Personally I have never and will never feed those treats.
Reason 1: They are made by Nutro, who makes multiple less than well dog food products that I would never feed.
Reason 2: They do not digest.
Reason 3: They cause intenstinal blocking
Reason 4: After 12 hours of giving your dog one they can still choke up large pieces still intact, because they do not digest
Reason 5: Greenies has paid for surgeries for some dogs, but still say their treats are safe.
Reason 6: The ingredients. You might as well let your dog eat flavored plastic.
My greyhound rescue group advised against them. This is probably a digestion issue with greyhounds. I give Halo Pumpkin Chews and have recently discovered Odor free Bully Sticks – these are the only 2 “chews” I’ve found that don’t go right thru my dog.
They can definitely be choking hazards if your dog isn’t big on chewing. I’ve heard stories of dogs who have tried to swallow them whole and ended up dying from it and I’ve heard that even if your dog does chew them as they should Greenies take a looong time to digest and can have intestinal blockage. Most of these stories though are mainly with small dogs, but I’m sure large dogs can suffer from it as well. The only time my dogs ever had Greenies is the one time we took them to a different vet, other than that I don’t buy them. My roommate’s dachshund however, ate 21 greenies one night when we went out and she found them on the desk. She didn’t get sick at all and passed them along quite “nicely” That’s just my experience with them really.
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