hr? You're lucky!! They last my dog 5 minutes! hahah!

Frozen kongs, or other stuffable toys are good options. You might want to start a new thread though, as this one was about rec bones.

Kelly, i should have stated i want a natural chew/bone etc that will keep busy without breaking teeth

I don't know if this is really an answer to your questions but I occassionally give my dog one of the Nature's Variety lamb bones (http://www.naturesvariety.com/products/treats/NV/bones). They're about 8" long and come frozen, but I thaw them before I give them to him. Dante's a 70lb labmix and for him the lamb leg bone is somewhere in between a recreational bone and a rmb. IOW, he eats them, but it takes him a while to do it.

I could say one word that would get a few people riled up, but I'll behave myself.

Why not just go the frozen kong, treat puzzle ball method?

Or

Dog chewies

Haha- was that link the one word you could say to get people riled up? Nylabones are known to cause some pretty serious problems when a chuck breaks off and gets impacted in the intestines..... Not generally recommended.

John, as the consensus was above- it's a very individual thing, specific to your dog about breaking teeth. Koenig chews VERY hard, and I can't give him antlers or rec bones anymore, for fear of him breaking teeth. He gets Kongs, and Orbee's. My other dog is perfectly happy to easily gnaw on a rec bone or an antler, and she does so safely, so I don't worry about the risk of broken teeth.

I LOVED the Bravo Bully sticks...but our local store stopped carrying them and replaced them with these super thin and horribly stinky ones that last all of 2 minutes. They're to expensive to buy online with shipping unless I can get them in bulk...which I can't seem to find....

Ryuk can finally have kongs now, but I still don't 100% trust him not to dismantle them if left alone, the tug-a-jug is to loud and kills the floors, he just unscrews the twist-n-treat with his paws and cleans it out. He's not interested in antlers, has learned to extract the treat from the fireplug and everlasting treat ball,

I refuse to use nylabone products with the exception of a single bone I use to work on retrieves (he doesn't get to chew it). He also doesn't get traditional rawhide bones or chips and isn't allowed greenies....

I was hoping to move to raw bones to solve this issue since with the hardwood floors its not like I'm scrubbing blood off the carpets anymore....

I'm wondering if I buy turkey necks, chicken or beef parts, thaw them, stuff them into a round mold or something harder for him to grip, then freeze them...wonder if that would be enough of a challenge (....can't wait until a guest looks in our freezer though...)

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I'm wondering if I buy turkey necks, chicken or beef parts, thaw them, stuff them into a round mold or something harder for him to grip, then freeze them...

This works perfectly for us:

Chop the slightly thawed stuff into pieces bigger than Kong's opening. Freeze a bunch in a plastic container.

Load the Kong when you need one.

This is also the least messy way to serve green tripe.

You do know what bully sticks are made of

They're bull penises (well SOME of them are...others are steer penises which is why they're so damn thin -_-)


not sure why that matters though?