Pet Lovers

[feline groovy]

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@HappyDaze wrote:

Regarding hard bones- I use to think they were great too, the marrow bones. But then I went to the vet and they found FOUR cracked teeth! The hard marrow bones were all he's ever had hard so he had to have cracked them with that (I had just given him one before the vet vist and they say the cracks looked fairly new).

My vet said that she knows many vets recommend marrow bones but she said they see alot of cracked teeth in dogs that chew on them. Luckily my other dog just likes to lick goodies out of the marrow bone and doesn't chew on them at all but I am tossing them anyway. Bummer because they love those bones!

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They also splinter, and the shards go down the esophagus and into the stomach.

"When you know better, you do better."  (Maya Angelou)  

[feline groovy]

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@Bird mama wrote:

Janey Mack!   Pet Lovers is the one part of the forum where I thought we could all get along.  Please let's not argue.  I'm one of the people who related a rawhide to a bully stick (blech - lol) and I'm not offended by what's been written :-)

We all get days when one little thing just hits THAT nerve.  It's all good.

Now get over here and gimme a hug

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ITA and...

[Kachina624]

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@GingerPeach wrote:

Thank you, @HappyDaze
@No, @Bird mama and @Kachina624, I am not speaking of rawhide at all.

If you know dogs, you know they are completely different, as HappyDaze explained.

That is why I titled the post "bully sticks" and not "rawhide."  Why would you think I meant something else when I clearly named it as what I meant?  There wasn't even one tiny bit of acknowledgment that I knew what I was talking about.  How odd.

I would never give any dog any rawhide, thank you very much.  

Maybe this is overkill, but it's tiring to have to keep explaining oneself when one believes that one has been very clear already.  Especially when the proper word and description has been  used.  This is not the first time this has happened on these forums.  It is very frustrating to be so misunderstood.

My dog only gets the small ones - and only one per day, if that much.  She does not get free access to them.  She does not get free access to any food, for that matter.  Only to water, of course.

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Pardon me if my mind reading skills are not up to par.  As I explained, I don't purchase pet store treats for my dogs so have never heard of these disgusting things you give your dog.  And by the way, "bully stick" could easily be a brand name.  They sound like a Chinese by-product that could be infested with heavens-knows-what.

if you have problems with people understanding your explanations, perhaps you should get off your high horse and examine your use of the language.

[GingerPeach]

I happen to love being up on my high horse.

He is gorgeous, with a flowing mane and tail of the silkiest, shiniest hair.  His coat glistens and glows.  He carries me everywhere and anywhere.  I treat him well and he is always there for me.