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11-30-2004, 09:27 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland
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| Greenies/Bones I've read some posts about greenies, but I'm not quite sure what they are. Are they like bones, for the dogs to chew on, or are they more like a treat?? Also, I saw some posts about rawhide bones being bad for yorkies, because they can break off and possibly choke our babies. But what about the rawhide sticks?? I have some of those and have given them to Hercules. They don't seem to break into little pieces, so I was wondering if you guys thought those would be ok. Thanks! Brandi |
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11-30-2004, 03:31 PM | #2 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA
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| They are little bones that are green colored and good for cleaning a dog's teeth. They come in all sorts of sizes as well. Here's their website: http://www.greenies.com/html/about/about.html |
12-01-2004, 09:58 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX
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| Tatum will do anything for a Greenie! You have to try one! Get the petite size. The pet stores sell single ones for you to try out.
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12-01-2004, 02:13 PM | #4 |
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| Toto says "Greenies Rule"! It's her very favorite treat ... Patrick and I have to spell it in front of her ... she recognizes the word!! She devours one of the little toothbrushes in just over an hour! She also poops green the next day! Patrick picked up the wrong size one time and she had a difficult time with it and the next day she had loose stools ... no more of those! The problem I have with the rawhide ... it gets stringy and our grandpup, Missy the Border Collie almost choked to death on a rawhide bone! My daughter-in-law [a nurse] happened to be home and it took her a while to dislodge it from her throat ... she believes if she had not been there, she would have died. If they get rawhide I would supervise very closely while they are chewing it.
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12-01-2004, 03:10 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: winnipeg,mb.canada
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| I really think that those greenies are like catnip to cats. Tish just goes nuts over them. She will take it and try to hide it so that I cannot take it away from her. I will never give Tish rawide. It is just not worth the risk. She stresses me out enough some times with worries. You have to try thoses greenies though. They are shaped like a tooth brush. |
12-01-2004, 07:37 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2004
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| My yorkie always loves the greenies and can eat one in one sitting. I also got some of the lil bits and put them in her food when she has been extra good! I also get Maggie Nylobone Bacon bones. She LOVES those. Get the smallest size. The cheapest place to get them is actually Target. $2.49 for 2 versus $3.49 at Petsmart. |
12-01-2004, 11:15 PM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA
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| We found that the "Nutri Dent" Brand Greenies, made by Nylabone, can be found at Walmart, small size Edible Dental Brush Chews are 12 in a package. They really do a great job on keeping their teeth tartar free and breath clean smelling. They are 100% natural, quality ingredients like chlorophyll and parsley and no added salt, sugar, preservatives, plastics, artificial colors or artifical flavors. When they get down to a small piece, I get nervous and take it away, thats when I cut the rest into tiny bits and use them for a treat. They sell the bits seperately also if you want small bits size. Our girls are happy campers with their "greenies". |
12-02-2004, 04:24 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland
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| Well I'll be sure to get some Greenies for Hercules! Thanks everyone. |
12-03-2004, 10:17 AM | #9 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 6,238
| Yup, the funniest thing about Greenies is the green poopies the next day! Freaked me out the first time I saw it, I didn't think Yoda was a vegetarian! |
12-03-2004, 11:18 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 12
| We are doing a time out with the Greenies. Whimsey goes crazzzzy over them. I tried to take one away the other day and she turned into a vicious pup! LOL! I wished I had stock in that company! |
12-03-2004, 03:16 PM | #11 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA
Posts: 659
| Gosh, we haven't noticed any greenie poops ? Maybe only one a day makes the difference maybe Well, at least you know he has a GO "clean green system" ! |
12-04-2004, 10:22 AM | #12 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 980
| I was wondering the same thing! I bought mine at WAl-Mart too. I cut them in half because I was wondering if One would be too much seeing as how small she is. I didn't want to take away from her good nutrition in the first year! I am so glad someone brought this up, because I wasn't sure if it was safe to give it to them. She also pottys green after. |
12-07-2004, 08:26 AM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland
Posts: 861
| Well I got the Greenies yesterday at Petsmart and gave one to Hercules. Let me tell ya - that is the longest amount of time that anything has been able to keep his attention! He loved it! He will definitely be getting more in his stocking for Christmas |
12-07-2004, 09:50 AM | #14 |
Owned by Gyps and Gizz Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wales
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| Thought I was the only one who wasn't sure what greenies were!! Of course I do live in Wales and I don't think we have them here LOL!! They sound popular though!! |
11-23-2009, 06:13 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brook Park, Ohio
Posts: 124
| i've been seeing Greenies at the store, and thought about getting them. i have my dentistix, and some parsley treat things... they're soo tastey to them, and helps their breath. but i'll have to try some greenies. |
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