[Dailydrool] Singing and chewies

[Riche Churchill]

I used to sing to my heart-dog (long since ATB) "You must have been a 
beautiful baby..." but nowadays occasionally resort to "How much is that 
doggy in the window?" while staring accusingly at some culprit.

Re chewies. The dogs love things to chew, but either what I buy 
disappears in a nanosecond or turns out to be unsafe. Have avoided the 
rawhide chips and "bones" and knots, but did try the little sticks 
(about quarter-inch thick, 5 inches long) thinking they were safe 
enough... but Sydney-Basset goes to vet first thing in the a.m. for 
possible blockage. Maybe it's not that, but still.

Tried the cow hooves, and they work fine for the really big dogs, who 
only gnaw contentedly, but oddly enough, the littlest one can break off 
pieces with her jaws of steel, so they have to be forbidden. Can't let 
the others have them lest they abandon and she gets hold of them.

Have long considered antlers, but never bought due to high cost. I would 
be willing to cough up the $ if I were sure I wouldn't have to consign 
them to the do-not-allow shelf. I think in the past some have said they 
were fine, but a few said they splintered.

Which is it?

Riche aka Bugler