Hey, people who love dogs! Let’s thus examine something that has been gnawed at pet owners for years: what is the true difference between rawhide and those natural Dog Bones? First priority: Dog bones are a major component of your furry friend’s life, not only a signal of playing. For simple digestion, then, let’s dissect it into bite-sized pieces.
First let’s dig our teeth into rawhide. Imagine this: you are reaching for a plasticky, stiff chew stick off the shelf. Pretty decent, then? Not exactly! Rawhide has baggage. Made from the inner layer of cows or horses, the material gets dipped in a chemical bath to get it all lovely and chewy. Some dogs now show no drama with rawhide, but others? Let’s say, it’s prone to bring more stomachaches than happiness. For digestion? It runs from nibble to no-go; your dog’s stomach could send rawhide packing, incomplete, to the wild outdoors.
Turning now to its counterpart, natural dog bones. From what are these? Of course, Mother Nature’s sweet treat. Fresh from the butcher or pre-packaged without the chemical parade, these bones provide the chewy perfection dogs yearn for without upsetting Fluffy’s belly. Still, you should exercise great care! Natural bones still need the classic once-over for jagged fragments or splintery surprises.
Apart from that, deciding between rawhide and natural fancies clearly isn’t a one-size-fits-all kind of riddle. Neither is ideal. While some doggie friends dream of chewing something more natural, others go nuts over the appeal of rawhide. Here’s a fascinating little tale: my neighbor Jim’s retriever once buried an entire rawhide for months, marking the garden with an X. Was Rover later on digging it? No one. As it happened, rawhide was not his true love. Natural Bones Gone in one day. Guess what? Dogs have secrets much as people do.