Opinions on pig ears?

[lyonmild]

My 13 mo old Miniature Pinscher is in the hospital now since Saturday morning with a bacterial infection in her GI system that has affected her liver now. She is on IV antiobiotics (2) and has not eaten or drank anything for 4 days now. She had vomitted 5x in an hour and had diarrhea with some blood in it. I took her right in and the vet diagnosed bacterial gastroenteritis from eating pig ear. One study has shown that 46% of pig ears are laden with Salmonella, 13% were resistant to more than one antibiotic, and 4% resistant to more than 4 different antibiotics. I hope my pup lives through this. Please do not give to your dog and research it on the internet. I am printing out researched info and taking it to the pet shops in the area in hopes they will become enlightened and stop selling this product. I hope this saves other pets from a painful and possibly fatal occurence.

[Vela]

Thank you for posting that. I never feed them to my dogs but your post is a good warning about what could possibly happen with feeding pig ears or rawhides. I do hope your baby pulls through and has no lasting ill effects. That must be very scary.