My 5 year old golden retriever chews her nylabone vigorously and she
never gets bored of it. How safe is this? Can I leave her with this
alone at home when I`m off to work?
Thanks

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Raj wrote:

My 5 year old golden retriever chews her nylabone vigorously and she
never gets bored of it. How safe is this? Can I leave her with this
alone at home when I`m off to work?
Thanks

Depends on the type of Nylabone. I've never had a problem with the hard
types, even when the edges get very rough. For the dogs that is. My
bare feet have met with too many ragged-edged Nylabones!

Try the Nylabone "Puzzlebone". Don't know what it is about them, but my
retrievers (lab mix, flat-coat and golden) all think they are great.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet Boss wrote in
:

Try the Nylabone "Puzzlebone". Don't know what it is about them, but
my retrievers (lab mix, flat-coat and golden) all think they are
great.


Hey, thanks for the tip -- Z & Q both love nylabones, so I'll try the
puzzlebone sometime.

--
Catherine
& Zoe the cockerchow
& Queenie the black gold retriever
& Max the pomeranian
& Rosalie the calico cat

However, some dogs are powerful enough chewers to break off chunks
from the nylabones.
If your dog is doing that, take the toy away and replace with a larger
size. The chunks can
become intestinal blockages (just like any other toy, rawhide, stick,
underwear, charcoal, etc
which are chewed up). There is a long running plea by the veterinary
community for Nylabone
and other dog toy manufacturers to make their products X-ray opaque so
that a film will
give the answer when intestinal blockage is suspected.

Deb