Long lasting chews help promote dental health, decreasing plaque and tartar build-up while keeping pups occupied and diverting them away from destructive behaviors such as separation anxiety.
Rawhide can splinter and cause tooth damage; for a safer option consider chews made from materials such as beef tendons or lamb horns.
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Fish Chews
Fish skin chews are highly popular with canines. Not only can they provide satisfying jaw workouts and help to keep teeth clean, they are an ideal low-cal option that can teach young puppies to chewing skills.
These 100% natural chews are crafted from the outer layer of ocean fish, providing your pet with essential Omega 3s for healthy coats and teeth. Plus, they’re single ingredient and completely digestible!
Fish skins can be easily made at home, but must be thoroughly cooked or dehydrated to reduce the risks of flukes and tapeworms that could potentially infest a puppy’s oesophagus and blockage. To cook at home using an oven dehydrator for 72 hours until firm and no longer flexible; after cooking store them in an airtight container until next use!
Teething Rings
Puppies who are teething often experience discomfort they cannot express through words or tears, so they turn their focus toward shoes, furniture or anything that might provide some comfort to their gums. Unfortunately this can lead to chewing accidents whereby puppies accidentally swallow small parts of what they’re chewing and risk health complications like stomach upset.
To prevent accidents from chewing accidents, offer puppies toys designed specifically for teething pups such as these N-Bone puppy teething rings – free from plastic, rubber and nylon materials and featuring a textured surface to massage sore gums while relieving teething pain with gentle chewing action.
Max, Chica and Nero put these nylon chew toys through rigorous testing by our teething puppies Max, Chica and Nero; they proved durable when exposed to vigorous chewing activity from all three. Furthermore, these chews had pleasant smells, were easy for our pups to grasp with their paws, and featured a curved design for optimal gripping power.
Rawhide Chews
Rawhide chews can be long-term solutions for keeping your puppy’s teeth clean, yet should still be monitored carefully as certain chewers could choke or block their digestive tracts by swallowing large chunks. Therefore, it is crucial that owners understand their canine’s “chewsonality”, taking away chews when they have been broken into small enough pieces that pose a choking hazard or have become dirty or contaminated, overly smelly or have chemical flavors that could potentially cause digestive issues in some dogs.
Be sure to buy high-quality rawhide from the USA. Much of what is sold in pet stores comes from recycled cowhide that has been heavily salted and bleached before being doused in an array of toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde and mercury – this poor-quality product should never be worth risking your dog’s health over.
Natural Chews
Natural chews offer various textures and shapes that meet a puppy’s nutritional needs while also keeping their teeth and gums healthy. Unlike rawhides, which often require heavy processing that includes preservatives and chemicals that damage pup’s teeth, natural chews feature ingredients like cow and yak milk, lemon zest and salt for long lasting tasty fun chews!
Cracked teeth are painful for puppies and costly for pet parents alike; to protect your pup and save yourself the expense, choose a chew that’s firm but has some “give”.
Certain long-lasting chews also promote dental health by reducing plaque and tartar build-up, making them an effective supplement to brushing sessions. They’re typically composed of animal parts containing connective tissue rich in glucosamine as well as turmeric which provides antioxidant benefits that boost immunity while simultaneously alleviating pain.
