Customer Reviews

Nylabone Durable Dental Dinosaur Chew Toy (Dinosaur Varies)

5 star:		(73)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

My wife & I religiously bought dental dinos for our corgi. He is a powerful, obsessive chewer that tore anything else apart that we gave him. He's been through many over the years. Recently, on a routine visit to the vet, they found that both of his molars on top were cracked & infected. They are currently performing root canals on each. If the root canals do not work,they'll have to pull his most important chewing teeth. The vet (who is a dental specialist) said that the injuries were directly related to this product. A $2000 bill and a pup with no molars. Sad day. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT

We purchase these dinosaurs constantly. For some reason our dogs just LOVE them. Unlike the Nylabone bones, these dinos last alot longer as well. They are funky shapes so our dogs can manipulate them better to hold and chew. If you have big chewers like my dogs (three lab mixes), I HIGHLY recommend these chews!

This dinosaur lasts a long time - incredible with the way my dog chews. And he doesn't seem to lose interest in it, no matter how raggedy it looks. He likes the little knobbies on it because of the texture. He always finds where this thing is hidden and chomps away on it. I definitely recommend this dinosaur if you have a serious chewer.

We purchased the Stegosaurus at a local pet store the day we adopted our cattle dog mix. At the time she was about 45 pounds and 8 months old. We did not know what kind of chewer she was, but felt that a product designed for "powerful" chewers up to 50 pounds would be a safe choice. It was not. She worked to remove the head and tail of the dino and while we were able to get the larger pieces from her, she swallowed several very small pieces. And much to our embarrassment, at her first vet visit (3 days after adoption) we were told to stop giving her whatever "white plastic" toy she was chewing and eating. Enough pieces had gotten into and through her system to cause the vet concern she may not pass all of them.

I am giving this product 1 star because:
1) It is described as a product for powerful chewers - it did not hold up
2) It is rated for dogs up to 50 pounds - while on the upper end of the scale, our dog fits into that category and the product did not hold up
3) the vet warned us to stop using the product as the size and shape of the pieces were potentially harmful to our dog.

Our Silky Terrier is part dog/part pirana. We bought a regular Nylabone and it was completely destroyed within a couple minutes. Huge pieces were torn out of it and swallowed. I was terrified he would have serious ramifications from it. I contacted Nylabone immediately and they sent me 3 toys more suitable for my "strong chewer". One of those was the dental dinosaur durables. He LOVES LOVES LOVES this toy. And after 4 months it is now time to replace it (the head and tail are now missing). I am so please that this toy worked for our pirana dog! :)

Other good toys that they sent as replacements were the Nylabone Wishbone and the Nylabone Puzzel Bone.

I wanted a Christmas gift my Pit Bull Terrier would love, so I got this dinosaur, something different from the regular bones. Long story short, we opened it on Saturday for Christmas, she chewed on it for a half an hour and started whining and excessively drooling. I looked in her mouth and saw she had fractured a canine tooth. My dog was in excruciating pain for two days because of the stupid shape of this bone. She was chewing on it's tail, and it literally broke a slab of her tooth off. The whole tooth had to be removed, costing me $300, and a day off work to get it fixed, not to mention all the pain and anxiety my dog went through. JUST STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!

I've been giving my pitty the Nylabone brand chews since she was little. We've tried the Big Chews, Regular and Wolf size, and even the smaller ones and have never had a problem before this one. She loves the liver and bacon flavors, but I've been hesitant to give her any of these bones since our incident. She loves them though, and they keep her teeth clean.

These are great if you have a pug. Spanky is 5 now and he has always had one. He just loves to spend time chewing his little dinosaur. Plus it really helps him keep with teeth clean. Highly remomeneded to pug owners.

I have a pitbull 3years old and my wife has 2 pugs 7months and a 1 year old, they are all best friends. I bought the dental Dinosaur, because my pitbull will chew up any toy in 5 minutes and they were made of a very hard plastic.I am very amazed how long they have lasted and all 3 dogs love to chew on them.

I was very disappointed in the "regular" Nylabones - my 20 pound dogs chewed them into sharp, dangerous chunks within a matter of minutes. I was wary of Nylabone products after that, but the durable ones have turned out to be great, and I'll only buy durable from now on. My dogs like the bone-shaped durable Nylabones, but they LOVE these dinosaurs. They never seem to get tired of chomping on them. They do wear down, but slowly and in tiny pieces that appear to be harmless. After about a month of three dogs working on two dinosaurs, the toys are missing their heads, but there's plenty more to chew on. Their irregular shape makes them easy to hold onto and fun to go at from different angles. My house will never be without these things.

My puppy is a yellow lab and he loooves his "dino" toy. He has had it since he was 2 months, is 6 months now, and chewed off the head, tail, and legs, and still is thrilled with it!! It's his #2 fav. toy! I would recommend it for anyone whith a large breed puppy/teenage dog.