Dog bones, whether natural, cowhide or toy, are a great way for your pet to exercise his teeth by gaining strength. It also has many other advantages such as tartar reduction or relaxation.
If you have followed our article on bones for puppies and want to know how to make one yourself, don't hesitate to read this article on our site to make an exclusive and natural bone for your pet.
Find out in this step by step with images how to make a bone for your dog at home.
To start you should go to your usual store or a supermarket with pet products and look for rawhide strips, we advise you to use those that are made of cowhide and that is because those made from pork are indigestible and can cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Find out in the place where you are going to buy this product if you can use it for this purpose and if it is a quality product.
Once at home you should cut the leather strips according to the final size you expect to obtain. That is, a bone for a Chihuahua will not be the same size as for a Great Dane. Clean the leather strip with sterile gauze and make sure it is free of impurities, dust or dirt.
The process is simple: you must roll the leather that you have selected, turning it several times, in this way, the thickness of the future bone will be consistent and will last longer.
You can be creative and make a bone in the shape of a stick, bone and even as a donut.
Once you have made your dog's natural teether, you must put it in the oven. To do this, it will suffice to leave it for 30 minutes at 65ºC, in this way the cowhide leather will be more resistant but will continue to maintain its properties.
After 30 minutes the leather will be ready and dry. Once it cools down we can give it to our beloved pet.
