petco bones

ORIGINAL: glenmar

How can they still sell Celebrex when it's known to cause strokes in some folks?  How can they still sell guns when they are known to be the weapon of choice in murders?  How can they still sell alcohol when it's the cause of so many accidents?.

Celebrex?? [&:] That's what I've just been put on. *gulp* I'm on a pretty low dosage, though, and having had 3 people in my family get serious stomach ulcers from arthritis medication, and one of them dying as a result, I was kind of glad to go onto something that was supposed to be easier on your stomach lining.

Sorry for momentary thread hijack. I'm pretty sure this nylabone incident I'm recalling was a non-edible variety. I don't think I've even seen the edible variety over here. Anyway, I'll try to chase up the origins of that story and see if I'm remembering something that actually happened or something I just pulled out of my hat.

ORIGINAL: corvus
Sorry for momentary thread hijack. I'm pretty sure this nylabone incident I'm recalling was a non-edible variety. I don't think I've even seen the edible variety over here. Anyway, I'll try to chase up the origins of that story and see if I'm remembering something that actually happened or something I just pulled out of my hat.

after some googling, i found some stories that are similar to what you describe. here is a link with some of those stories and warnings about using nylabones.... [linkhttp://www.benderplace.com/allcreaturesgreatandsmall/product_alerts.htm#Nylabone]link[/link]

i always thought the mylabones were safe. i had never heard of any problems with them before. now i am not sure exactly what is safe to leave for the dogs to chew while they are in their crates. we have never had a problem with the nylabones, but i dont want to take any chances. [&:]

What are Greenies?
 
Can u sue petco if they sell something that hurts your pets?
 
Were can i find a list of items that are bad for cats and dogs and should be avoided?

greenies http://www.greenies.com/) are edible dental chews. there are a lot of companies that make similar products too. nylabone even has one. i would avoid any of them though.

i wouldnt think you could sue any pet store over a product like greenies. you could maybe sue the manufacturer.

most chew toys come with a disclaimer that you are supposed to supervise while your pet is playing with it. almost any toy can be a hazard if your dog rips it apart and swallows pieces of it.

we stopped giving amelia toys with rope of any kind. sydney has never had them because we discontinued them before we got him. amelia will untie the knots and eat the string. she only ever got them under our supervision, but we were afraid she would swallow some of the string and cause some intestinal problems.

we stopped getting stuffed toys for the dogs because sydney would rip them apart and we were afraid that he would either swallow a piece of the toy or the squeaker. they only ever got those under supervisions as well.

we dont get tennis balls because it takes amelia about 1 minute to rip them into two pieces. she would try to tear off pieces to eat as well.

now they get nylabones, a tire biter, and a kong in their crates. though after finding out that pieces could be broken off the nylabones we may discontinue them. when we are home they also have access to alot of rubber toys (good/bad cuz, ruffians, flying rubber disc (not sure of the exact name),  etc.) ,  air kongs, kongs, and the nylabones. the rubber toys are fairly indestructable, but given enough time sydney will tear them apart. 

Healthy, safe chews: raw bones from the butcher. Sam's yams. Any of a variety of freeze-dried 100% meat products (i.e. beef lung, Bravo chicken breast filets, lamb trachea).
Unhealthy but safe chews: bully sticks. Pig ears.
Unhealthy, ossibly safe if supervised chews: pressed rawhide.
Super unhealthy and super unsafe: smoked bones. Nylabones. Greenies. "edible" nylabones and their imitators.

we tried to give amelia a pigs ear once. she wouldnt touch it. i was glad too cause it stunk really bad!

Healthy, safe chews: raw bones from the butcher.

can you get bones from any butcher? even a grocery store butcher? what do you ask for? (beef bones, pork bones, ...)?

Well put mudpuppy!

