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.