Reviews on Milk Bones?

[ironmike86]

I haven't seen the healthy line. I only know about the original. But I usually don't buy snacks they sell in the Supermarket. The snacks I feed are usually real foods. To me its still like eating a lot of cookies. They are processed. I do feed kibble but I mix it with real foods. The kibble is incase I can't feed homemade. IMO with a larger dog it may not be so bad . But for Moki he is 6lb 10oz. I keep him on a diet and weight him twice a week. He will eat all I give him and get really fat if I let him. I make sure he keeps a waist line. Reason why. My friends dog got knee problems from being over weight. Feeding to many snacks isn't good for my small dog. I try not to eat to many processed food also. The more they are processed they worst they are. JMO

[ironmike86]

When I read "Milk Bones" I automatically think about the original Wheat Flour, Wheat Bran, Meat and Bone Meal, Milk, Wheat Germ, Beef Fat (preserved with BHA), Salt, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Brewers Dried Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Sodium Metabisulfite (Used as a Preservative), Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin " That doesn't look to good. The ingredients posted above don't look as bad. The original just looks like a meat flavored cookie. A lot of cookie for a small dog. I just don't feel the need to give snacks. I feed 3x a day. I weight his daily food. He either gets it in a bowl or needs to work for it @ Tricks. JMO

[cbhunny]

I do give Jasper Milk Bones and Pup-Peroni but this article opened my eyes to the ingredients. Why is there garlic and onion in them? These are known to be toxic to dogs.....???

[ironmike86]

Originally Posted by cbhunny

I do give Jasper Milk Bones and Pup-Peroni but this article opened my eyes to the ingredients. Why is there garlic and onion in them? These are known to be toxic to dogs.....???

Exactly. IMO if you have the need to feed "cookies" make them. There recipes on the net and you know what it there. JMO Pupperoni stuff like that has to many bad calories for a small dog JMO

[mimimomo]

Originally Posted by cbhunny

I do give Jasper Milk Bones and Pup-Peroni but this article opened my eyes to the ingredients. Why is there garlic and onion in them? These are known to be toxic to dogs.....???

Garlic is said to be beneficial in small amounts, but it is a controversial ingredient. Garlic in pet food | The Honest Kitchen
I did not see onion...BHA used as preservative is more dangerous, imo. It's in pupperoni: Garlic in pet food | The Honest Kitchen

I stopped buying store bought treats a long time ago. I have 2 w/yeast issues & as soon as I stopped treats, they got better. No more brown gunky itchy ears & frito paws. The new & improved 'healthy' milk bones would be a yeasty pup's nightmare treat.

[ShowGirlLola]

I bought some of the old mother hubbard milk bones, because Lola is teething and has some retained teeth.
The little brat defeats the purpose though, she sucks on them first!!

They aren't the best for her, but they keep her busy for awhile and her food is grain free.

Whole Wheat Flour, Oatmeal, Wheat Bran, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Chicken, Turmeric, Bone Charcoal, Cane Molasses, Paprika, Paprika Extracts, White Cheddar Cheese, Eggs, Apples, Carrots, Garlic, Salt, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative).

[ironmike86]

IMO if you are using them for teething and the pup isn't gobbling them down. It wouldn't be that bad. I'm just envisioning the dog taking one and gobbling them down then looking for another . They need to chew....even if its your furniture

[celstu1]

My boys eat milk bones. I always have them in the house. I asked the vet years ago about them since I know they are not high quality, but my boys love them and do not even like most other treats, except the REALLY bad ones like Beggin Strips, which I do not buy at all. Anyways, the vet said they are fine as a 1 a day treat. I buy the small ones with the Yorkie on the box actually. I break them in half for my little guy, but they do fine with them. They are 8 years old, Dex has had 1 dental when he was 6, and Fletch has not had a dental yet!!! Can't complain about that!

[Roccosmommy]

I give Rocco the tiny ones for a treat a few times a week - he LOVES them. I compare it to getting Doritos or Twinkies for my kids...a little won't hurt and i don't buy them all the time. Otherwise, he is all healthy, all organic, and some of it he doesn't even like! Such a little stinker.

[Genisys]

Logan likes milk bones but they make his poop soft- TMI sorry haha but seriously they affect how he "goes" so I try to keep it to a minimum, but he loves them. He eats good food so I think it's okay once in a while.

[windsantz]

I just looked up the ingredients for these things. We got them for the first time a few weeks ago. They are going in the garbage when I get home from work.
INGREDIENTS

Wheat Flour, Meat and Bone Meal, Sugar, Dried Poultry By-Products Digest, Cooked Bone Marrow Beef Fat (Preserved with Tocopherols), Salt, Corn Starch, Annatto Color, Red Iron Oxide (Color), Red 40, Sodium Metabisulfite (Used as a Preservative).

[KazzyK810]

ZoE has an occasional milkbone, but she prefers the marosnacks. But her favorite treat is the soft and chewy buddy biscuit.

[matese]

Originally Posted by ironmike86

I haven't seen the healthy line. I only know about the original. But I usually don't buy snacks they sell in the Supermarket. The snacks I feed are usually real foods. To me its still like eating a lot of cookies. They are processed. I do feed kibble but I mix it with real foods. The kibble is incase I can't feed homemade. IMO with a larger dog it may not be so bad . But for Moki he is 6lb 10oz. I keep him on a diet and weight him twice a week. He will eat all I give him and get really fat if I let him. I make sure he keeps a waist line. Reason why. My friends dog got knee problems from being over weight. Feeding to many snacks isn't good for my small dog. I try not to eat to many processed food also. The more they are processed they worst they are. JMO

[Rosies Mamma]

The kind of treats i give my girl would probably be dentasticks or joint health sticks, apart from that i don't really buy treats...I use kibble to feed my girl. The bone sounds okay apart from the onion... Moral of the story- Make your own tasty treats for your pup or if you can't ALWAYS and i mean ALWAYS look at the ingredients of any treats. If its a special occasion like christmas i give Rosie some doggy choc drops ( i know, i know not too healthy! But thats xmas..right?) & a pigs ear from my local petshop. So yeah the bone sounds a bit bad if it contains ( if it is a big amount) garlic and onion..

[rubymoon2072]

Originally Posted by Britster

Have you seen the MilkBone Healthy line? It's really no worse than 90% of treats out there, including the 'healthy' treats.

Chicken, Brown Sugar, Soy Flour, Dried Potato, Rolled Oats, Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Apple, Glycerin, Salt, Natural Flavor, Garlic, Citric Acid (Used as a Preservative), Minerals (Calcium Propionate, Zinc Propionate), Natural Mixed Tocopherols (Used as a Preservative), Rosemary Extract

that link isnt working but I am going to check these out didn't know they had a healthy line.