To: AnAmericanMother
The antlers sound pretty icky, but we’ll look into Nylabone chews. Ash makes a real mess with the rawhide ones.
2,014 posted on
04/20/2009 10:16:16 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
(What can I do to advance Right Wing Extremism today?)
To: Tax-chick
Why are the antlers icky? They are just a specialized type of bone, but with no flesh on them to rot or smell. Deer antlers are covered with 'velvet' when they first grow out, but that is long gone by the time they shed.
Antlers have no odor and when the dogs chew on them they simply grind down into a white powdery substance that disappears into our carpet (I suppose you could vacuum it up but it's invisible, at least on OUR carpets . . . < eeeek! >)
We throw them away when they get small enough that a dog could choke on them (we do the same with the nylabones).
2,016 posted on
04/20/2009 10:20:34 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Tax-chick
Chunks and pieces of the rawhide chews can get stuck in the intestines. The Nylabones are much better for dogs.
2,017 posted on
04/20/2009 10:20:38 AM PDT by
Monkey Face
(Borrow money from a pessimist. They don't expect it back!)
To: Tax-chick
I didn't realise how many people were SELLING these things -- I just googled "deer antlers" and "dog chews" and got dozens of different websites, some selling them in bulk.
Antler Dog Chews
2,018 posted on
04/20/2009 10:25:24 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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