Kairo is a chewer of catastrophic proportions. Thankfully all my furniture is being spared, but no "indistructable" toy has survived more than three hours. I know, we've timed it.

I got Kairo a filled knuckle bone to give her something to chew on. However, after about 10 minutes of having it, she figured out how to bite chunks out of it and subsequently eat it like kibble.

I know the warnings and reasons behind pulling a bone that is small enough to swallow. How does that rule apply to biting into bones? I can't tell the size pieces she is biting off because she is keeping them in her mouth and chewing them up. I'm worried she might not get one small enough.

You might try some elk antlers or some real bones if you have a butcher around. But they need to be raw bones - I give raw beef bones (but not the marrow bones - they love the marrow but it usually ends up in diarrhea because of the fat load.) My boy particularly likes the neck bones and the bones left from porterhouse being made into strip steak. But...you have to watch her, if she is a gulper, may need a huge one she can't get her mouth around (my guys savor and gnaw their bones.)

Is she chewing the pieces she bites off or is she swallowing them whole? Swallowing hole not such a great idea.

Thank you! She does chew the pieces up. The problem is in that she bites straight down, instead of gnawing. I've been warned to watch her breaking her teeth as that is the way she is biting on them.

I live in a tourist trap and wouldn't know where to get "real" bones, so I'm stuck with places like Petsmart and Petco. I may try the antlers