Merrick Dog Treat General Panton Natural Beef Bone, 7 to 9-Inch

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As a retired breeder of Basset Hounds, I was supprised to see these "chew toys". A lot is being said about brushing your dogs teeth, and here is a fairly pleasant solution. I have seven hounds living in and out with my wife, and myself. Hounds, od course, will pick up "almost anything " to chew on. In the past, to keep our children presentable, we spent a good deal of money on dental descaling. Some history... Dogs as a general rule use the front "Canines" to catch, rip and tear prey animals. Once they have dinner, they chew with the premolarsthe middle teeth, and only use the back molars for cracking marrow bones, and other long bones. I haven't found a single marrow bone in any bag of dogfood. The result is no molar chewing, and rapid plaque build up. Now, dogs teeth do not decay like ours do. The buildup is rather benign, unless it starts encroaching under the gums. Then, you have an infection. Antibiotics will clear that problem, but what next? Eventually, you have your dog aenesthatized for descaling, or extraction. Basset molars are big and tough, and will not pull unless the root has rotted, and as they age,all dogs are more suseptable to trouble in "LA-LA" land. I have never killed a coyote with plaque. They eat bones. Unfortunately, our bones tend to be cooked, and splinter, and can cause a perforated bowel. Merrick has the answer. They take the beef knuckle, clean but don't cook it, and our hounds chew them to their hearts content,even working the molars and all other teeth. The result has been non-splintering marrow bones with the "goodies" stripped, so the bones are not greasy on rugs, and furniture. Yes, all seven live with us with a dog door to go out to their fenced yard. The only issue we have found is Cleetis, our big, oldest male sneaks the favorites out at night and burys them, causing the younger kids no end of searching, and sniffing-outside. Not really negative. For a while, I carved numgers in them for "inventory control", and had one come in that had been pre-numbers, and was brought in just before our first major snowstorm.. Okay, maybe I have too much free time, but these Merrick bones are the best. I avoid all smoked, or flavored styles, and I cannot tell if they have a "new" smell, or not, but we have happy, healthy hounds, without semiannual dental descaling, of bad teeth. Dare I even say they don't have bad breath? Anyway, this is a shining recommendation of Merricks "General Panton" 7-9inch beef knuckle. Oh yeah, no stuffed ones either. Sign me "Bassets of the Tundra" retired.

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My dog could be a poster child for all those "Product for Heavy Chewer" notifications. And none of the toys I've gotten for her have lasted longer than 15 minutes UNTIL I got a Merrick bone. She's had her Merrick bone now for almost 2 months and only one end is barely chewed off! They're very smooth so there's no jagged edges that can injure. Word of warning, though, you REALLY don't want one of these dropped on your bare foot.

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These bones are the best thing I have found for almost worry free teeth scraping and hours of fun. My husky loves them. I love them for that reason. After awhile, she chews the ends up and starts breaking off chunks (swallows them, I suppose) and I don't like that so I toss them out and buy her a new one.

Don't buy these for smaller dogs. They are seven to nine inches long, hello? WAYYYY too big for small dog to drag around much less chew. I am sorry if that's insulting to state the obvious but really....

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This is a great bone, for the whole 2 weeks we had it. Our Husky loved it, it was heavy, thick and seemingly unbreakable. Sadly, we lost it when we dropped him off at the puppy-sitter, so we will have to break down and buy another one soon.

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The only problem I have is my 15 pound poodle mix pulls it right out of the mouth of the big bruiser german shepherd to make it her own. It is as long as she is! Very good value.