What Every Pet Owner Should Know About Rawhide Treats

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Rawhide, typically the skins of cows or pigs - ranks at the top of the popularity list of dog treats. And it's no wonder: dogs love them. What's interesting is that dogs aren't so much attracted to the rawhide as they are to the chewing.

In the wild, dogs rip and shred the skin from their prey. A dog will work very hard for his dinner, tearing and stripping away at the meat. Rawhide treats are an excellent way to provide dogs with an outlet for this natural instinct to chew, and offers the added benefits of helping to keep gums and teeth healthy and relieving anxiety or boredom. If your dog is happily gnawing on his rawhide treat, your shoes and furniture are safe!

Buying checklist for rawhide treats

Beefeaters products meet all the criteria for high quality rawhide treats. Don't settle for less.

• 1st grade quality rawhide

• no additives or preservatives or fillers

• a wide variety sizes to ensure the rawhide treat is appropriate for the breed size

• no artificial colors or flavors

• if you are looking at compressed or pressed rawhide, make certain it is made ...
... from strips – and not scraps of rawhide

• oven-baked to seal in flavor

Look for a rawhide treat that will take a lot of time to chew up, providing good exercise for the jaws. If you are looking at knotted, braided or twisted treat, know that the best ones are made from a single piece of rolled and knotted rawhide.

Rawhide and dental health

The dental benefits of rawhide treats may come as a surprise since we don't usually associate rawhide treats with dental health. As rawhide is chewed and moistened by saliva, it wraps around the teeth and helps to rub off the plaque. In addition -

• tugging and pulling on rawhide toughens the teeth and gumsCleans the Teeth

• rubs away plaque build-up

• reduces the risk of gingivitis

Hours and hours of entertainment

Long lasting rawhide is a safe chewing activity. Don't restrict yourself: try the full range of rawhide bones, sticks, chips and twists. For aggressive chewers, try compressed rawhide that typically lasts 3 to 5 times longer than regular rawhide.

Puppies and Rawhide

Like babies, puppies experience discomfort from teething. The pressure applied to the gums from chewing on rawhide treats helps to relieve teething pain. This practice also builds a strong foundation of healthy teeth and gums. You can safely feed rawhide to puppies when they reach 12 weeks.

Beefeaters provides a full range of rawhide treats for dogs. Check out our compressed beefhide, pork hide, pigs ears and Natural Parts. All are oven baked to seal in flavor. You will never find additives, preservatives or fillers in a Beefeaters treat. To review the full product line, visit http://www.beefeaters.com/.