Does your dog chew rocks?

[MeanAger]

Is that normal? Mine does. He lifts them out of my large planters and chews them then goes and lifts another one.

Do be careful he doesn't swallow them, it can make for an extremely poorly dog and an expensive vets bill.

They're big massive things. They don't even fit in his mouth. He hauls them out and accross the garden to his spot for a gnaw and then goes back for another one.

Yep. Between the ages of being a puppy and around 4 he used to eat stones and pebbles all the time. Then starve himself until he vomited them up a couple of days later. We removed all of our gravel but then he'd dig for them. He eventually grew out of it and hasn't done it for a few years now. He used to chew rocks and big stones too. He's staffy cross so got an urge to chew lots!

Have you tried the deer antlers to chew. They make a good rock substitute but much better for them!

I'd never heard of deer antlers as a chew for dogs. Where can you get them? We actually have a venison farm near here, would they be likely to have deer antlers? Do they need to be treated before they are safe?

Are they earthy? I know they say horses eat earth because they are getting minerals from it. Is it the same with dogs?
What breed of dog is he, I have visions of something the size of Clifford

Deer antlers? Most pet shops stock them, not cheap though.

If you google it then lots of pet shops sell them. I think ours is called stag bar? Not sure re sterilising but they're rock solid so a great alternative!

he is a bit like Clifford other than not being red! He is a golden retriever on the large end of the scale.

The rocks are those yellow type ones. We have a building site at the back of our house and I collected them from around the earth they had shifted. So yeah, they are earthy

Thanks for the antler recommendation.

Our Golden Lab does this! Carries round and chews massive rocks in our horse field. Also loves chewing brambles