Raw hide bones

I was given raw hide chew bones in the basket Blue won at the animal
parade.
I have heard so many varied opinions on raw hide chew bones.
They get lodged in the intestines.
They are full of chemicals.
They can give a dog salmonella poisoning.
The dog can chew off the end part and choke.
They are great for teething and are handy.
What does anyone here who has heard about the raw hide controversy
think?

Suja...

Whether you can feed it to your dog depends on the dog. Pan just does not
tear into this stuff. She slobbers to get it all gooey, and then nibbles
off pieces. Khan is not nearly that delicate, but he still chews them into
small pieces before swallowing. So my dogs are allowed to have rawhide,
with supervision.

Paula...

I allow my chewers to have rawhide because they are chewers who would
rather chew all day than swallow big chunks. The one who likes to
devour rather than chew doesn't get rawhide. The ones who do get
rawhide only get it when I am going to be right there to supervise.
The funniest one with rawhide is the chihuahua. She can chew and chew
all day because she daintily gnaws and gnaws without doing much
damage. But she still has to be supervised for safety's sake and
because she goes from dainty to Cujo in no time if another dog comes
close to her when she is chewing. All my dogs prefer marrow bones to
rawhide and they are better for them.

One thing I have found is that there may be unintended consequences when
feeding something like this. Like the time Khan got a piece of rawhide
speared through and then stuck between his teeth. There aren't very many
dogs who'd hold still for you while you have him lie upside down, and then
hold the mouth open while attempting to yank off the rawhide piece with
tweezers (slimy rawhide is very slippery).

Janet B...

I go mostly on experience. Retrievers tend to get rawhide soggy and
break off big chunks. Rawhide is not digestible. It will usually get
stuck in the throat or somewhere inside, or cause diarrhea/excessive
water consumption. Raw femur bones are much better for their teeth
and a whole lot safer.

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