Well, if you think about it ... dogs in general, especially before days of domestication, would often eat huge pieces of meat w/o chewing in order to get enough to eat. Dogs and humans aren't exactly the same in that aspect. Just b/c humans can't swallow golfballs (altho, I'm sure there's a couple that possibly could do it) doesn't mean that dogs can't. As humans, we're more dependent on chewing our food 1st before swallowing. That's not exactly the case w/ dogs.