Who gives their dog Bully Sticks dried chicken fillets, rawhide, or pig ears?

[Chica]

What is your opinion on these chews for dogs? Has anyone had a problem with these items causing a blockage in your dogs intestines? Has your Vet expressed not giving these items to your pet? My Vet has expressed this to me. She said that it isn't good for our pets at all!!

No pig ears, no bully sticks, no dried chicken fillets, no rawhide!!!
Biscuits are fine, and dog cookies are digested better.


LOL from Chica's mom

[Kfamr]

I think as long as you supervise your pet with their products they are fine. Just like you wouldn't leave a small child alone with a package of hard candies.

My dogs get pig ears and rawhides once in a blue moon and they love dried chicken filets so I try to buy them as much as possible.

Also, anything done in moderation is a good thing. I don't think feeding a dog pig ears everyday of it's life is going to be of any value to them (besides them thinking they're in heaven!)

[gemini9961]

Mine just finished a bag of dried chicken fillets and they LOVED them. They also have some pig's ears, but they are some kind of alternative and they liked them as well. I don't get them rawhides, just don't. They usually have treats/biscuits.

[Jessika]

Mine like pig ears, but really they get them on a delicacy because we only make one trip to the pet store a month hehe

[caseysmom]

Mine get the dried chicken fillets but in moderation and supervised. Casey has a very sensitive stomach and those don't bother her.

[just me]

I have heard this too.
I believe it to be true.
I confess i do give my dogs some of these treats.
But I watch them pretty close.
I know I shouldnt give them to them, but they love a treat now and again. I do give them daily treats as in bisquits and dog bones. Take care...
Just me...

[jackie]

I give them pigs ears, but only about once a month. Can someone please post pics of "pressed rawhide". I know there are some that they can eat, on some they shouldn't, but I never know which one is which.

[lute]

my dogs eat rawhides and pig ears all the time. my vet has never said anything about them being bad for them.

[PJ's Mom]

Mine only get the dried chicken fillets. (jerky treats) That's the only dried treat they'll eat.

Peej choked the very first time I gave him one. Thank God I was there to get it out of his throat.

Now I make sure he doesn't get too excited before I give him one. I cut off all the sharp edges and I'm always there until he's finished with it.

[Jadapit]

Mine get pig ears once in awhile, they love them. They all had a bully stick once they really loved those things. As, for the rawhide Jada got choked on one of those things so no more rawhides around here.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Daisy and Delilah get a small piece of a pig ear about once every two months. I give them small pieces of dried chicken filets about three times a week. No rawhide at all. Mostly they get biscuits and some lamb treats.

[Vette]

My dog doesnt get any of those. my vet told us the preservatives
used in raw hide can cause epilepsy.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Mine often get rawhides, but always supervised. They never get pig ears, I don't care for them, they're too greasy and gross. I've never had a problem with them, but my dogs are little and they chew them over a preoid of time, they don't devour them.

[Giselle]

I despise rawhide with a passion because, yes, many of the companies DO use harmful preservatives. One could even use arsenic! As well, if a dog were to chew off a bit of the rawhide, it is not digestible and will cause blockages. On the other hand, Greenies and Bully Sticks are supposed to be digestible, and do not contain harmful preservatives. Can a dog choke on these items? Sure, but you're supposed to feed these items in moderation and supervision. As long as the dog is being supervised, he or she should be okay.

So to answer your question, yes, I confidently feed my dog Bully Sticks and the occasional Greenie:

[anna_66]

Yes, mine do get these treats but very seldom. There are a few reasons too.

Bon absolutely goes nuts for yummy treats like these and gets too excited he can hardly control himself and I know he will woof them down. I have to make him wait till the girls have theirs, and then do some puppy pushups Then he gets his.
Roxey and Huney do like the pigs ears and dried chicken (of course they both chew theirs very well) but don't really care much for the rawhide.

I think in moderation they are fine and if your dog chews them and doesn't swallow them too soon. Angus could never have rawhide...he always tried to swallow large pieces