Greenies have been quite the topic of conversation lately.. Personally, I have never fed them.. they are not food.. and provide zero nutritional value.. I provide Marrow bones for teeth cleaning. .. my house is a mess, but my dogs are happy...
I had been hearing rumor for about a year from folks on the web, about how Greenies can be very detrimental to a dogs intestinal tract.. and may even cause death. Apparently, someone decided to do some digging on this.
A google search of Greenies and Intestinal come up with these interesting results.
A few Amazon.com reviews from people
A warning from a Pug Rescue Group
An Article from PetPlace.com and Whole Dog News
Some Sheepdog folks with a good discussion going on
Dogster Discussion
But the one I'm looking forward to reading updates on is from Snopes.com which also has a link to a news article
As with anything you give your dog to chew, MONITOR them.. dogs can and will eat anything.. and if tasty enough, will eat them quickly.. anything can cause an intestinal blockage if swallowed when it's still too large to pass.
A friend of my mothers game me 2 greenies, one for each dog. I let them have them and they were gone in no time. I am not sure what they are made of but I figure they artifically colored green as when they came out the other end IT was also green.
One thing I have learned from having my boys is food color is BAD! They get nothin that has it.
You know this debate has been going on for years – it’s a wonder how these companies that supposedly love animals, dogs in particular, don’t just change the recipe a bit to consider the health of our dogs. How difficult would that be? They would still have all of the ignorant buyers and many of the educated people will actually reconsider the treat!
Anyway, my little rant. Great blog! Check out ours if you get the chance.