Pigs ears and hoofs are also dangerous. They can truly harbor dangerous bacteria.
JeanAt 08:16 AM 8/21/2011, you wrote:
Bluely
Sounds like a wonderful treat for your dogs!
How do you keep the hides from becoming contaminated though? For instance, E. coli, Salmonella, etc....? Just curious...
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--- On Sat, 8/20/11, miskinmeadows <miskinmeadows@xplornet.com> wrote:
- From: miskinmeadows <miskinmeadows@xplornet.com>
- Subject: [SimplifyMe] rawhide or something like it!
- To: SimplfyMeWithTipsAndHints@yahoogroups.com
- Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 5:43 PM
- On 20/08/2011 8:47 AM, SimplfyMeWithTipsAndHints@yahoogroups.com wrote:
- > Actually, rawhide is quite dangerous for dogs, even though it is still
- > sold
- > in pet stores. Many dogs have had to go to the vet for surgery to remove
- > parts of the rawhide from their digestive tract. Best to buy Nyla type
- > bones that do not splinter like rawhide.
- We feed only rawhide that we produce. It isn't dried so it doesn't
- splinter at all. What we do is we take the back skin from the bacon or
- our pigs ears that we send for smoking and then cut it into pieces and
- roll it up. This makes sure it is pliable enough but tough enough as
- well to make sure it lasts a good long time.
- Smiles,
- Bev
- Subject: [SimplifyMe] rawhide or something like it!
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