Petstages Dog wood.

[Dibbythedog]

I saw these advertised , not come across them before. I thought I might get them for my dogs. What do you think ?

 

[Whippylove]

I actually bought my 3 wood to chew (made for dogs) but they weren't so keen on them, even tried chew roots they are good for keeping their teeth clean.

 

[niamh123]

I bought the tree root for Ronnie he will chew it but much prefere's the wood in my log bucket

 

[excuseme]

And the wood in your log bucket is a lot cheaper I'm sure.

 

[Dibbythedog]

It's supposed to be safer that wood as it doesn't splinter . I like the fact it keeps their teeth clean.

 

[excuseme]

But our dogs explore and learn a lot by mouth, raw bones (which are fantastic for keeping teeth clean), a lump of wood picked up during a walk, a sawn log out of the log bucket, pieces of cut wood in general.
Can't wrap them up in cotton wool, their dogs after all. It's got to be better than chewing and damaging household items and they get free pleasure from it too
I've never known any of our lot to get a wood splinter stuck anywhere after chewing a piece of wood.
Man made products will always be manufactured, advertised and sold as being safe and best, it also gives a lot of owners peace of mind too.

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[Finsky]

Yep....I too tend to rely for the 'woody delights' by what is in the forest. Brown 'fresly' opened pine cones are one of my dogs favourites. They throw them about like balls first.. chasing after them when they roll about. I do pick some to bring home too, but it can be bit of a job to clear up the mess they make with them. Plugging the cones one 'scale' (don't know what else to call their bits) at the time seem to be entertaining for them and then chew up the central spine into mush before spitting it all out and start it all over again with the next one
One of my dogs is not reliable with her habit to spit wooden bits out, so I do not allow mine to chew with 'fresh' dried wood because of the sharp splinters. But they do help themselves for wood from forest that is damp/rotting/fresh as those don't break into sharp particles.
Saying that....I don't always spot straight on when the cheeky buggers have helped themselves to the contents of the log basket... ..yeah, they are not 'little angels'...but even they've had chew of splintering wood, they've never had any issues with it. I might be overly fussy about their safety and what's not good for them...?

 

[JudyN]

Jasper once managed to get a thin stick jammed across the roof of his mouth when 'helping' with the pruning... I tried my level best to get it out, but he soon got panicked and ended up having to have a sedative at the vet.

 

[excuseme]

@Finsky , you have mentioned "Pine cones". Our lot like to play with them, husband joins in too. One of our girls remembers where there are 3 pine trees that produce cones every year (all in different places) along a couple of our walks. As soon as we are within 50 yards of these trees she just does her own thing and goes straight ahead to the "Pine cone" tree to get first choice, She gets a lot of doggy pleasure from the cones but never chews or destroys them.
My daughter had some huge really big ones (that's fir cones I mean !), and when we had our last litter 2.5 years ago these were given to the puppies to play with and chew. Great fun, they are disposable, replaceable and FREE
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[excuseme]

Oh @JudyN, I'm afraid some dogs are a bit dumb and accident prone
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[Finsky]

@Finsky , you have mentioned "Pine cones". Our lot like to play with them, husband joins in too. One of our girls remembers where there are 3 pine trees that produce cones every year (all in different places) along a couple of our walks. As soon as we are within 50 yards of these trees she just does her own thing and goes straight ahead to the "Pine cone" tree to get first choice, She gets a lot of doggy pleasure from the cones but never chews or destroys them.
My daughter had some huge really big ones (that's fir cones I mean !), and when we had our last litter 2.5 years ago these were given to the puppies to play with and chew. Great fun, they are disposable, replaceable and FREE
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Oh...with mine it is all about having a little amusement with the cones first and then a rush to the main 'main course'...destroy!
Good tip that with puppies....useful to know.... It is now pinecone season so I might just 'stock up' and keep my dogs entertained over the winter..and keep floor brush & hoover in action too Like one needs that sort of extra activity...

 

[Dibbythedog]

Jasper once managed to get a thin stick jammed across the roof of his mouth when 'helping' with the pruning... I tried my level best to get it out, but he soon got panicked and ended up having to have a sedative at the vet.

Same with Libby , a thin twig got caught from her tongue to the roof of her mouth and she couldnt close it. She was slobbering and pawing at it , It was very frightening.

 

[Dibbythedog]

I bought two today , small and medium. They felt plasticy to me but Libby like them and was chewing away , Pip was disappointed it wasn't something to eat so he didn't bother with it until later.