My 3-week-old puppies are teething. What safe chew toys can I give?

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My 3 week puppies are starting to teeth. I was wondering if there are any safe toys I could give them to chew on. Pet's info: Dog | Cane Corso | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 4 months old | 83 lbs

Linda G, MS, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hello. There are many, many puppy teething toys, from Kong toys to Nylabones for puppies. Stay away from real, solid bones & any kind of rawhide , pigs ear, pizzle stiks, etc. Whatever your purchase ( & Petco usually has a pretty good supply ), make sure that it is large enough that none of the puppies can swallow it whole, & replace anything that begins to fray, develop sharp edges, or the puppies seem to be getting close to chewing off a piece. One of my colleagues said after removing an entire chew toy from a 6 month old lab, " all chew toys should be bigger than a puppies head!" Soft toys are fine, just make sure there are no glued on eyes, or easily torn noses, ears or limbs. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

My 3-week-old puppies are teething. What safe chew toys can I give?

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