Did you know rawhide and pig ears are both very dangerous treats for your dogs?? Here's why...



-Choking-

Problem...
An obvious problem, choking is undoubtedly the most common danger rawhide evokes. Many dogs are given rawhide to chew on unsupervised. This is very dangerous considering that even dogs that are being watched carefully can choke on rawhide.

Prevention...
There is no way to really prevent your dog from choking on rawhide. However, supervising your dog while he is chewing on it will insure that if he does begin to choke, you will be there to help him. It is important to familiarize yourself with canine CPR and and heimlich.



-Blockages-

Problem...
Both rawhide and pig ears are digested extremely slowly. If a dog consumes a large amount of rawhide in a short amount of time, intestinal blockage can occur. This is when an obstruction of undigested treats blocks either the large or small intestine. Serious complications can occur, including severe vomiting, diarrhea, and possibly even death.

Prevention...
Always monitor and limit your pet’s consumption of rawhide and pig ears.



-Salmonella-

Problem...
Many rawhide chews and pig ears contain salmonella, just as raw meat would. Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that has been known to kill. This bacteria has been the cause of death for many, many dogs worldwide. What’s worse is that humans can also become infected with it, simply by handling their pet’s treats.

Prevention...
It is possible to purchase rawhide that has been tested and then treated for the salmonella bacteria. However, even this rawhide is not 100% safe. Since salmonella presents a danger to humans as well as canines, always wash with soap and hot water after touching a rawhide bone.



-Acute Pancreatis-

Problem...
Acute pancreatis is a severe and often deadly disease caused by the harmful bacteria contained in rawhide and pig ears. Symptoms of acute pancreatis include diarrhea, dehydration, vomiting, fever, stomach pain, absence of hunger. This disease is also responsible for the annual death of many dogs.

Prevention...
There is no way to eliminate all bacteria that causes acute pancreatis. However, specially treated rawhide and pig ears tend to be safer for your pet.



-Arsenic-

Problem...
Rawhide and pig ears processed in foreign countries definitely pose the most risk to your pet. In many countries where modern refrigeration isn't available, arsenic - a cheap, widely sold, but very lethal poison - is added in small amounts as a preservative. Arsenic poisoning can affect any dog, but small breeds seem to be especially harmed.

Prevention...
Never purchase rawhide or pig ears processed outside of the USA.

Thanks for the info....our dog likes pigs ears but doesnt care much for rawhide....i will be careful about this from now on.

While we are on the subject you shouldnt give a dog chocolate...it is toxic to them..

J3

i acidently left a bag of chocolate on our table and our dog ate it and nothing happend to her. our vet lives up the street from us, so we took her to him and he told us that only to some dog chocolate is toxic..but i don't think that you should really give your dog chocolate to find out!

ha, chocolate is bad for dogs... good for me... :lick:

I know a dog that ate a small chocolate bar...

i know a girl who ate a large chocolate bar. :D

I've had some chocolate before. :)

i acidently left a bag of chocolate on our table and our dog ate it and nothing happend to her. our vet lives up the street from us, so we took her to him and he told us that only to some dog chocolate is toxic..but i don't think that you should really give your dog chocolate to find out!
it depends on how much chocolate you give the dog. And how big the dog is.

yeah, exactly. a pound of chocy would kill a Yorkie but prolly not a St Bernard...

I bet Laura's glad she isn't a dog.... she'd prolly commit suicide if she was... Allergic to chocolate, what worse fate is there

lol! aww...

I bet Laura's glad she isn't a dog.... she'd prolly commit suicide if she was... Allergic to chocolate, what worse fate is there

Did you post this right before she stopped talking to you? ;)

chicken bones are also lethal to dogs. our dog ate one once and we just kept giving him vasaline. he liked that stuff.

Yeah...he certainly did like vasaline. I'm so glad he didn't die by eating the chicken bone.

yeah, they splinter all up and jab the intestines and its really bad.

Yeah, eek.

it depends on how much chocolate you give the dog. And how big the dog is.

no not really...our vet said that he had a lil' dog come in cuz he ate a 2 pound chocolate bunny and the dog was only about 3 pounds!!

it depends on how much chocolate you give the dog. And how big the dog is.

Well, my friend's little Pomeranian/Spitz mix (that is like 15 pounds maybe) ate like a huge chocolate candy bar that was left on their kitchen counter plus some other Easter chocolates while the family was out, and the dog was fine...so, yeah...

my little dog has built up a resistance to chocolate now... he's eaten tons and tons.... it doesn't affect him much anymore. ::]

my gooses... thats crazy.

i'd never be willing to risk it... i'd hate to loose my sammy... :(

is that your little dog.. the fuzzy looking one?? the one who's breed i cant spell??

We have had three dogs. One had cancer and we had to put her down (German shepard). One drowned (a white small cute dog) and now we have that fuzzy lhasa apso, who has not yet died.

so thats sammy?

The alive one, yes. :)

I let my imaginary dog eat imaginary chocolate all the time. I don't think it hurts him any... but then, I hardly ever see him anymore...

thats crazy!! i wish i had and imaginary dog!!!

I don't...:)

but, then you wouldn't have to feed it or take it on a walk!!

Yeah but it never fetches the sticks you throw... My neighbor is still trying to clean up all those branchs ;)

Haha, you guys are funny...

I want an imaginary chicken so it can eat all the spiders around my house!!

Umm...okay...lets get back on subject, shall we?

just pay attention to what get's in your dogs mouth. don't let him/her get into the garbage, that's how accidents happen.

Yeah, they will jump onto the garbage and grab what's at the top....

my dog is too old to jump :(

yeah she is. my dog tried to scale a 7-foot wall... almost did it too. she got over the 6-footer. ::] hyper animal...

