Yes I give those shredded rawhide sticks to my chihuahuas for 15 years now.
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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 > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
