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Yak cheese chews.

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Helenluvsrob · 25/11/2019 20:16

I dunno. It’s like babies. You worry about everything 😂

Switched from the puppy nylabones as he bit a lump off and I had to go in and fetch it ( owww!).

Bought a yak chew. Small. Ate it in 2 days of happy extended chew time.

Bought a medium one ( he’s 4 plus kg). He’s adoring it. But he’ll have eaten it in 5 days. It makes him very happy

Apart from The cost (£5 on offer 😂) is it bad for him? I do hoover small heaps of cheese up.

What else is good chewing?

Please don’t say bits of dead stuff. He had a lambs ear.. we are still recovering from the stink !

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LilyRed · 26/11/2019 00:23

Our current dog, now just over a year, has always been a very gnawy chewer - He also destroyed the puppy nylabones v rapidly and the yak chews are too expensive for one on the go all the time.
I found rope toys very useful (buy from the place that starts with A - not advertising them!), the cotton is easily digestible and you can play tug!
Also lumps of specially treated wood/root from same here , my bearded x border collie loves them and they saved all my wood furniture from imminent destruction. The current piece is a huge lump that he lies down with between his paws and gnaws at. I have not noticed any splinters or problem with digestion and if any bits do fall off, you can bin them quickly. I tried split antler, but it got buried in the garden.
Kongs are also very useful, I make up a mix with porridge oats, Meridian peanut butter (make sure wharever you use has no xylitol or artificial sweetener) and plain natural or greek yoghurt and use this to fill them.

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HeidiPeidi · 26/11/2019 03:49

No suggestions as we use mostly ‘bits of dead stuff’ Grin (stuffed trachea is a fave -yummers!). But I did want to say that if you microwave the small bits of Yakers, they puff up like a cheesy piece of popcorn. Our dogs love it even more like that.

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adaline · 26/11/2019 14:10

Ours loves his yakkers.

We do rotate around chews though - unfortunately all the others are body parts - they do smell but they're good for the teeth and imo, much better for them than bits of plastic (nylabones, balls, ropes etc.)

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joystir59 · 26/11/2019 14:19

Tripe chews, beef twists from Wilko,stinky but Dog likes them. He also adores pieces of raw ox tail from the butcher.

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