Cleo, our 16 w/o Presa puppy, just lost her two front teeth. The adult teeth are just visible. Fortunately, we don't have much trouble with her chewing furniture. She does like to nibble on our fingers on occasion but I wouldn't characterize that as a problem.

My question is: What are the best items to provide her to chew on while teething (and thereafter)? My wife bought a nylabone, a nylabone keyring designed for teething and a solid soft rubber fire hydrant-like thingy. Cleo really loves the keyring. She also likes to chew on soft stuffed squeaky toys, towels and rope. I also bought some beef tendon and dried it out until it was good and hard. She went through that in about 6 minutes.

By the way, she pick up and chews anything and everything from leaves to palm fronds to rocks and dirt.

She has already broken her lower left canine tooth (baby tooth--thank god). Don't know how she did it.

Would love your comments on what we have now and what we should get. How are those cow hooves you see in the pet stores? Are beef knuckle/soup bones too hard?

She is on a BARF type raw food diet.

Mahalo,

eric

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Have you tried wetting and squeezing out and twisting a towel, and then freezing it?

Hi Connie,

Haven't tried the frozen towel trick. She does love to chew ice, which I give her as often as she likes.

Will the bully stick last longer than the dehydrated beef tendon? She really tore through that stuff.

Do you think the Nylabone products are OK?

Thanks

Does anyone know if Nylabone products are ok for teething puppies?

In my opinion they are too hard and once the ends are chewed a bit they become very sharp.

I like to wet down towels or washrags and then freeze them. I also fill kings made with the Honest Kitchen product "Ice Pups" are great as well (I use duct tape on one end and then fill and freeze, peanut butter or cream cheese works well also).