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Posted on 02/15/2006 3:57:34 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: leadpenny
Must be some pretty bad stuff.Sounds like Greenies is named for some "bad stuff" out of the 70's. Who in their right minds would buy such.
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:43:47 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: LouAvul
I have two labs who loved Greenies but since they told me about this at my vet's office last week, I've stopped giving them to them. Probably wouldn't bother my chocolate lab. I swear he'd eat nails and not even burp. He has, more than once, pulled the Greenie bag off the counter and consumed an entire bag of them. But my yellow lab is older and her teeth are wearing away. I'd noticed lately that she was having trouble chewing them completely, (the petite size) so this was timely information.
To: LouAvul
To: LouAvul
A coupla things.
One, my wife feeds the "petite" size to our Llasa Apso (about 18 pounds), but only after cutting them into quarters. A full treat, even at that small size, is just too much.
Secondly, after reading posts complaining about the price, a little investigation reveals that the package my wife purchases contains 6 treats (six!) for which we pay about five bucks.
To: Mercat
Could you give me some advice on bones? I was always told never to give a dog bones, but someone told me its alright if they are raw. Is that all kinds of bones?
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:54:32 AM PST
by
I still care
("For it is the doom of men that they forget". - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: Mercat
I also feed my two dogs the BARF diet after my German Shepard developed severe food allergies to everything in commercial dog food. They were on a high quality dried food but he still became very ill with allergies.
The BARF diet saved his life and he is no longer on any medications. My eight your old lab has the teeth of a 2 year old dog.
Greenies are a waste of money.
To: I still care
There are three very good books about the RAW diet then you can order on line or probably find on e-bay.
Give your dog a bone
Raw Meaty Bones
I have give my books away but my dogs are thriving on this diet. They eat no commercial dog food at all.
To: LouAvul
Greenies recommends owners check that the treats are chewed
Right. I can see it now:
Now Rover, remember to chew the Greenie twenty times!
It has been my experience that most dogs will chew just enough to make it small enough to swallow then GULP.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:02:22 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: LouAvul
"Greenies recommends owners check that the treats are chewed..."
How do we do that? My mother taught me to never put my hands near a dog's mouth, especially while it is eating.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:03:18 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Follow the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: I still care
Chicken and fish bones could cause trouble because they easily splinter. Beef, pig, sheep etc. are usually safe.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:05:00 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: mtbopfuyn
I'd hate to own any of their stock today, if it's publicly owned.
To: LouAvul
Mike Eastwood and his wife, Jenny Reiff, recently filed a $5 million lawsuit in New York, blaming Greenies for the intestinal blockage that caused the death of their dog Burt.Five million for a dog?
I bet they heard about this and thought "Get rid of the dog and score a lawsuit at the same time".
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:10:18 AM PST
by
raybbr
(ANWR is a barren, frozen wasteland - like the mind of a democrat!)
To: motormouth
5 million law suit for Burt's death...
Lost affection, income potential, pain and suffering, should amount to about $2,000.00. The rest is punitive. And it isn't about the money.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:10:50 AM PST
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: LouAvul
You want nice breath on your dog... buy them a denta-bone and brush their teeth... man, what some folks will fall for... oooo a breath treat for my dog....
Just brush their damned teeth if its so damned bad.
To: R. Scott
Chicken bones are okay if they are raw. Never feed them cooked chicken bones or any cooked bones.
My dogs eat raw turkey necks, raw chicken backs and raw chicken wings that I get from my local butcher. They get lamb and rabbit two as a treat.
They also eat raw veggies, eggs, cottage cheese, fuits and canned salmon.
They get fema bones on Saturdays. They also get chicken and beef liver a few times a month.
They have to eat cooked potatoes, including sweet potatoes and yams as they are not good for them to eat them raw.
Also, grapes, avocados and macadamia nuts, dark chocolate, coco and the sweetener Xytitol can be fatal to dogs and cats.
To: WayneS
My mother taught me to never put my hands near a dog's mouth, especially while it is eating.Only if the dog is not yours. If it is your dog, you, or whoever is the alpha-human, should be able to take anything from your dog without it attacking you. You have to establish that as a puppy. I do it to mine. When they are puppies I will give them a treat and then in a stern voice tell them to "drop it" while taking it from them. Then I reward them with a a "good dog" and let them have the treat back. Don't do this more than once a treat. Do it about once a week. By the time they are six months old you should be able to take anything away from them with no trouble. It has worked for all my dogs.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:19:31 AM PST
by
raybbr
(ANWR is a barren, frozen wasteland - like the mind of a democrat!)
To: carumba
"And it isn't about the money."
Really? Okay, I'll bite...what is it about then?
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:19:44 AM PST
by
motormouth
(the glass is ALWAYS half full.)
To: motormouth
Um...er...its the principle. Or should I say the principal. Um, principle, yeah thats it. It is the principle of the whole thing.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:27:16 AM PST
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: carumba
LOL
Yeah, yeah... thats it....principle. :o)
MM
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:32:14 AM PST
by
motormouth
(the glass is ALWAYS half full.)
To: R. Scott
We feed chicken all the time but you're right, we don't feed fish bones. They don't really like fish anyway. We don't feed turkey bones. They love ox tails which are mostly cartilage and our local Whole Foods market sells wonderful marrow bones. Lamb shank is good but a bit pricey.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:32:39 AM PST
by
Mercat
(We are all Danes now.)
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