This might sound stupid, but does is Beefhide and rawhide the same thing?

It says here on this website:

Rawhide is the inner layer of the hide of any cleft-hoofed bovine livestock. Beef-Hide is premium rawhide made from cows raised for consumption. American Beef-Hide is derived from corn-fed cows within U.S. borders.

What is Rawhide made from?

The animal's skin is split into inner and outer layers. The tough outer layer is used for leather shoes, garments, and upholstery, while the softer inner layer is cut and formed into different shapes for dog chews.

What makes Rawhide so tough?

Collagen fibers link to make the animal's hide tough yet flexible. Human skin has the same basic structure but is much thinner.

Given how many rawhide products I see on the shelves, I would think the risk to dogs is not very large. But I am sure there is a risk. I would think it depends on the individual dog how much of a risk there is. Dogs who often swallow large pieces are probably more at risk than dogs which chew off small pieces.

My dog gets diarrhea if I give him rawhide bones more than 1-2 times a week. I try to give him soup bones, but soup bones come also with a risk of chipping teeth.

If one wants to have fun, one needs to accept a little risk.

They are the same thing. I believe the CET chews are processed somehow to make them easier to digest. I know my vet advises never to offer rawhide as it poses a large choking hazard and intestinal obstruction hazard, but he does sell those specific chews in his office. I stick to more digestible options like bully sticks, personally.

i've been giving my Dobes and Pit Bulls before them rawhide, and that's been over 25 years without a single incident.

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If you use a dog training device it would be common sense to first look up how to use it before using it. Such devices get a bad reputation by people using it, without knowing how to use it.

If you give a dog a shock, the dog doesn't know what to do. If I go up to you and slap you, you wouldn't know why either and except for the likely impulse to slap me back you would have no idea why I slap you and what I expected you to do so I won't slap you again.

Your dog doesn't even know where the slap came from and what he is supposed to do. Before you use an electric collar on a dog you need to figure out the lowest setting the dog can notice. You start at zero and slowly set it higher until you see a reaction from your dog. What you are looking for is a twitch of an ear, or a startled look. Really, you don't want to hurt your dog, you want to get your dog's attention.

Once you established what level works for your dog, you need to condition your dog. If you want to use a collar for improving your dog's recall, your dog needs to already know what it is supposed to do when you call "come" (or whatever command you use). Now with a collar on, you call your dog, you can give your dog a short shock, but if your dog comes you stop immediately. You want that your dog learn he is in control. If he comes, he won't get a shock. Read up on "how to condition a dog to a electric collar" and don't use the collar again until you understood it.

I have an electric collar for my dog, but I paid a little more than $200 for it, it is rechargeable and I am happy with it. I've read through a whole bunch of reviews for the cheaper collars and they seem to not last very long, though you can get lucky. But I figured I rather spend more one time than a little often.

My dog is also very happy with the electric collar, because if I pull the collar out, he knows he is doing something more fun than a walk on a leash and he loves running off leash.

Ask your vet and/or get a second opinion from another vet. I don't feed anything other than raw marrow bones, under supervision.