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Jamiya
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posted 03-03-2004 04:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
Are the chew hooves you can buy in the store okay, or is there something dangerous and/or unhealthy about them?


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dukesdad
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posted 03-03-2004 06:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for dukesdad     Edit/Delete Message
Jamiya,
I can only speak for Duke, my large Lab. He loved the hooves but his jaws are so powerful he was able to crack off and swallow large chunks which he would then proceed to regurgitate in the middle of the night. Thyis happened twice before I stopped giving them to him. Maybe OK for small dogs. Not sure.
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winnie
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posted 03-03-2004 06:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for winnie     Edit/Delete Message
I heard those were not good for dogs either. If they chew it down it can get to a size were they can choke on it, also I dont think it is that digestable. But I could be wrong.

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Maisey
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posted 03-03-2004 09:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
I just talked to my vet about this...I have always let my dogs take the trimmings when my horse gets shod and the dogs love them. There are three horses at the barn and if I let them eat too many at one time they will throw them up later. A friend of mine was hollering about the bacteria and other gunk they must be ingesting and we got into a discussion about it so I asked my vet. He said that fresh off the horse when they are still chewy is fine. He said the ones that are hardened or baked can do just what dukesdad said or cause blockages. He also mentioned that "ranch or farm" dogs who are used to eating disgusting things like horse poop or hoove pieces don't get the upset stomachs or illnesses like a dog unaccustomed to it. Case in point for this is that the people who own the property and barn where I board my horse, never had horses until they asked me to board there and help them get started. My friend and I moved our horses in, they bought one and leased one from me so there were all of the sudden four horses at their place. They had two dogs who had never been around horses and when they started eating the horse "apples" they both got very sick....$2.300.00 worth of sick. Part of that expense was that they didn't know enough to tell the vet that they had just gotten horses and the dogs had been eating "apples"...so the vet was testing his butt off. Nevertheless...it cost them and the dogs were very ill. I got Dooley shortly after that and they got a lab puppy the week after that...it drove them nuts that I let Dooley drink out of puddles, eat horse poop and hooves and scared them to death that their new puppy was doing the same regardless of their hollering about it. Neither dog has ever gotten sick from eating these things. I think it's because they have been used to it from the start, I actually think being exposed to those things makes their immune system stronger. This even occured to me when my vet told me he recommended that I NOT vaccinate Dooley for Lepto...that he had most likely already been exposed and made his own vaccine so to speak.( I am paraphrasing there!)All a vaccine is ...is exposure to the disease in very small amounts so that the body builds up an immunity...if Dooley had already done that because of drinking from puddles , creeks and roaming around the countryside then there was no need to vaccinate for it. I am off topic here...my point was that if your dog has been raised or is used to something they seem to buid up an immunity to an adverse reaction. (toughens 'em up!)When they are not used to it and it suddenly presents itself they often are not prepared and get sick. So don't run out and get a pound of fresh horse hoof and feed it to your dog, I would avoid the store bought ones for the same reasons we avoid smoked bones or cooked bones, they splinter and crack and can cause perforations in the gut or blockages. If you have access to someone who can give you a couple fresh ones now and then, give a small amount, go slow and remember they dry out quickly so it must be fresh. Witt drives my farrier crazy when he is trimming my horse, he stands almost right underneath her waiting for the trimming to drop and sometimes bays the farrier for going too slow. LOL, now that his down/stay is more solid, we have eliminated this problem...but it is humerous to all at the barn because sometimes the farrier is VERY slow and it drives us all nuts, Witt hollering at him to hurry up is just too funny.

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