Nylabone Chew Toys with Real Meats Review: Our 4-Week Test with a Heavy Chewer

Debbie’s contraband collection, assembled in her first month with me: one hair clip, the reading glasses I’d set down thirty seconds earlier, and, after one bath time, her own collar. She rarely gets more than a few good chomps in before we catch her, but not for lack of trying. My current foster dog is many things: a champion snuggler, a professional-grade napper, and above all, a chewer with the soul of a cat burglar. She pulls this off in a thoroughly Debbie-proofed house, too. After 15+ years as a veterinary technician, caring for dozens of foster dogs and several of my own, I know not to leave temptation lying around. Debbie simply treats it as a personal challenge. Here’s the short version: after four weeks of daily testing, Nylabone’s new Chew Toys with Real Meats made with real Chicken, Bacon, Bison, Venison, and Beef stood up to heavy chewing, redirected Debbie away from my belongings, and became her go-to during anxious moments. The full collection is available at PetSmart. So how did we get here? Debbie is a 3-year-old Beagle from rural South Carolina. As a stray, she was hit by a tractor-trailer and survived without veterinary care, her wounds and broken bones healing o...