Does your dog sometimes swallow a treat instead of chewing it first.?

Question

I have a bassett hound - who often swallows so quickly without having chewed - case of if it smells edible he will swallow without a second thought - unbelievable but worrying at times.

Answer 1

i know i have a collie like that he eats so quickly by the time iv put the other 2's dinner down he has eaten his i have changed his diet and that has slowed him down a lot its called natures choice its frozen you have to defrost it first though you can get it from pets at home its slowed his eating down he doesn't drink as much and his coat and teeth are wonderful

Answer 2

See we have an enzyme in our saliva that digests carbohydrates so we chew and digestion starts in our mouths. Dogs don't do this (they eat less carbs and haven't the enzyme/saliva) This means for a dog it's usually best to swallow food without chewing as long as it's a bite size morsel. There's no point to chewing and better to get it down before someone robs it. On the other hand while dogs were evolving they didn't have rawhide chews and dog treats so I can't answer for how healthy it is to swallow them down!

Answer 3

yes i even wounder wether they get to taste the flavor of the treat, what I do now is make sure the treats are small enough so that if they do swallow them whole, that they won't choke.
with a dog like yours i would advise you stay clear of raw hidetreats, this is from bitter experience of sticking my hand down my english bull terriers throat to pull a rawhide chew out, also if swalled whole they can expand in their stomachs and cause blockages.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

i have a black lab and a cairn. The lab never seems to chew anything (and will eat anything given the chance) but the cairn does chew but very quickly The vet says that most labs do eat very quickly and not to worry and said the cairn eats fast to ensure gemma (the lab) does not steal his food

Answer 6

Yes my German shepherd does it and so does my little chihuahua. He will swallow something almost as big as his head. Just be careful, because it can be dangerous. Mine choked after not chewing something and scared the crap out of me. I try real hard to watch him now. The bigger dog, I think its just normal.

Answer 7

It is the nature of the beast.

I have only met ONE dog who actually daintily accepted the gift and carted it off to her blanket.

Most just see food and gobble. In the wilds, the slow wolf went hungry.

Dogs are wolves in disguise.

Answer 8

Yeah I have got a border collie and he doesnt even think about chewing and sometimes it makes him heave because he swallows it so fast. its funny and cute but i feel sorry for him too when he does it!

Answer 9

Mine does this too! Lately he's been doing that with the little miniture cocktail weiners and I am always afraid he will choke.
I give him his pill in them though so I guess if he swallows it whole at least he is swallowing it.

Answer 10

I have a little dog (half yorkie/halfpomeranian) and she does this too. I have to break her treats up into smaller peices because I am afraid she will choke.