Raw hides that are in the knots are just bad newsall around! I bought one of my earlier dogs a "dingo" bone with that fake meat crap inside, she nearly choked on it if i wouldn't of been sitting there and pulled it out of her throat! They scare me to death and are so arificial and horrible for your dog! I hate to hear and see when people but stuff like that in their dogs crate, it's so scary.

about the greenies, some of you might have seen the thread i posted about the "greenie horror story" about a lady my friend knew whose golden Retriever choked on one of those! Just take great caution of what you are giving your dogs, would you want to eat that artificail crap?

My dog also hates pig ears, but will die for any kind of bone. As for smell, thought it was just her but she hates them cold, they have to sit out for a good long time before she will give in. And then I have to keep the cat boys busy cause they love a good bone as well, means snacks for them when they do sloppy dog clean up.
 
Tru

I think the take-home message is that just about anything can be dangerous for you dog to chew on unsupervised except for maybe raw, fresh bones. But if you've got more than one dog, you should supervise that as well lest fights break out. 

I have to disagree with even raw bones unsupervised.  Even with marrow bones, which are pretty darned hard, my crew can chip them pretty good.  In my house FRESH bones are ALWAYS in the crate and since the crates are on the lower level, if I have nothing I need to do down there I turn on the baby monitor and go about my business, but I can HEAR what's going on.

With all the conversation of what is not safe my question is what is safe?  I have always given my dog rawhide bones not knowing that they were unsafe.  I throw them away once they get too small.  We have never had a problem.  So this is all good to know.  Any real bones I have given have always been raw.  I know well enough to never ever give cooked bones as they could splinter.  One of the things the new dog likes is an empty plastic water bottle.  We take off the lid and the ring and he can't tear it apart.  He just chews on it.
 
One problem I did encounter just the other day is this.  The lady at the groomers gave us some milkbone treats to take home.  I gave my older dog one.  She bit it in half and one half of it got stuck between one side of her teeth and the roof of her mouth blocking her throat so that she could hardly breath.  I was right there thankfully!!  I reached in and pulled it out.  It scared me half to death!!
 
Another question I have is this.  When we got the first dog I bought her a few stuffed animals from the petstore.  She likes to tear animals up so that gets rather expensive.  I started getting stuffed animals at the thrift store for fifty cents a piece for her to play with know she would just tear them up.  Is this safe?  I make sure they don't have beans in them or anything.
 
Thanks!
Vita

ORIGINAL: glenmar

I have to disagree with even raw bones unsupervised.  Even with marrow bones, which are pretty darned hard, my crew can chip them pretty good.  In my house FRESH bones are ALWAYS in the crate and since the crates are on the lower level, if I have nothing I need to do down there I turn on the baby monitor and go about my business, but I can HEAR what's going on.

Yeah, I have to say I never give my dog bones if I'm not going to at least be at home where I can hear what's going on. I actually kind of like watching dogs chomp away on bones. It's satisfying to see them enjoying it so thoroughly. I don't give my dog marrow bones, though. She's had trouble with them clogging her bowels before, which I think is really just a corgi problem because they tend to have narrow bowels. She gets raw chicken, lamb brisket or sometimes pig hocks if she's really lucky.

I just got this Zuke's bone that Katie loved. It's made of potato and she ate that thing up. I have to watch her though because I left her alone with it and she ate a third of it in one sitting and then got constipated for two days. As with most toys, I think if you monitor your dog while they have it it should be okay. Katie has also had edible nylabones with no problem at all.

The breeder I just purchased my pup from recommended sow ears as a great chewie. You can get them on the White Dog Bone website. She sent one home with him and he absolutely loves it. According to the breeder, it's the only thing her dogs fight over. I have an older dog that isn't at all interested in it... maybe because she almost choked to death on a pig ear when she was just a puppy. These are nothing like pig ears. I would NEVER give another dog a pig ear after the scare I had with my older pup

I buy bones from our local meat cutter.  These cost 3.00 for a 25lb frozenbox.  You can't beat the price and the bones are fresh.