16/11/2024
With Christmas approaching and shops bringing more and more rawhide out as gifts for your dog, we feel it is important to remind people and raise awareness about how dangerous rawhide is.
So what is Rawhide?
Rawhide is made from animal skin. It is treated with chemicals to remove the hair, remove the fat, puff the skin and whiten the skin, all ready to be made into a cheap chew for your dog.
Why is Rawhide bad for dogs?
As stated above they have been treated with harmful chemicals, so far from natural, and not something we would want our dogs chewing on.
They are an obstruction risk, if your dog swallows large pieces of rawhide it can get stuck in the esophagus or later in the digestive tract. Rawhide is mostly indigestible, due to this pieces of rawhide can get lodged in the stomach or intestines for days, weeks or even months and can cause gastrointestinal issues. In some cases these obstructions can require emergency surgery to remove the blockage and unfortunately if not done in time can lead to your pets death.
Please check the ingredients of your dog’s treats as rawhide is being hidden in lots of treats on the market.
You may have given your dog rawhide before and been lucky that they have been fine, but it really isn’t worth the risk.
Instead of getting rawhide for your dogs there are plenty of natural chews you can get for them instead.
