Lexicat
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Just a little warning regarding the Xmas treat many stores are now starting to stock for dogs at xmas.
Many of these so called treats end up with the dog "enjoying" some time in a veterinary surgery over Christmas.
The vast majority of these rawhide products and treats come from China.
The chews are made from cattle or horse hides and their journey starts with the hides being soaked in a toxic sodium sulphide to remove the hair and fat. More chemicals are used in order to split the hide into layers which is then washed with hydrogen peroxide to give the white "pure" look and remove the rancid smell.
Now comes the pretty festive colours and the glue to form cute shapes.
On testing, these chews have shown traces of arsenic, mercury, chromium and formaldehyde.
If that wasn't bad enough, they regularly cause intestinal blockages, poisoning from chemical residue and choking.
The hardness of these chews also results in tooth fractures and mouth abrasions.
The chews go slippery when wet and are near impossible to get hold of to save a choking dog.
Leave them in the shop where they belong or if some well meaning person buys them for your dog put them safely away for later, then dispose in the trash!
Please be safe with your dogs!
alyssaaac
Thank you for posting this, I had no idea! I don’t have a dog anymore but I’ll make sure to keep this mind when I do in the future
DCPrime
Great reminder! For a while, I didn’t realize how dangerous rawhide can be for dogs, but then I had a pup who always got sick after eating them. A little Googling and I learned they can be pretty dangerous to a dog’s health.
Lexicat
As a vet tech I cannot tell you the amount of surgeries Ive seen as a result of rawhides... Ive also seen quite a few deaths as well primarily from choking but a few from poisoning?
DCPrime
That’s horrifying and sad. It’s frustrating that things like that are allowed in stores.