Rona loves to chew hard plastic! We can be out walking across a field and she will find the one bit of broken plastic pipe which she will enthusiastically grab.
I think it’s because she was given large raw bones to chew at the breeders and that hard “crack” is what she wants.
I asked her acupuncturist about giving her a large raw bone and the answer was no. Too risky.
The suggestion was a kong, but it’s the wrong chew sensation.
Unfortunately, she has discovered our cheap plastic supermarket glasses - so far she’s demolished about five! She is at the height/size now where she can reach across the worktop or table.
Has anyone faced a similar issue with their dog and found a solution? Grateful any thoughts.
Vets not fans of chews and we had problems with one of our previous Airedales - they are happy to gulp large mouthfuls down, so a soggy, well-chewed pig’s ear they will sometimes try to swallow whole.
Our Isi had a piece a grey plastic downpipe, that he inherited from Gloria, a Bouvier that we used to look after during the day. He loved that downpipe!
We didn’t bring it with us stupidly as Bob was also partial to a quick chew. So now just have a bone - just a section of thick well chewed white bone that was also a hand-me-down.
Our previous dog, Issa(bella) (Maltese terrier) had a tin lid she used to chew every evening and then bury beneath under a large rug. She’d then jump up and down on top of the rug. God knows why. The lid was from an old jar of Black Cat brand S African peanut butter. When eventually, now in the UK, the chewed up lid imysteriously disappeared, we had to source an equivalent, now ‘antique’ lid on ebay.
I would have thought an X-ray was the next step.
A visiting dog left some kind of curved animal horn when he left and Jules chews that occasionally but he really isn’t interested in other things.
Possibly a deer antler? Our dogs sniffed a couple when they were puppies in UK but lost interest. Possibly too much work involved for Madame and La Pricipessa
pig’s ear gone in 2 mins. Plastic bucket for bird seed balls a great favorite to crack and hurtle round the garden with, but pieces spat out and collectable… cheap reading glasses…keep out of the way. 18 month GSD still a baby. Has raw bones from the butcher, I cut off fat and dig out marrow. great success.
