are bark chippings safe for dogs to chew?

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only my garden is full of them, and puppy seems intent on sampling every last one. Also, she is chewing buddliea (no idea if thats spelled correctly) jasmine and has had a go at my purple aubretia. Her favourite chew at the moment is the coir mat I have in the back doorway, which I'm not at all bothered about as it was only a couple of quid, and if it ok for her to chew and keeps her out of other mischief, I dont mind!
Please could anyone tell me if these plants/things will cause her any harm if she is chewing them. poos seem normal, no runs or anything

As long as it isn't cocoa shells it shouldn't do her any harm.Cocoa shell mulch is poisonous to dogs.

I'd be a little bit worried about her getting a bit of bark stuck somewhere, personally. If it were me, I would just try to encourage her to chew something else though, rather than remove it from your garden or anything. It's not like you are actively making it a game, like throwing a stick, but perhaps you need something mega tasty for her when you see her chewing it?

Bark more likely to be an obstruction or to splinter than to be poisonous, but as Mirage has told you, avoid using cocoa mulch as it contains theobromine, the same ingredient that makes chocolate poisonous to dogs.

For information on poisons for dogs that is reliable and authoritative, look here at the Veterinary Poisons Information Bureau. It is a site that every dog owner should have bookmarked. It lists the common poisons (chocolate, painkillers, slug pellets etc) and gives a great deal of seasonal information in the section on Publications - look at the seasonal newsletters. So for instance, at Christmas it will advise on poinsettia, Christmas trees and so on. There is also a very useful checklist on Poison Proofing Your Home, which is useful before you introduce a dog into a household.

she isnt chewing it as such, she just pounces on a piece, savages it for a couple of minutes and then gets bored and moves off to find more mischief.
Having thought about the plants, I'm not worried about it as I had free range rabbits in the garden for 10 years and despite eating every plant in the garden at some point or other, they never had any problems.
She has numerous chew toys which she seems only mildly interested in, stuff she can pinch to chew that she shouldnt however are much more inviting.