My dogs ABSOLUTELY love these. I have greyhounds and these are a great addition to their teeth cleaning routine. It is the only thing that helps other than actually brushing their teeth which I don't do often enough. So what could be bad about this? They help keep my dog's teeth clean and my dogs love them.
Best price This is the largest quantity and price per piece that I have been able to find. Not even the pet stores or whole sale catalogs have so far been able to match this. I love these bones because they last longer then most of the compressed non raw hide chew bones. The drawback is that most stores sell them for about 3 to 3.50 a piece.
Cost My dogs love these bones but these were too expensive. I will try to find them at a lower cost.
Dangerous Choking Hazard My 30 lb. male corgi nearly died from eating this. The thing broke in half and became lodged across the roof of his mouth and in his teeth at the back of his mouth. It took over a hour with a pair of channel locks to get it dislodged from his mouth. It was the small/medium size bone. Purina makes a lot of good dog products but this is not one of them. I called Purina and reported the lot number and what had happened. I just dont want anyone else's dog to choke on this thing.
Removed calculus from my Golden's teeth. I'll apologize in advance for the length of this review but it's more of a story than a review.After adopting a fiveyearold Golden Retriever last year I had to spend a few hundred dollars to have her teeth professionally cleaned. She had a lot of staining on her front teeth and canines and a lot of hard calculus on her large premolars. See image I posted above for reference. The vet had to remove one of her large bottom premolars due to the amount of decay. After the surgery I committed to brushing her teeth two to three times per week but that wasn't enough. The tartar and calculus came back within months. I began to get concerned that I'd have to get her teeth cleaned again and they'd have to eventually remove her other large bottom premolar. Imagine a dog without its bottom premolars! Despite my rigorous brushing the calculus would not come off. Going against the advice of many vets I BBQ'd a slab of beef ribs and let her chew on them but she refused to gnaw on them. She'd remove the meat and leave the bone. I then went to the pet store and spent about $20 on an assortment of chewable bones in hopes one of them would do the trick. The first one I gave her was the Purina Busy Bone. She went right at it and consumed almost the whole thing within 20 minutes. I let her consume the rest of it the following day but didn't expect to see a difference so fast so I didn't inspect her teeth immediately. A couple days later while brushing her teeth I couldn't believe how much of the calculus was gone. I was so relieved that I wouldn't have to get her teeth professionally cleaned again and that I'd found something safe and effective to keep her tartar and calculus at bay. I committed to buying several of these while they were on sale.The only downside to these Busy Bones is that they get really sticky when wet. Your dog's paws and legs WILL be sticky after chewing on one of these so be prepared. Either let them do it outside or plan on wiping their legs afterwards.
Funniest thing I've ever seen a dog do. I first bought a pack of 2 in a store. Our dog Chewy ate the first one but the second one we gave him a few days later he walked around the house with it for hours then went outside and tried to bury it. He never tried to bury a bone before. He dug but wouldn't put it in who wants to eat a dirty bone lol. I bought much more reasonably priced ones on Amazon and now he'll carry it around for hours and tries to bury it under my pillows and covers and my daughter's couch. Then he finally eats it. I read about this from another Amazon customer and couldn't believe my eyes. Have fun with your dog with these Busy Bones.
Dog loves but it is messy I have a 10 month old Weimaraner that loved the Busy Bone Chewbone treat. He has some separation anxiety and they can help keep him calm. It takes him about 1520 minutes to eat but it is long enough for him to calm himself down. I just make sure he keeps it off white stuff. The red center bleeds a little if he drops the wet side down or a piece gets broken off and falls on a light surface. My dog will chew on one end then leave it if he gets distracted then come back and chew on the other end and the wet side dies surface he is on.
THE BEST!!! Healthy and very much loved by my fox terrier and black scottish terrier.I typically prefer giving my dogs bully sticks rather than rawhide but biting the little rice bits off of the rawhide really keeps them busy for hours.
Want a red mess on your carpet? My dog got an hour's pleasure out of a single bone. Thankfully she ate it on a towel that happened to be on the floor. It left a six inch square of red 'stuff' on the towel. Dogfood thrown up ususally leaves an indelible mark on my beige carpet.If the manufacturer had just tinted the ends of the 'marrow' red it would likely have been fine.If you have light colored carpet BEWARE.
Terrible ingredients! The Pugs loved these and although they made a mess of my white slip covers I was thrilled.
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ReplyDeleteI have been surfing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. My dogs love the chicken rawhide. They're nice and crunchy, organic, made in the US, and very healthy for the dogs. Just be sure you give your dog only *one* piece a day. Keep on sharing!!!
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