Colitis from Nylabone? Bella loved her chicken flavored nylabone and I think swollowed some small pieces. Later on she vomited and the past 2 days has had diarrhea. After bloodwork, stool sample, x-rays and a $500 vet bill, I'm definetly going to be more vigilant as to what she chews on. Unfortunatly it doesn't help that I have 2 kids who leave toys around. What do you all give your dogs to satisfy that strong need to chew? I was told it might even be leptosporosis. I feel like a bad mommy not crating her as often as I should to prevent chewing on things she shouldn't.:cry: |
Poor Bella and you! I hope she feels better soon. Is she a pup? If so, things do get easier in some ways as they mature. There is no perfect chew treat unfortunately. They all have one danger or another. I have heavy chewers and I have to supervise them so closely that I hold the dogs and the chew treats while they work on them. Relative to chewing on things around the house -- work with your kids on keeping things out of reach for the safety of your pup (I know training humans can be just as hard as training dogs, whether the human is 5 years old or 75 years old). Work with you pup on training to "drop it" or to exchange naughty things for treats. If the dog is chewing on furniture or walls or that sort of thing, train with a "no" or "uh uh uh." |
The ONLY thing my two are allowed to "chew" on are himalayan dog bones and deer antler. After going through so many illnesses with my previous two (yorkies), I learned many many years ago, to be very selective on what the dogs can chew. So far (a year plus) my two have never gotten sick. Good luck. Hope your little one feels better soon |
If you get the Dura Hard Nylabones they cannot chew pieces off. I will not give my pups anything to chew on that they can ingest. Too hazardous! I have used the hard Nylabones for years for my own pups and my fosters without any issues. |
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If it isn't digestion worries, it's cracked teeth. There is always something when it comes to heavy chewers like our dogs. |
It sounds like they don't know that this was the cause? Did the do a lepto titer? Nylabone is the only thing I let my dogs chew. The little one gets the flexies because she can't get bit pieces off. She can't have anything harder because she is a history of teeth problems. The bigger boy gets durables. I think they are way too hard, but he can get too much off the flexies. Supervised chewing only here. ...but I don't watch them every second or make them stay near me. I know that the bones they each have aren't going to pose any immediate threat to them. |
Awww poor thing! I hope you figure out what's wrong. Unfortunately EVERY chew has risks. I won't let Jackson have nylabones because he makes even the hard ones get pokey pieces from the plastic very quickly and they get sharp and his mouth has bled and then he does like the flexi-chews but eats pieces off of them WAY too fast (and I got him the one for dogs 45-60lbs or something) so I don't buy them anymore; waste of money. And he never touches them usually - only if they are brand new out of the package, he'll chew for 30 mins or so and then NEVER touch it again, no matter how exciting I make it look. I don't feel comfortable letting him chew/gnaw/whatever on plastic, esp. when the package states something along the lines of... Small grains can come off, the size of rice and SHOULD pass through. I've read a lot about them getting stuck in the intestines and causing blood, diarrhea, vomiting, etc. |
My little yorkie scraped off a little from her nylabone. This morning she had blood in her stool .Could it be the nylabone |
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Oreo vomited a green liquid yesterday and I know he had a nylabone greenie for his teeth yesterday before that happened. I didn't supervise him directly when he was chewing on it but I''m thinking he may have chewed it up too fast. Oreo is almost 7 months old now. I need a sure recommendation for something he can chew on that will not hurt him. |
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