Repurposed from my Facebook page: Bergen County NJ Lost and Found Pets

Although rawhide chews come in lots of fun shapes and sizes, your dog can easily chew off and swallow large pieces, leading to a potential choking hazard or intestinal obstruction.

What’s even worse is how rawhide is created: rawhides are a by-product of the leather industry and are washed and sterilized with a variety of (often harmful) chemicals, such as sodium sulfide, lime, chromium salts, bleach, and hydrogen peroxide. It is then molded and dyed to form what you see in pet stores today.

Please avoid them at all cost, no matter how pretty they market them!