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I'm just curious what others think about Nylabone. I've had a dog snap one of the whimsical shaped ones and could have choked. We immediately got it from them and contacted the company. However, I've never had a problem with any of the more natural shaped ones or anything.
I was at the vet and somehow got to talking about Nylabones, and they said they no longer recommend them in their office. I originally got Nylabone because they were recommended from them. Has something changed recently and I am unaware?
I did a little research online and the people that are saying they they are bad are also stating that everything is bad. Some of these terrible toy lists included sticks, dog bones, raw bones, Himalayan cheese chews, antlers, ice cubes, squeak toys, latex toys, vinyl toys, rope toys, tennis balls, and the list goes on and on. Several even had Kongs listed on them.
I'm just curious what others think. My dogs enjoy them and we always have supervision for them with their toys. So I never seen any harm from these toys,

I've had Nylabones for years and several dogs and never had any problems - except that the chewing end get all fuzzy so I have to clean them off every once in a while (Am cockers) - a slicker brush works pretty well.

That said, none of my dogs seem really keen on them once the "new" factor has worn off. Baxter will gnaw on it once in a while for a few minutes. He's more into the squeaky toys.

I'm curious though about what your vet's opinion is - are they aware of something specific? I'll ave to ask mine next time if I remember.

When I asked them, the nurse lady just said that it "not healthy for them". I think the verdict is that it is too hard of a plastic for their teeth and some dogs are not properly supervised with them, but I'm not sure. I just thought it was silly because my dogs do enjoy them and they were highly recommended by them at first.
I stock up on them as gifts for puppies from past litters when they are just a few dollars and I buy them all the time for my dogs. My dogs get quite a bit of usage out of ours.

Hard chews of any type can cause slab fractures, so I imagine that's why. There are lots of people that don't give their dogs hard chews due to the risk to their teeth and lots of people that do give them. Mine aren't super hard chewers, so I let them have nylabones. It could also be potentially dangerous if your dog is able to gnaw off and ingest large pieces.

I don’t give nylabones as prefer more natural chews such as cow hooves. I do supervise though as they can chew off chunks. I tried antler once but my dogs were t keen on them and I would end up stepping on them barefoot