Safe Snacks
 

I bought "Mini Dingo Chip Twists Chicken in The Middle" bag says safe for small dogs. It does contain rawhide. Any opinions

Until a member pipes in - I found this thread on the forum: Treats (10-04-2011)

I would not touch rawhide. It's just to dangerous.

:) Safe snacks for Harry include....teensy pieces of (home cooked) cooked chicken or liver....fruit pieces (no pips or skin)....hard-boiled egg pieces...veggies galore....:).

Loads of YT'ers treat with cheese - and I know this isn't the norm...but cheese really upsets Harry's tummy....:)

Rawhide is really a nasty product. Not only does it cause intestinal blockages (which often require surgery), it can also harbor salmonella. Also, if you know how they made it, it would make you gag. It's not a raw product at all, and it's hardly a cow hide. They use bleach and chemicals to get it white and clean looking, then usually add in artificial colors to make it look better.

Also, check the bag for where it's made. If it's made anywhere besides the US or Canada I would pass. If it was made in China I would throw it and run!

I've used Himalayan Chews, bits of cauliflower/cheese, Lean Treats, and the Etta Says line. The only ones my minions would fight over are the Etta Says, so needless to say they're a hit. They each have to be in their respective xpens when given one though.

no rawhide in my house....too dangerous. Buddybear loves raw carrots when I'm chopping in the kitchen he comes running to see what it is so I purposely get some carrots out just for him. I will give him small pieces of fruit that I'm eating except bananas as he doesn't like those.

For human food treats, Moxie gets pieces of veggies and fruit or occasionally, a small piece of turkey. She loves apples, watermelon, broccoli, green beans, carrots, pieces of lettuce, blueberries.

For doggy chews and treats, she gets pigs ear, lamb ears, lamb lung, beef trachea, kangaroo skin, chicken feet, beef tendon, fish skins, chicken hearts, freeze dried mussels, bully sticks, and then these little smoked chicken mini treats or freeze dried beef tongue or whatever. Sometimes doggy pb. I don't do rawhide or any treats or chews made in China, and I don't often use treats with lots of fillers like wheat and molasses, etc. I think the best stuff for them is stuff they could find in nature without a lot of fillers or junk. If only I ate as well!

Be careful with pig ears they have a lot of fat and bully sticks can cause broken teeth.

Yeah, I heard pig ears are similar to raw hides. Don't know if they ae manufactured the same way, but they can cause blockages.

Wow, good to know. I'm a little frustrated because a trainer gave her a pig ear before I did :(
What about lamb ears? The fat content is not so bad but what about blockages? I saw the chicken and lamb hearts had more fat.

Treats I give: CET chews, Honest Kitchen Beams, Bullies, RMBs, Munchy Stix (kind of junk treats, but they LOVE).

Casey really enjoys Himilayan Chews. I misspelled it, i think. One neat trick is to microwave it for about 1min 25 seconds. It puffs up beautifully and is more enticing to my pup. Make sure, though, to let it cool. Does get messy but he really loves it!

The thing with the microwave trick is that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When it does they eat it much too quickly.

I've been putting "Lean Treats" in Joni's kong and she loves those. I buy them at the vets office but have seen them on amazon.

Mine have rawhide bones, those huge ones with a knot at each end, just to let them chew and gnaw for hours...but they only get those when I am around to cut off the chewed up soft, slimy part! When I am no longer sitting right there watching the condition of the rawhide chew as it softens, all rawhide gets picked up.

For treats, all mine get nothing but human food treats.....pieces of veggies, Fruit Loops, Gerber Chicken Stix for human babies (like those Vienna sausage but much healthier, in the event someone is not feeling ship shape and has to be coaxed to eat!), various fruits that are safe, human cookies like animal crackers, graham cracker pieces (Teddy Grahams), Goldfish Crackers, Oyster crackers,......I do not trust ANY snacks especially made strictly for dogs......I dehydrate my own chicken breast slices or little pieces of stew meat that I get at HEB.....also liver and gizzards.....there are soooooo many healthy options to give these babies for treats, snacks, rewards, etc., that are healthy and good for them, stuff WE could eat......I don't find it necessary to give anything store bought, made for dog treats.....you just never know for sure where it came from, how it was processed, etc.....

Chicken feet ? ......... I don't know about that....a friend told me her dog had an intestinal tear from chicken feet.






I do not buy dog treats or food from china... never ever !!!!
My fur babies love baby carrots.....:)

Do you mean a raw bone? Or a rawhide? If it's a rawhide I would not give those. They are far from raw and they aren't even the hide. They are the part of the cow that cannot be used for meat or leather. The sinew or something. And they are bleached to look clean and white. Lots of chemicals used to make those. Just confused bc your second paragraph says how you never give anything specifically made just for dogs.

You can give raw bones and raw chicken such as feet but you cannot give cooked chicken with bones bc they bones will splinter. But I agree, the nails on the chicken feet seem like they would catch whether they are raw or not.

I feed mine raw carrots too; she loves them!

raw cabbage
 

My dog loves eating raw cabbage. She looks like a rabbit and everybody laughs, but she really loves it :D

They get the huge rawhide bones, but they are not left unattended with that...I am right there, watching to be sure they do not get any of the rawhide chewed off...they work themselves to death, just trying to get enough mouth on the thing, to gnaw on it....but they are never left with the bone, nor are they allowed to chew until they can get that soft white thing chewed off....I watch it, they are usually right up in my lap with this thing, and the minute where they are chewing starts to get soft, I cut it off and they are back to gnawing hard areas again. I never give them any treats to eat that are made specifically for dogs...They are fed RC kibble, and when they start getting older and may not appreciate chewing, I just soften the RC kibble with warm water....lately, I added some green peas and carrots along with a little of the juice and my seniors really seem to enjoy that meal....also have added French cut green beans to their serving....they love it!

raw veggies
 

regarding raw cabbage I posted something on my blog: Yorkie Space - Everything about Yorkies : Safe snacks - can dogs eat cabbage ...?

However, Pippi also enjoys a lot chicken feet. I am vegetarian and sight of chicken feet all over the house is not something pleasant to me, but I see she likes them a lot.