My dog could never jump a wall that tall...

i hate when i'm walking in the neighborhood and dogs try jumping the wall. i need a taser.

I need a shovel :)

awww poor dogs!!

What? Why? :evil:

cuz u were going to hit the poor dogs with a shovel!!!

I yeah, I forgot. :evil:

why don't u throw a bone over the wall and run, thats what i do hehehe

then the dog would come to you for more bones. pitbulls are scary.

then walk on the other side of the street!!!

it still makes me nervous...

then run like your life depended on it!!

oh yes... i need to know how to defend myself in a situation like that.

i don;t like pitbulls either!! their ugly!!

yeah, for sure. dobermans aren't much better. i have a friends who said he saw his grandparent's dog get killed by doberman.

i don;t like pitbulls either!! their ugly!!

Yes, they certainly are ugly

and their bark is evil sounding. whoa, we are so aff topic.

Yes, we are. Lets get back on topic.

You are on topic. All of this is important info for dog owners...

i dunno. why do some people eat dog?

What? People eat dog? ew...

yeah, they do... asia... DISGUSTING

That's gross...

does anyone here use the invisible fence?

We used to use it. :) But our dog just jumped right through it, no matter how much the pain hurt...

well actually, our old dog wouldn't go into the back yard because she knew the fense was there. but if she ever saw a cat or some small rodent, she'd go right through.

Yeah, funny. And I think it's spelt fence...

i think its spelled SPELLED :D ;)

Yeah yeah, whatever...

don't get snappy.

Lets not get off topic.

My dog Doesn't eat bones!!

they always portray that in the cartoons, but i don't see dogs actually do it. they chew on raw hide. :)

my bros dog eats bones!!

gasp!!! what kind of bones?

Chicken bones! :evil:

the kind of bones that are white!!! *gasp*

I think all bones are white...aren't they?

no, i saw a yellow one once!!

Well...um....yeah...there are yello ones, cream ones and white ones. ;D

and i saw a Red one too!!

Ew...gross...maybe blood stained?

no, i was plastic! and still in the package!

Oh...well that explains it...

the red ones are really hot... :P

How would you know?? did you eat a red bone when u were lil too??

it's a joke. :P the yellow ones would be lemon or banana

and the pink ones would be watermelon!!

Okay...that's weird...

some dogs can eat fruit. my dog likes fruit

my dog eats grapes!!

yeah, so does mine.

my dog once tryed to eat a pickle..she didn't like it too much!!

Wow, you guys are posting fast.

my dog once tryed to eat a pickle..she didn't like it too much!!
i don't even like pickles that much

I don't like pickles either. :P

i like sweet pickles!!

i like pickles on hamburgers

What the heck? What does pickles have to do with the thread?

I don't know!! dog bones smell funny!!

yeah, when the dog has chewed on it for a while.

my dog eats the kind that she can eat the whole thing in 5 seconds...i forget what there called

milkbones?? ??

Yeah...the raw hide stuff my dog chews on smells weird after he has chewed on it...gross.

its really bad for them too...

the inside of a dogs mouth is really gross!!!

uh yeah. it is. it's like black and stuff.

Yeah, gross...

i hate brushing my dogs teeth...almost as much as my dog does!!!

my dog looooves having her teeth brushed... she is so weird.

yeah, i know from experience!!

what experience?? *ponders*

from her almost killing me

who?? my dog?? what does that have to do with her teeth??

i don't know...but she has some pretty big teeth!!!

at least they arent YELLOW... like your dog's!

my dog's teeth aren't yellow..their black...j/k..i brushed her teeth yesterday!!!

my dog likes toothpaste.. the meat flavored kind for puppy dogs

we just ues regular toothpaste on lady...we don't buy fancy meet flavor for her!! hehehehe

its not fancy... its kinda gross... its not really expensive either...

ohhh really now??

My dog likes to "eat" baby oil and tanning oil. Is that normal? Is it unhealthy?

Today I fixed her favorite, delicious breakfast. I put her bowl inside a larger container and poured baby oil in the larger container to try to keep the ants from getting her food. She just lapped up the baby oil. And I know she just had fresh water, so it's not thirst.

Maybe she just likes the taste, my dog would eat everything, he once ate 4 raw hamburgers, but he loved raw eggs the best, I don't know maybe she likes the taste or something...

I just hope it's not bad for her.

I hate it when I'm trying to lay out. Can you imagine how much oil I go through just trying to keep some on?!

Well, all I know is that it can give dogs diarreah... so just watch how much she eats I guess...

OOooohhhh...so that explains what that was in the pool when I was bathing her yesterday...


(You might be a redneck if....)

my dog... likes rawhide... :o
i like... chocolate.... :lick: there's nuthin' dangerous about that.... is there? (dun dun dun...)

OOooohhhh...so that explains what that was in the pool when I was bathing her yesterday...


(You might be a redneck if....)

ha ha ha... so true :evil:

You might be a redneck, if...You bring out the soap and shampoo when the kids are in the pool, and you throw the dog in to, and tell 'em all to wash up.

lol

You might be a redneck if...Your sister is the third generation
of women in your family to conceive
a baby as a result of an alien abduction.

wow, how off topic is that?

i need to give my dog a bath!!!

My dog hated baths, we would have to tie him to a tree by his leash (we usually had him on a chain) but he would run around the tree in the little circle that his leash allowed him. He weighed about 90 pounds so he was a pretty strong dog also.

yeah, we tie our dog to the basketball hoop but she just stands ther while i give her a bath...shes a good puppy doggie!!!

Well, our water hose had cold water. . . so I can't exactly blame my dog, I don't think he liked being clean though, because after we washed him he'd immediately roll in the dirt. . .