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What you should know about your dog’s recreational chew bones.

By C.C. Holland

With the third twist of the vise handle, the bone held snugly inside splintered along its length with a sickening crunch. Splinters and fragments sprouted from the crack like thistle.

This is a small (six-pound) dog with a big bone. Even so, he’s putting all his effort into trying to get some corner of the bone between his back teeth. This is how many dogs crack their molars. He does much better with a bone that is still covered with tissue, but he’s not a good candidate for recreational chewing with a dry bone.

The scene of a gruesome torture chamber? Hardly. Rather, this was a common result during informal testing conducted by WDJ in an attempt to ascertain whether certain types of “recreational” bones pose more hazards than others to the dogs who chew them. …

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