Can puppies eat (actually eat) sticks?

Yep, my moms dogs had a fetish with wood and sticks, as soon as they seen it, bye bye it would go :-/

yeah they can eat anything not edible really with out getting sick or anything

Sticks can get wedged sideways in the roof of their mouth….painful for them….

Dogs are fine with sticks, I have never heard of a puppy or adult dog choking on a stick ;)

no, puppies cannot eat sticks

Extra fiber! lol I think it’s probably completely fine, when they start eating plastic that’s when you should be worried but mushy chewed up sticks shouldn’t hurt him.

Dogs have a natural inclination to chew, and they’ll chew on anything, so you want to make sure that you’re keeping anything harmful out of reach.

As far as sticks go, I wouldn’t be too concerned. If you watch a dog actually chew on a stick, you’ll notice that it isn’t biting off pieces and swallowing them - the dog is gnashing the stick down into soft fibers that are easy to swallow and digest. Of course there’s a chance of a dog getting a splinter or a piece of a stick wedged in the roof of its mouth, but that risk is as much as the risk of it choking on its own kibble. Dogs are animals, and no matter how much we domesticate them, they will always retain some of the wild animal instinct that prevents them from making fatal mistakes.

Thanks everyone! I always watch him when he’s playing with a stick so I’ll know if he’s trying to eat shards lol. But yeah just wondering if it was alright for him…. many thankies :P