Just an idea for a chew/treat

[abkb]

Hi all,

I've been doing this with Molly for a while now and thought I'd mention it.  We feed Molly kibble but every now and again I buy a couple of cow hooves (either empty or with stuff in which Molly has previously eaten) and then fill them with wet food pouches (usually the james wellbeloved puppy ones from the range/PAH).  One pouch fills 2 or 3 hooves.

I then freeze them.

Then when Molly is driving me crazy I give her one, still frozen, and it takes her a good 30 mins to get through it all.

Just an idea!

[Archie bean]

I read somewhere that cow hooves are dangerous because they splinter easily so I've always avoided them. This sounds like a good idea though, so can anyone advise re their safety?

[Toni-UK]

I was just going to ask almost the same thing 

Which was do dogs try and eat the hooves? as i have never given Ruby one before.

[Juno]

Re splintering: Juno has been gnawing on the same couple of hooves since Christmas and all she's ever managed to do is wear the edges down.  She's never bitten a chunk off and neither has splintered.

PS she also LOVES frozen, stuffed hooves!

[louisedi]

mine love Yummy bones, they last for agess. get them from amazane

[bluegirl]

I've bought some filled hooves a couple of times now and mine have never managed managed to chew much off them they were more interested in the filling and when that had gone I removed them from their baskets. I actually threw them away but filling them up again is a very good idea.

[abkb]

Same as Juno, Molly doesn't 'eat' the hoof she just eats the filling and sometimes has a little knaw at the sides of it.  She's not able to break it off or anything, so I've never had any issues with splintering.  I found it was helpful to freeze it when she was teething, the little knaw she had seemed to soothe her teeth.

I decided to fill them with wet food after I found the same thing Karen- Molly would eat the filling and then leave the hoof, so I was determined to make use of it!

And just to add- we have about 3 hooves in the house, which I keep filling again and again, so no need to buy new hooves every time 

[annie1]

Mine have had hooves and I've never had a problem. They regularly get trimmings from horses hooves after the  farrier has been.

I'm told that the bone of the hoof is softer than proper bone so might be harder for it to splinter, but I'm not sure how true that is.