Dog Greenies and Rawhide

[SummerRiot]

I was just wondering who here actually feeds their dogs these products?

I have vowed that Riot will never ever touch those products in his lifetime.
Both are non-digestable and dangerous(greenies more then rawhide)

Just wondering what everyones opinions of them are.

[finn's mom]

I don't feed either of them.

[Vela]

I don't feed either of them, nor pigs ears, etc etc. Mine get bully sticks (the real ones) and raw meaty knuckle bones for chews. The others just arent' worth the risk, however small it may be, when there are better alternatives.

[lv4dogs]

I still have a couple greenies left over from x-mas. That was before all this was really known about them and I bought a LOT of BIG bags. lol
Once I am done with what I have I won't be feeding them anymore. They will just get RMB's.

But personally I think any food is dangerous. I know of dogs who have choked to death on regular kibble. You just have to consider how your dog eats & watch them closely.

[ashleycat]

so what do they chew on? I give Charlie those big hides in knots. Are those bad?

[.sarah]

I don't feed my dogs anything commercial. They get raw food and dehydrated raw food as treats, and I make those myself.

If I did feed commercial treats though, they wouldn't get either.

[finn's mom]

so what do they chew on? I give Charlie those big hides in knots. Are those bad?

Finn chews on kong toys. As for chewing on food, I feed him a pork roast sometimes on the bone, and, I'll watch him while he chews on the bone. But, for the most part, his chewing comes from toys. And, they have to be virtually indestructable, or he destroys them quickly.

And, I don't know that the rawhides are bad, I just personally don't like them. I think they're nasty and kinda gross. The idea that they're for chewing, but, completely edible, I don't know why that bothers me, but, it always has. Just watch your dog with them, and, don't leave him unsupervised.

[buttercup132]

Greenies ARE digestable...
but most dogs gulp them and thats when they become bad.

[JenBKR]

Roscoe doesn't like greenies, but he LOVES rawhide. Personally I don't see a problem with them. He is not allowed to have them when we are not at home though, I make sure to sit in the room with him.

[sammy101]

they get both.not often,but they get both.Rawhides more than greenies because greenies are so darn expensive.They are both supervised while eating them,so i dont see a problem really.Any food/treat is dangerous.

[lute]

i gave my dogs greenies and rawhides until i found out how dangerous they were for them. i now give them beef knuckles, pig's feet, lamb ears, ets. they get a rawhide every once in a while when i don't have anything else.

[Muddy4paws]

The reason my dogs dont get greenies is because basically they are pigs with food and would try and beat each other in eating them, I got a few free greenies at crufts but I never used them.

My dogs normally get Bonios and some beef jerky or some pedigree treats like scmacos etc but never bones or rawhide because they will literatly fight over each others

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Bailey gets raw buffalo and beef bones to chew on.

[bckrazy]

Gonzo LOVES Greenies! I think he would be in ecstacy if his diet consisted completely of Greenies, it's like giving candy to a kid. =P At one point, he got a Greenie every other day or so, with not a single side affect except for clean, shiney teeth! He still gets about 1 a week, but they are ridunculously expensive so I limit him. Ribs and marrow bones clean his teeth well, but Greenies work just as well.

As for rawhide, I mostly do not feed it because Gonzo doesn't like plain ol rawhide. I never feed anything rawhide-like from out of the USA. He does get a variety of the Merrick chewies, because we sell every single variety at the feed store I work at! He likes bully stix, lamb ears, and dried sausage chews the best. He also loves Texas Toothpicks, which are cow tails so they're basically rawhide.

[binka_nugget]

My boys don't get them anymore. Greenies are too expensive to give regularly and raw hide is far from natural. They get RMBs daily and bully sticks occasionally.