Tugger and Ringo have that in common too.  Ringo loves his deer antlers.

Bo is also one of those strong chewers. He's destroyed the large nylabone and knuckle nylabone within MINUTES!

After reading about deer antlers here, I bought some at the Sportman's show for Bo. They were maybe 4-5 inches long -- scraps from a furniture maker.

Bo loved them, but they made a huge mess in the house!! I think it was because they were cut shorter and it was easy to chew down in to the center.

I'm sure the longer ones would be great.

Bxr-linda -  Just curious, but what kind of mess?  Ringo has one antler that he has chewed down from about 10 inches when I gave to him to what it is now (about 7 inches).  So far no mess. 

The antler (or more likely the inside of it) got gummy and left little bits all over the floor. Sort of like chewed and spit-out pieces of rawhide. The pieces stuck to the fleece of his bed.

Hmmm, that is interesting as the antlers that Ringo chews on turn more into chalk and I never see any bits on anything.  I wonder if the ones you got were not dried out as much?  I will watch closely, but it sounds like this is something that you can't miss. 

Oh no! Silly puppy!

I would imagine nothing is as wonderful to gnaw on as something they are not supposed to have...

Forbidden fruit .  It never ceases to amaze me the things Ringo will find to chew on.  Just when I think I have everything picked up that could possibly interest him, he finds something new.  The last thing he got, and thankfully it doesn't show, was the lining on the underside of a chair.  Caught him before he did much damage and it doesn't show so not too bad.  I do have to watch him though as once he finds something he likes, he keeps going back for more.

I'm wondering if perhaps the ones I got were kiln-dried (because they were from a furniture maker)?  I don't know.

Something is different, because the ones I have just grind down and the only thing I ever see is a little dust.  Nothing messy though and no smell. Ringo works on them good too.  He also takes them everywhere and chews on them.  Sometimes on the hard floor, sometimes on the carpet, he has even taken them on my bed and chewed them and I have never seen any mess. Curious.

Murphy's new "baby" (as we've taken to calling it) isn't messy in the slightest... I notice that it just seems to be wearing down almost like chalk would...
But I can see the "marrow" or whatever you might want to call it in the middle of the antler..and do wonder what may happen once he gets to that point... will it be gooey and messy?  I guess we'll find out!
 

Murf is just shy of a year (April 11) and still manages to get into everything no matter how puppy proof I think my house is too!  The only thing I find amusing about his "troublemaking" is that he always seems to think that he should bring me whatever he's gotten into and chewed to pieces!  I can't help but laugh through the aggravation as he has brought me all manner of torn pillows, blankets, remote controls...you name it.  Just last week he brought me a couch pillow that he had managed to unzip and take all the stuffing out of and decorate the house with.  Thankfully the zipper was still intact so I could put it all back together again!  He likes to bring his dad his wallet and his camera off his dresser... Hard to be mad at those sweet faces!

I have never seen them in a pet store, only online.  I buy mine from PetExpertise.  You can google them and find them online.