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View Poll Results: How often do you give greenies? | |||
Everyday? | 6 | 12.00% | |
Once a week? | 14 | 28.00% | |
Once a month? | 6 | 12.00% | |
Occasionally (like 1 every other month?) | 10 | 20.00% | |
Never? | 14 | 28.00% | |
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll |
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11-09-2005, 08:23 AM | #1 |
And Lucy Too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,481
| Greenies I know this has been discussed before but I wanted to see how many of you give your dog greenies? Does anybody believe they are bad & won't give them to them? I still don't know! I have a greenie right now but I'm debating on whether or not to give it to him! |
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11-09-2005, 08:26 AM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 1,252
| I won't give them to my Logan because he's a gulper. He gulped down one one morning and got a really bad tummy ache that night and then pooped out like the whole toothbrush looking part the next day. So I did some research and found out they are not recommend for gulpers and can get lodged in the intestines. So no more greenies for Logan it's just too scary with all the other things he likes it's just not worth the risk.
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11-09-2005, 08:29 AM | #3 |
& Bailey & Bella Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 8,164
| I dont give them to him alot..maybe everyfew weeks,, more like a good teeth cleaning..than a treat. Once a month. HE does LOVE them.
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11-09-2005, 08:30 AM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rancho Viejo, Tx
Posts: 2,698
| Ahia is one of those gulpers also. but what i do is cut them and give them a little at a time. one small greenie will last all day or a couple of days. warm it just a tad. 5 sec. in microwave is all i do . it makes it easier to cut. (another thing i learned off of YT.) they don't get them often because they are so expensive.
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11-09-2005, 08:31 AM | #5 |
My Little Princess Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SUNNY,FLORIDA
Posts: 2,764
| i give it to my baby once a week she loves it
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11-09-2005, 08:31 AM | #6 |
I Love Thor Donating Member | I don't give them to Thor because I've heard that they are bad for their digestive system, and I don't want to take any chances. He has had one greenie before, but I don't think he fell in love with it so he's not missing out on anything. Hannah |
11-09-2005, 08:41 AM | #7 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Rialto CA
Posts: 3,243
| Well I voted everyday but that is not true. But it's more then once a week so thats why I clicked everyday. Gus gets a whole teenie greenie once a week but gets greenie bits almost every day. Greenie bits and cheerios are great to use when tring to take pictures of him like I have been doing like crazy since I got my digital cam.
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11-09-2005, 08:56 AM | #8 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| i try not to give lexi greenies too often,because when i do, she poops green and i know thats enough for awhile
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11-09-2005, 09:04 AM | #9 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,119
| Greenies are a common discussion topic and everyone has to decide on their own whether they want to give them to their dogs. There have been A LOT of horrible incidents where dogs have eaten them and had them build up in their gut and have caused terrible back up and surgery is an immediate must at this point and some even died bc of it. There are several sites about the dangers of greenies if you just google it. Harley is also a gulper and unable to help himself when given any(whether it be the tiny bits or larger ones) and breaks of chunks and swallows them whole. My other dogs (larger mixed breeds) are slower chewers and chew them into very small teenie tiny pieces and have no trouble. But if you pay attention you will notice that almost all the greenies are passed straight through their digestive system and passed in their poop whole. That to me is enough of a red flag. Why feed your baby something that they can't even digest? (and you're lucky if they pass the bits at all) There has also been speculations concerning the fact that greenies have now been found to be addictive. But like I said before it's everybodys personal decision whether they think they're appropriate for their own dog.
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11-09-2005, 09:08 AM | #10 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| I would give them to my dogs if they would chew them. For some reason they are not interested in them.
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11-09-2005, 09:52 AM | #11 | |
And Lucy Too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oklahoma
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11-09-2005, 10:03 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: florida
Posts: 177
| what are greenies? is it some kind of dog bisciut? |
11-09-2005, 10:15 AM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: florida
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| what are greenies? is it some kind of dog bisciut? |
11-09-2005, 10:35 AM | #14 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,119
| Quote:
http://www.greenies.com/
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11-09-2005, 10:41 AM | #15 | |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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http://www.petedge.com/shopping/prod...CT&itemID=4021 Bully springs! They are digestible and they keep her busy for an hour at a time and she still doesn't get very far on them. She's the same way with her bully springs as Lucky is with the Greenies!
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