My wife bought these little chewies for our new little pup thinking that they would be just the right size for him. He is in a constant state of chewing *something* right now because he is somewhere between 8 and 10 weeks old. Felix has found them to be a very tempting treat and they have effectively distracted him from chewing clothes, shoes, sheets, us, and so on. Nice!

They are fortified with vitamins and oils--seemingly to make the coat shiny. They are small for a small dog's teeth. They seemed pretty safe.

I know that many people don't think that rawhide chews are such a good idea for puppies. We've used rawhide on and off with a variety of pups for many years. In fact, Felix is the sixth dog I've been caretaker to. I have had dogs since the day I was born, literally.

Early this morning, Felix woke me up to let him out to do his business. He is doing a pretty good job of waking me up at night to take him outside. It was about 4 am. Unfortunately, after he has woken up he thinks that everybody else should be awake and begins to play, make noise, nip, and generally be a nuisance. I gave him a rawhide chewie and slipped back to sleep.

It wasn't Felix who had any kind of issue. He settled down, chewed for a little bit and then went straight back to sleep. Fremont quietly nabbed the chewie and began relishing the little tidbit. My wife noticed that Fremont was making a horrible slurpy chewing noise that wasn't stopping. It wasn't a normal chewing noise.

The little heart shape on one end had gotten caught at the back of his throat. He could breathe but he couldn't get the chip out of his mouth. He was clearly in discomfort and after getting my fingers nipped quite a few times finally he managed to get it dislodged.

Needless to say, the chips are going into the trash and we'll be getting Felix a new Kong toy.