SmartBones~Review and Giveaway

What are SmartBones?

• SmartBones® is the next generation dog chew that has all the benefits of a rawhide chew – without the rawhide.
• SmartBones are the first treats of their kind to be enhanced with vitamins and minerals.
• SmartBones are safer for dogs than regular rawhide treats, which may cause intestinal blockages. 
• SmartBones are environmentally friendly, whereas a toxic chemical process is needed to create consumable rawhide for treats.
• Nine out of 10 dogs prefer SmartBones over rawhide treats.

Still curious? Here is some more information from their website:

Why are SmartBones fortified with vitamins and minerals?
SmartBones chews are produced in a food-grade production facility where each ingredient is formulated and controlled.  During this process, SmartBones are fortified with vitamins and minerals to ensure dogs’ daily diets are nutritionally balanced when combined with eating dry kibble dog food. Rawhide and many other chews don’t include vitamins and minerals. In fact, even though rawhide analyzes as over 80% protein, the protein is of such poor quality that it is what is known as “unavailable protein” and has almost zero nutritive value for a dog’s body. 
SmartBones are over 99% digestible – why is this important?
When a dog eats a treat or kibble, not all of the ingredients and nutrients are actually digested.  Even with some of the higher-quality dog foods on the market, a dog will digest only 85% of this food.  The creators of SmartBones wanted the chews to have a much higher percentage of digestibility, and strived to achieve 99.2% digestibility – a testament to the high quality of the ingredients used in SmartBones.

My Review:
   We never give our dogs rawhide bones.  Dallas does not like them and would hide them all around the house(in couch, under blankets, etc.) so our other dog, Duke, couldn't eat them.  It turned into such a problem that we had banned them from our house.  When I found SmartBones I was hesitant but decided that it was worth a try.  I am so glad we tried these!  Both of our dogs LOVED them!  By loved I mean that they somehow managed to knock a huge box filled of chips, other food and SmartBones off the table and they didn't eat anything but the bones!  Luckily, we still had two bones left and I gave them to the dogs today.  They ate them within 20 minutes!  Duke has a lot of health problems and cannot eat certain kinds of dog food so I loved that they are 99.2% digestible.  Our next Petsmart trip will definitely include SmartBones!

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