Charlie I understand what you are saying here but there are other types of rawhide. I choose to use the type that is in the shape of a short stick. It is not one single piece of rawhide but rather more like itty bitty bits of rawhide molded together to make a stick. You can easily break it in half and I have watched mine eat it...little bits at a time. In a message dated 2/3/2007 2:19:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The "blockage" thing is rather specific to rawhide. If you watch them work on a big piece, you'll see them chew it until it can become a very soft, long, white gooey rope of rawhide. This string may be rather long, perhaps 6 or 8 inches, but even though it is soft and gooey, it is very very strong, try to tear it and you can't. If they swallow this long soft and delicious (to them) rope, it can bind in the intestines and cause very serious, possibly deadly, problems. It is similar to the problems with swallowing tinsel at Christmas. Amber All ~***Soigné Chihuahuas***~ "Be Who You Are And Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter And Those Who Matter Don't Mind." ~Dr. Suess
