thankfully I was there to pull it out of her throat. It was stuck and she wasn't breathing. Very scary!


I don't rescue animals because I want to feel better about myself, or morally superior to anyone. The best part of my life with animals is the humility they teach and the humanity the foster.
Jon Katz "Soul of a Dog"

I once pulled a soggy piece of rawhide out of a dogs throat because it was choking. I haven't given them rawhide since.

Loves them and rawhides, but chews them up and eats them and then barfs all over the place.

Our first bully undid the knot on the end of his bone and had swallowed about 6 inches of slimey mess until we realized he was choking.

Besides, anything other than her kibble and usual treats gives her "narly butt".

I'd just make sure you are with your nurse at all times when she's enjoying her treat.

I nearly lost Henry with a rope from a toy he managed to chew loose and swallow- the WHOLE thing. He ended up thropwing it up 3 MONTHS LATER!! I know people who have lost their dogs to rawhide too. Gets all slimey and softens into a wad of crap that blocks the throat and kills the dog.

My dogs only get Nylabone Big Chew toys (not regular Nylas) and stuffies, when supervised with them. The only thing I will leave out for them when Im not home are the Nylabone Big Chews. Just not worth the risk.

both of them love the pig ears
they do not get them that often but they are fine with them.
although I am really close to them when they have them as well..
the biggest issue I have is how fast they can chew them down...

maybe I just got lucky with my bullies and the pig ears.
Bella loves them the most and she is totally fine with them.
never had an issue with them..at all with her.
Gus on the occasion gets a slimey mess..I just toss the old ear and give him a fresh one..
but Gus does not go crazy over them like Bella

They get very slimmey and have been known to get lodged in their throats and become a choking hazard. Back when we had our Lab, Rottweiler and German Shepard they had no problem with them. Different story with our Bulldog's!!

I can't give them to Doyle, although he loves them. He can't seem to chew them from the edges in. He just mashes the whole thing into a sloppy mess and then tries to swallow it. He choked on one once and I had to pull the whole sloppy mess from his throat. My brothers lab eats them with no issues at all but not my boy!!

Bella has crappy teeth but her jaw is very very strong.
she goes through these in about 5 minutes now a piece
they are being spaced out ....so she can take her time..
they are not cheap..but she loves them..