![]() ![]() Chemicals and physical force are used to remove the hair. Rawhides made in China and some other countries are received at tanneries where they’re soaked in lime and treated to separate fat from skin. Some import companies (not in the U.S.) use preservative chemicals to prevent the hides from becoming putrid. Long periods of time pass before the chews see American soil, so to delay decay the tissue is heavily salted. The process in China begins by placing the interstitial tissue in a high-salt brine immediately from the slaughterhouse floor. Most dog rawhide chews in American markets are made in China, but some come from Mexico and South America. Below is a video showing the raw manufacturing process as understood by cats and some critics. ![]() After being packaged, they are sent out for distribution through pet shops and stores. Once inspected, the dried rawhides receive their flavor to make them appealing to a dog’s senses. ![]() They undergo regulated heating to remove all remaining moisture without becoming hot enough to melt. Still damp, the newly tied rawhide products get placed on trays and ushered on carts to the drying rooms much like a loaf of bread goes into an oven. The product is ready for drying and flavoring. Here a machine ties them into various configurations such as rolls, bones, twists and sticks. These rawhide strips get sent to a different area of the factory for the ‘tying’ process. The factories use automated electric knives to cut the hide into different geometrical shapes, depending on the product to be produced next with the rawhides. Wrung from excess liquids, the bleached hides are set onto cutting tables to be sheared into strips. How Do Dog Rawhides Bones Get Their Shape? The hydrogen peroxide bath gives the tissue its peculiar white-yellow color. Once readied, the treated hypodermic skin layer undergoes a hydrogen peroxide bath for sterilization for a mandated period to ensure the death of all bacteria and germs. Shipped by refrigerated container to avoid spoilage, butchered steer hides receive special factory treatment starting with a thorough removal of their animal fat, called degreasing, and chemical cleansing to prepare it for further processing at a tannery. Would you eat a toothbrush if it was shaped and colored to look like a candy cane? Would you eat a pencil if you chewed it to release stress or strengthen your jaw muscles? Then, don’t consider rawhide products as food for your dog either. Processed rawhide products are meant to serve not as food but as a type of animal-based dog toothpick or toothbrush to keep dog’s teeth and gums healthy and as a dog toy chew artifact to distract away from destructive behavior or to relieve a dog’s anxiety. How dog rawhide is made should influence your decision to use it as a chewing material to present to your dog, since rawhide is made from dry animal skin, basically leather, that will not dissolve in your dog’s stomach but swell, risking bowel blockage. Below is how dog rawhide is made in the United States, followed by imported rawhide chews. Nevertheless, different countries hold to different standards, not all of which are necessarily healthy for your dog. ![]() While the tough, outer layer is worked into leather items like shoes and handbags, the softer, inner layer of skin (hypodermic interstitial tissue) is used to make dog rawhide chews. How is dog rawhide made for dog chews that are often shaped like large bones, twists or other fancy forms available at pet stores?ĭesigned to assist your pup with its natural chewing needs, dog rawhide is made from processed cattle skin which is stripped into two layers. ![]()
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