Deer Antler Chews

 I use them with Jezzy and Keela and I love them - as do they. :) Though what one has, the other wants, so even though there are 3 laying around - they trade one off. LOL I love that I don't have to worry about them chipping off or getting icky all over the carpet, as well as the girls don't have to stay in their crates to chew on them. I use the dremel to rough them up if the girls lose interest in them. They get 2 thumbs up from me.

Amy 

I have heard good things about them.  I will be trying them out as soon as I can find some locally. 

My dogs would love these! I've never heard of them, I will google to see more info than keep an eye out at the local stores!

I'm interested in seeing how they work.  I have many friends who hunt deer.  I have put out the word that if they have any spare antlers, I want them.  I'm just wondering if there are any parasites I need to worry about?

I've been reading that since these are so hard some dogs are having problems with their teeth when they chew, one person said their dog cracked a tooth.  That makes me slightly leery.

 Antlers tend to powder up before they'd be too hard to crack a tooth...I'd be surpised to hear a dog cracked a tooth on an antler.

 People here tend to sell the antlers from their moose to Native carvers. I'm having a hard time getting antlers for my two, even though I live in Mooseland!!
 

jeano

 Antlers tend to powder up before they'd be too hard to crack a tooth...I'd be surpised to hear a dog cracked a tooth on an antler.

This is what the antlers did when my two were chewing on them. They became softer due to the saliva.  

I thought the antlers sounded like a great idea, so I bought some for my dogs recently, but they weren't even interested in them.  Maybe my dogs are just wierd, though.  ;)

GypsyNBeau

I thought the antlers sounded like a great idea, so I bought some for my dogs recently, but they weren't even interested in them.  Maybe my dogs are just wierd, though.

Sometimes things that other dogs like and I buy for mine, mine won't even touch them too. I just happened to luck out that they love the deer antlers. I read that to get your dog interested in them, you can put some peanut butter on it for taste, you can also put a light coating of plain yogurt or something on and freeze it I'm sure... 

^ Ooh, that's a great idea.  That just might work. 

Oh, I'm glad to read that most don't think teeth problems will be an issue.  I am going to keep an eye out in local stores before ordering online, I haven't seen any anywhere yet though.  

Consider, too, that some dogs just have bad teeth. Teenie had a whole mouth full of them. She broke teeth on who knows what, even when I quit giving her much of anything to chew on. Her teeth were just super fragile.