[deborah d]

I no longer trust them to feed any more unless I have manufactured myself from my own free range cattle. Unfortunately it ususally ends up being the processing plants and equipment at fault, i.e., machines which are not properly or regularly cleaned, foreign objects in the processing equipment, etc. I am learning that one cannot be too careful. I have feed ORIJEN for years; it is a high quality dog food and manufactured on site. I also feed PRIMAL RAW. the ONLY treats my dogs are allowed are dried sweet potato and prior to this – bullies – I use Primal because it is fit for human consumption as is Orijen…this is a scary time and one cannot be too careful. I am still seeing dark green stools today so I know whatever this is still trying to move through their systems. Today I add Probiotic. The store which sold me this bully is the best store in this part of the state regarding quality but this proves anything can happen. Diligence and more diligence. I don’t think your problem is the Orijen but did you mix it with the other food to introduce slowly? Are you feeding Six fish or meat? I have seen some rumblings about Arcana this week….on Susan Thixton’s site.

[deborah d]

p.s. I live in Fort Worth Texas

[deborah d]

I bought from a reputable petstore which specializes in organic and holistic dog food. I called them immediately of course. He told me he buys his ‘pizzles’ and bullies from a meat company in Wisconsin. It was the opinion of my veterinarian that something must have gotten into the machines which process these pizzles because he does not believe those were edible product pieces. Of course, how does one PROVE such a thing; I simply KNOW what I gave them and I know that is what it was, which is even more disturbing. Yes, thank you, also praying tomorrow brings better results and his GI tract will calm down and go back to normal without problems. Yes, I have photos of what ‘came up’ and what ‘came out’, as well as bags of the items in my freezer for proof. SIGH.

[deborah d]

I have been feeding bully sticks from a reputable source for years. I have just had a really bad experience. One of the ‘pizzles’ which is a braided bully I purchased seemed particularly large and ‘bulbous’ unlike any I had seen before. I thought little of it and actually thought it might last longer but the following morning lots of problems began. I divided the pizzle between my two aussies and the following morning woke up to a huge pile of bile vomit with what looked like awful green rubber okra. Obviously it HAD to be be the pizzle because my dogs are not allowed in the yard without supervision so they did NOT get something from the yard or anything from the house. It looked like one of the dogs (probably the male) swallowed several pieces rather whole and what was most disturbing was that it FELT LIKE HARD RUBBER. It changed color from dark green to brown and back to green and back to brown. I could cut it up with a serrated knife but it remained like ‘hard rubber’ and I cannot imagine it EVER breaking down in the stomach. Two days later my female got bloody diahrrea. I put both on chicken and rice only with a spoon of canned pumpkin. They have eaten only fresh boiled chicken and rice now for four days and my female seems okay but my male is still passing heavy mucuous and somewhat soft stools. I am HORRIFIED. I thought these things were ‘DIGESTIBLE’ !! Praying the remainder will move through his system without damage this week. My vet tells me there is no obstruction or else he would be vomiting continuously but I want him back to normal. I will NOT be feeding any more of these !!

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