Has anyone else had any problems with Daily Denta Stix with their pups ??
Pup has had one on a few occasions and he really enjoys them . He can have a good chew and they are supposed to be good for his teeth too .
But today I have had a nightmare with them. :(
He does chew them -he doesnt wolf them down in one go and they tend to go all chewy like toffee . I thought he was choking today as he was trying to reach a piece in his mouth with his paw and really trying to get it out . He was baring all his gums and teeth as though choking and I thought he was choking and went into panic mode as I couldnt feel anything there . I thought he might have had a chewy piece stuck on one of his teeth but couldnt locate anything . Its a good job my eldest was there to calm me down ( and hes only 15) .
When we finally saw it , there was a soft chewy piece stuck to the roof of his mouth but it wouldnt budge . I gave him lots of water to drink in the hope it would budge , which it finally did . Its a good job we never leave him a lone when he is chewing anything . I wont be using them again !!!
Has anyone else had this sort of thing happen with them ? And what are they made of ?
He has the small ones for junior and young dogs.
:( :( :( :(

Hi Lel - yes I have had this happen with the denta sticks and the hide chews -I've had to retrieve a few bits from down murphs throat :(
i give him the hide chews but only the rolled ones -so theres no big bits to be chewed off and I take the last couple of inches off him,
I think everything has a risk of getting stuck or choking so you are wise not to leave him unattended when he is chewing something
Liz :)

I'm afraid to say I REALLY panicked . :(
Thought i was giving him a treat and nearly choked him instead .
Lel

Lel,

My puppy gets even the smallest of dog biscuits stuck on the roof of her mouth. It can happen with anything. Any hard chews like Denta Stix I always take away before my puppy gets to the end. She also gets bits of pig ears stuck in her mouth and coughs them out. I also never leave her alone with rawhide.

My Yorkie used to bit huge chunks out of treats like Denta Stix and swallow them whole - only to throw them up hours later. I stopped giving them to her entirely.

Personally, I would keep giving your pup Denta Stix, just make sure never to let him alone with them.

Stacey

Stacey
I certainly wont give them again !! :(
I never give him rawhide purely for this reason but i think because the packet says suitable for young dogs over 4 months i thought they would be ok .
I cant believe how much i panicked
Lel

I think that Denta Sticks are an expensive con :) A good bone is a lot cheaper and lasts much longer and keeps the teeth beautifully clean - Just my opinion :)

Daisy

Daisy
is it ok to give pup a bone ? And would you recommend the roasted or just a good old plain bone ?
Lel

A good old butchers bone is best. After about an hour of chewing I put mine in a roasting pan and bake for 45 minutes on Gas mark 9. This stops them from getting smelly, and doesn't seem to make them brittle.

The commercial roast bones must be roasted in a kiln, or I heard they were deep fried, either way they seem to become brittle, like Teracotta, and sometimes shatter if dropped. For this reason I avoid them.

Witht eh butchers bones watch for the bits of knuckle that get chewed off and bin them. Onec down to just the shank they just grind at them without getting bits off. If you are worried yo7u can ask the butcher for a whole one (they usually saw them ion half) and ask him to saw the knuckle off, leaving just the shank.

Hi There

I have never had a problem with them, but I have heard a few people comment on their turning to "Toffee" after being chewed. I dont give my dogs anything like that. Just smoked bones. However i have to be careful with them as the older dogs tend to throw them about a bit and small splinters break off and could cause more dammage then the "Pedigree Toffee"

Does anyone else have problems with smoked bones, if so, do you think there is anything better that I could give the dogs.

Kind Regards

Pam

I have only given these when I have had them as a free sample, and then they last about 3 seconds, so not much good for cleaning teeth. for my chewy lot the only thing that lasts any time at all is the good old marrow bone!

I got a free sample of an American teeth breath treat called Greenies. It actually lasted nearly 5 minutes on the dog I chose to give it to!!!

After seeing Barbaras advice about bones a while ago I part cook the bones on a low temp -just to take the raw'ness off them as they upset his tum otherwise .But I ask the butcher to cut them into three and throw away the big Knuckle bit as Murph throws it and has cracked the floorboards
His teeth are lovely and clean and it keeps him quiet for ages :D
Liz :)

I use the Nyla Bone (Denta) - My Miniature Schnauzer is 8 yrs old and has been using this since he was old enough, costs 5 pounds and he is only on his 2nd (Bought him a nice new one this week)

Other than that i too use Marrow Bones, Plain ones dont smell the place out and he loves to chew on it even after he has eaten all the middle. Keeps his teeth nice and clean and we have (touch wood) never had any problems..

Also dry food helps as it cleans the teeth as they crunch on them.

Roxanne

Minx has had the denta stick things (the sort of + shaped sticks?), but she is a very careful chewer, and the worst we've had is bits stuck to her teeth (or to her side, when she lay on a chewed bit, stuck like concrete and had to cut her hair to get it off!). Now we give her the bone shaped milky ones (denta something, can't remember what), they seem more crumbly and less toffee-ish.

I also had a free sample of the American 'Greenies' from Crufts and my dogs absolutely loved them :). Here is a link to the UK distributor.

Sorry to be dim, but where can you buy marrow bones, and are they fresh, i.e. likely to be smelly, leave stains on the floor etc????? Blimey, I sound precious about my house!!

I buy marrow bones from my local butcher ..I get 4 or 5 for about 60p and I freeze them ...then dole them out gradually. Yes they DO get smelly if they are big ones and last for ages...and I have to say , the seem to be far more attractive when they ARE smelly (to Hudson if not to me ;) )

Hudson has his outside on the patio and definitely NOT in the house ;)

Melody :D

And they taste even better when they have been buried in the compost heap. Pup tries to bring them back into the house and looks so surprised when I say No ! :D

Daisy

That is why I bake them in the oven after the initial chew of the meaty and bloody bits. Then I let them lick the greese off, and then they do not smell, last indefinately withour reeking actually.

45 minutes on Gas Mark 9, and I have never found them go brittle like the commercial roast bones.

Our last Staffy just LOVED the roasted bones and he would run off with them and you wouldnt see him for ages !! :)
Will try pup on a
plain bone then if he isnt too young
Lel

how old is your pup lel? I know that the manufacturers dont recommend them for young pups...

Hi
He is 5 months but the packet says they are recommended for 4 months and older
Lel