Any Problems with Cow Hooves?

I threw a whole box of them away after I saw how they splintered. I have HEARD that they can crack the dog's teeth, too. The only way I would give them is after soaking them in hot water to soften them and then, under strict supervision. I just tossed mine. I think fresh horse clippings are a lot better if you can get them. My neighbor has 2 horses.

Cow hooves are harder than dog teeth, so they will chip teeth.  They also hurt like a son of a gun if you step on them barefoot.

Sparky used to eat them, then barf up large chunks of them.  I figured out after two hooves that they weren't for him.  My new dog, Kelly, is about eight years old, and she has had the same hoof for weeks.  She seems content to just gnaw it.  I guess it depends on the dog.

The soaking idea sounds like a good one. 

Used to have them, but only used one or two before they were ditched for good. I would never give them to my girls, ever. Like others, I noticed how badly they splintered, and just how sharp those shards were. They are extremely dense, more dense than what I would want to have my dogs chewing.

 Welp, into the trash they go!

Bugsy the monster chewer chewed one up in no time flat with no problems, but sorry to be gross he had one seriously gelatinous poo the next day (he was under a year at the time) - I didn't get another one because the smell nearly killed me while he was chewing it.  I know you have little access to stuff but what I give him now are rawhide retrievers that are about a foot long, 1.5-2" in diameter and tightly wound.  They last much better than the pressed ones as they are one piece not a one piece out with the bits in the middle.  I get them from BJ's  I dont' know if you have any connections in the lower 48 that can send you a bunch of them.  They are like $10 for a bag of 14.  There is a flat rate priority mail box that you could easily get 2 bags in. 

kpwlee

Bugsy the monster chewer chewed one up in no time flat with no problems, but sorry to be gross he had one seriously gelatinous poo the next day (he was under a year at the time) - I didn't get another one because the smell nearly killed me while he was chewing it.  I know you have little access to stuff but what I give him now are rawhide retrievers that are about a foot long, 1.5-2" in diameter and tightly wound.  They last much better than the pressed ones as they are one piece not a one piece out with the bits in the middle.  I get them from BJ's  I dont' know if you have any connections in the lower 48 that can send you a bunch of them.  They are like $10 for a bag of 14.  There is a flat rate priority mail box that you could easily get 2 bags in. 

I've never heard of those. Are they made in China? 

 What is BJ's? Never heard of it. I found a store online that says it is BJs.com but they have no dog toys at all.
 

I checked it out for you they are made in Brazil and as someone said BJ's is a bigbox place like Sam's Club and Costco.  We aren't members any more but I have friends get these for us as nothing else has been as good.  I took pics of the bag and of a bone.  The bone pic was supposed to show how tightly wrapped it is but you can't really see it too well but you can see that there isn't any empty space.

My Breed, Rhodesian Ridgebacks have enourmous jaw power and that makes hooves a no no , they shatter them very quickly. When I have difficulty locating my favorite show vendor to restock bones I go to the local deer processing butcher. Deer bone is MUCH harder than cow bones. They are surprising since they look so delicate compared to each other.  The only problems with deer bones , they come with a good bit of scrap meat so eating outside or in crate is a must. The raw venision can give some dogs the runs. my 11 month old gets them ever time he gets any fresh venision,  The processor is not going to cut them to order so you'll get some really big ones from time to time.  And I have ehard some dogs can crack thier teeth on them, I don't have any experience with that myself. The cost nothing or next to nothing, the processor is always happy to give them to me. I bag them and put them in my freezer then give them to the dogs frozen that also slows down the crunching.

If I had a teeny tiny dog I would use hooves but otherwise nope...

Bonita of Bwana

There's a rawhide company that makes retriever rolls and super thick retriever rolls here in the U.S (they're 10'' long). I think the name of the company is U.S.A. Rawhide but I'm not sure.

Elkhounds will crack their teeth on hard bones, too. So far both my dogs teeth are in great shape, so I don't want to mess that up. I've put out a call for antlers but so far no takers. Apparently most people sell their antlers to the craftsfolk who carve, dang it. Eventually I'll come up with a connection, it's just going to take some time.

 On another board it's been suggested that freezing veggies might be an alternative, and that will probably work for Ole dog. He's a nut for frozen things.
 

why don't you just go to the grocery store and pick up some raw bones?   soup bones, knuckle bones, rib bones, lamb bones, pork bones. All make excellent chewies that are quite safe. And you don't have to worry about the nasty chemicals they use to make rawhides.