Rawhide Bones

Chew-Baca is the dog to come to when testing how durable something is for a “chewing puppy”…

Today I went against the advice of the puppy trainer in Roseville, and against the advice of his veterinarian (who agreed with the previous advice I received), and I gave him a rawhide bone. And I am crossing fingers and praying that nothing bad happens! I’ve used thick rawhide bone with puppies when I was a kid…

The last straw was when Cooper decided to eat the rubber on the bottom of my shoe, my bloody fingers from constantly taking things from/out of his mouth, and how he keeps bringing in sticks from outside to shred (he doesn’t eat them, just chews them up). I think the bigger fear should be sticks, the wood, and so forth… hoping a rawhide isn’t my biggest fear. Today I broke down, and bought two different kinds (plain and beef), this way he has a choice and if he doesn’t like one he could chew the other.

He seems to be in heaven as he chews away… he still has all his baby teeth… and they hurt like the dickens!!! The look he gets on his face, since I am watching him with them, reminds me of my own kids (human) when I’d give them a frozen waffle or those frozen ice stick things to ease teething… Cooper looks like he is heaven as he tries to even chew with the teeth on the sides.

I teased my husband that we should buy stock, because it is cheaper to spend $4 at a time on these things (Target is awesome for cheaper prices for the same products/brand in pet section), than $50 for a pair of shoes, the broken heart of a kid who’s art has been ripped to shreds, or the “material” things we own. The really huge bone was $15, and it was tempting… believe me, because he can’t just carry it off, and would be forced to stay in one area? I am keeping an eye on him… I’ve been warned about things previously and learned the hard way.