Do you give your dog greenies?

[macneill]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/14/dangerous.dogtreat/index.html

Just saw this on CNN. Our pup was puking them up months ago and we threw them out.

 

[Jman]

Greenies? At first I thought you were talking about puppy uppers. . . .

 

[Mars]

My sister has a pug, and the thing eats them like its crack. Unreal.

 

[DenverCruiser]

As I am in the industry I can tell you that if you do give them to your dog you should supervise that they chew them up as much as possible. They are not 100% digestible and large clumps can get impacted in the intestine.

 

[macneill]

As I am in the industry I can tell you that if you do give them to your dog you should supervise that they chew them up as much as possible. They are not 100% digestible and large clumps can get impacted in the intestine.

That's exactly what CNN and dead dog owners are saying.

 

[DenverCruiser]

That's exactly what CNN and dead dog owners are saying.

Guess I know what I am talking about then.

 

[FLYINGLOW]

My Lab takes about 3 bites on the medium ones...... I'm gonna stop feeding them to her.

 

[grrlscout89FJ62]

I tried (his breath is FOUL), but my dog wouldn't touch 'em.

 

[Doc]

Like they say, it's important to get the right 'size' for your dog. I feed them to our medium sized husky, but won't feed them to my Malamute as he eats them too quickly. He gets pig skin twists.

 

[2badfjs]

quote:One of those was Tyson, Josh Glass and Leah Falls' 8-month-old boxer

i gave one to my boxer, he doesnt chew anything anyway.
the greenie made him yak it back up. and the thing was barely chewed.
boxers dont seem to like to chew,mostly inhale
even little milk bone treats only get chomped on a couple of times before they are gone.

personaly i'm not a fan of the greenies, they are hard and brittle. might as well give them cooked steak bones

 

[Colorado Boy-74-FJ40]

Yup

My sister has a pug, and the thing eats them like its crack. Unreal.

My Schnauzer wakes us up in the morning to get his. He woofs them down. I am concerned about that. I don't think he even chews them sometimes. We give him the medium ones. Those bastards are expensive. He is addicted to them and I don't help the situation much by giving him one every morning.

 

[ATLcrusher]

No greenies (definitely like crack for dogs) - pig ears are the favorites.

 

[PHBeerman]

13 deaths over 2 years for the most popular dog treat?????


I don't think there is really a problem here.

 

[Mars]

I was pretty concerned about the little guy the first time I saw him eat one completely...he gnaws the end down to almost a sharp point, then just inhales the last 1/4 of the dang thing. Usually try to snag the end before he wolfs it down. Keeps the hyper little bastard busy for almost 45 mins though...and that's worth the risk...heh.

 

[DenverCruiser]

13 deaths over 2 years for the most popular dog treat?????


I don't think there is really a problem here.

Very true, considering how many they sell we are not talking about alot of deaths here. Though I did do a little test on one of these to see if they would desolve over time in a liquid and it was a little disturbing.

 

[skifreshpow]

Both my lab and aussie ralphed numerous times, usually two to three hours after eating them. Upon clean-up, large chunks of greenies were noticed and nearly ain the same condition as when they went down. We don't feed them greenies any longer. This article just confirms my previous concern.

 

[notyourmomslx450]

As I am in the industry I can tell you that if you do give them to your dog you should supervise that they chew them up as much as possible. They are not 100% digestible and large clumps can get impacted in the intestine.

I don't know about you guys, but my dog never listens when I tell her to chew her food properly. I'm always telling her "chew at least 25 times before you swallow", but she never does it. It's like she doesn't even understand english. Maybe I should speak German to her. After all, she is a Weimeraner.

 

[razzoo]

I have a little Papillon/Chihuahua mix that used to LOVE them but I had to take them away from her as the piece got smaller. She scared the crap out of me twice by starting to choke on them. When I heard more about how dangerous they were I just quit buying them. Now she gets the Petrodex dental chews and loves them! Just rawhides with an enzyme on them that helps break down doggie plaque.

 

[PHBeerman]

I don't know about you guys, but my dog never listens when I tell her to chew her food properly. I'm always telling her "chew at least 25 times before you swallow", but she never does it. It's like she doesn't even understand english. Maybe I should speak German to her. After all, she is a Weimeraner.

Which language would you recomend for Labrador? Are they Danes?

I seem to have the exact same problem as you

 

[El Perro Grande]

13 deaths over 2 years for the most popular dog treat?????


I don't think there is really a problem here.

I might have agreed with that, only that when the owner of the company was interviewed, he was rambling on how the sheer amount of white dog teeth there are on the planet now because of his product far outweighs any deaths that might have been caused by it. Scumbag. It hope a dog with really white teeth digests HIM some day. There would be some frontier justice.