Bad Swallowable Dog Toys

Swallowing items is a very common problem with dogs and puppies. Maybe you have already been through this with a child swallowing an unwanted item in his or her diet. Children eating forbidden things is a more serious factor than a dog swallowing something. This is because a dog's diet is used to more of an extreme variety of things. Dogs eat bones, hair, and whatever can go down their throat usually if they desire.

The saying “What a dog eats in its lifetime would make a maggot cry,” is true. Your dog is most likely outside just doing whatever it wants and the dog eats more than what you think it does. If the dog is playing in the dirt than most likely he or she is eating some of it. So dogs do in fact eat more than what you think.

Toys are what should be looked into the most here, because so many people buy the wrong toys that are hard for dogs to eat if they do and may be dangerous. Very cheap toys that are often made across seas are made of polyethylene. Of course, these are probably the most desired toys from dogs because of the soft plastic lets the dog feel good by completely destroying the toy in minutes. Then once the toy is destroyed, the indigestible pieces are then swallowed.

Toys that are safe are made of hard rubber and nylon toys. The hard rubber cannot be just any hard rubber. Make sure it is 100% rubber and not other rubber. These “other” rubbers are often recycled rubbers from old tires and such. We do not want this what so ever. The rubber we are searching for here goes by the name of “virgin” rubber and it is not harmful to dogs.

Nylon toys are the safest of all dog toys. These even come in flavors or scented for the dog. A very popular brand is the “Hambone” name and dogs love them. These a lot of times help clean the dogs teeth and are very easy on their stomach so it cannot hurt but only help.