i think that was the same problem i had. then i read about them not getting digested and just figured i'd pass. i use knuckle bones (raw, not sterilized or cooked), bully sticks and the occasional raw hide. ALL WITH SUPERVISION. I do not use hooves as those are harder than a dog's teeth and can crack or chip teeth.
LOL… and those "hooves" really hurt when you step on them with your human bare feet!
I want to know how some of you manage to have "picky eaters." My Basenji would eat anything she even assumed to be food. We have to really monitor how much she eats too, because she would never stop!
What is a Greeney please ?
I want to know how some of you manage to have "picky eaters." My Basenji would eat anything she even assumed to be food. We have to really monitor how much she eats too, because she would never stop!
I agree, my girl would eat anything. She kept eating the leather collars that belonged to my Jack Russell…...while he was wearing it. :eek: I was always afraid to come home and find his back legs poking out of her mouth. :rolleyes:
She would eat rubber balls and then for the next couple of days I would be picking up rubber dog poo.
John
Greenies are a brand of dental cleaning, consumable chew toys. They are green and shaped like a toothbrush. They come in different sizes. We give them to Ella somewhat regularly and she loves them and has never had a problem with them. We give them to her while we are eating our meal to occupy her. I forgot what they are made of but I recall deciding that the ingredients were pretty good.
Thanks for the info, we have just bought a chew for Malaika and it's green in colour and made from vegetable matter so i'm wondering if it's the same thing. Will have to take note of the name next time. This is just a boring roll shape but i think you can get them in toothbrush and dinosaur shapes.
I have found they give Kananga some pretty bad gas. I'm not a fan of them personally.
Instead I use the thin flat rawhides and those do wonders on his teeth. My vet actually recommended getting them because they are cheap and very effective at cleaning teeth. It really forces them to chew with their back teeth more and it tends to be fairly safe. I always monitor him and he's never had an issue with trying to swallow any large pieces. I got a bag of 40-50+ of them for $6 at a local pet store.
I want to know how some of you manage to have "picky eaters." My Basenji would eat anything she even assumed to be food. We have to really monitor how much she eats too, because she would never stop!
at my house it is as simple as getting a boy basenji. Honestly, give me a piggie eater any day! When I was showing Digital, the brindlewonderkid, he would look at steak and say "eh, I had that yesterday". My girl will work or bait for dogfood.
Just looked at the ingredients while home for lunch. I am not too impressed. gelatin, wheat protein and glycerin are the first 3 items. Ella likes them and they do not give her gas. But I will probably look for a better quality consumable chew.
I keep a beef rib bone around for chewing. AJ loses it in his bed and when he finds it again it's like, "Wow! Is it my birthday?" I haven't had any trouble with it and the marrow provides beneficial iron. It's good exercise for his jaws and helps clean his teeth. I figure dogs have been chewing bones for thousands of years and they're not extinct yet, so who am I to argue with Nature?
at my house it is as simple as getting a boy basenji. Honestly, give me a piggie eater any day! When I was showing Digital, the brindlewonderkid, he would look at steak and say "eh, I had that yesterday". My girl will work or bait for dogfood.
+1
My boy is very picky. I've actually leaned him out a bit (to work off his winter weight) and he's gotten a bit more motivated, but still picky.
Someone will offer him a treat and he'll look at them as to say "Excuse me? This doesn't look like my normal food". I can't use treats to train him, he's just not motivated enough. :rolleyes:
at my house it is as simple as getting a boy basenji.
+2. Brando has been picky since he arrived at my house 2 years ago. The girls will long be done their meals and Brando will still be looking at his or eating one morsel at a time. I will say that when I switched to Orijen that helped him eat better. Even with treats, he usually will take it, but then drops it on the floor and many times will leave it for the girls.
I'm glad that Shelley asked - Ididn't know what a greenie was either. I was given one at a dog show in a goody bag (but didn't know what it was called)but never gave it to mine because there was no mention of ingredients.
Personally, I'm always wary of giving my dogs anything that looks as though it contains a colour. Each to his own I suppose, I'm probably too paranoic aboput these things when I look at what they do eat in the way of objects!!
I'm glad that Shelley asked - Ididn't know what a greenie was either. I was given one at a dog show in a goody bag (but didn't know what it was called)but never gave it to mine because there was no mention of ingredients.
Personally, I'm always wary of giving my dogs anything that looks as though it contains a colour. Each to his own I suppose, I'm probably too paranoic aboput these things when I look at what they do eat in the way of objects!!
I must admit to being more wary than i used to be about what we give Malaika, we are trying to give her things without a lot of additives etc.
This is due to information and things i have learned from people on the forum.
Sorry to lower the tone but in England a Greenie is a slang name for something horrible from up the nose :eek:
I suppose I will continue to give them to him once and a while because it seems to help with his breath! If I discover vomiting or irregular bowels I will know something went wrong. In the mean time the vets seem to approve and they get great ratings, other than the story a few years ago.
I looked at the ingredients and passed on it. 99% of the time the treat I give mine is pieces of baked chicken breast. The only store bought treat I give him is this from Caster & Pollux.
It's just beef, rye flour and salt.
Sorry to lower the tone but in England a Greenie is…. :eek:
LOL!!! 
Maybe that's why dogs like to lick children's faces so much…
I do know of a few dogs that have had major problems with them. They don't digest well and the dogs swallowed larger pieces off them. The dogs ultimately had to have surgery to remove the pieces. Don't mean to scare you, but just info I think you might want.
Shaye doesn't like the taste of the Greenies, so I don't get them. I do get them for my cat, who likes them very much and has had no problem with them. Shaye and Gemma like to get their "greens" while walking. . . . sometimes I have to short-leash them and keep them out of the grass, because they will eat too much of whatever they find and puke it up.
I do know of a few dogs that have had major problems with them. They don't digest well and the dogs swallowed larger pieces off them. The dogs ultimately had to have surgery to remove the pieces. Don't mean to scare you, but just info I think you might want.
+1 on this - I know of 2 dogs that had issues & surgery so I've never tried them. They were on the national news a couple of years ago because of the numbers of surgeries and deaths and pet owners were asking that they be pulled off the market.
