Zebra and his Greenies

[StarFox]

Ok. Zebra has a problem. He cries when he gets a Greenie. Yes, he cries like he is in pain. He also whines and barks at it. And then plays with it by tossing it around. At first I thought it was kinda cute, but now I think it's just weird and maybe not that healthy. He takes the greenie in his mouth and whines like you wouldn't believe! Then he runs back and forth the length of the house carrying it and crying. :-? At first I thought that it had a sharp peice on it and it had hurt his mouth but nope, it's everytime he has one (he has only had 3). So is my dog just mental, or has someone elses dog done this before?! He does eventually eat it but only after an hour or two of this behaviour.

[TDG]

my dog sometimes does that with his compressed rawhide bone, usually just before he lies down and gets comfortable with it.

oddly enough never with any of the "real" bones (lamb shanks, beef knuckle bones etc.) i give him. i've never tried greenies, he's a much too aggressive chewer for them.

i don't think it has anything to do with discomfort and would compare it to a toddler babbling while getting ready to munch on a cookie or something.

[Lucky Chaos]

Bit off topic but has anyone ever read the ingredients on Greenies? I was gonna get a big box when my dad happened to read the ingredients and said that one of the chemicals in it he uses to wash his car. :o

[TDG]

could you name that ingredient? then i might be able to comment on it.

you can find a lot of harmless compounds in various products, edible or not. that doesn't necessarily mean that they are harmful.

personally i prefer to give my dog natural things to chew on. not only are they nutritionally more valuable, but also a lot less pricy. i can buy about 10 pounds of lamb shanks or 20 pounds of assorted beef bones for the price of an 8-pack "large size" greenies - and those bones come either from organically raised animals or at the very least from ones raised without hormones and antibiotics . :)

[ellieangel]

My 2 like Ostrich tendons........yummy :lol:

[TDG]

that sounds like a yummy treat.

unfortunately, living in L.A. i am somewhat limited in what i can buy, so lamb stuff is about as exotic as it gets for my dog. :lol: i did get beef tendon once tho, and he liked it a lot. they just don't last long, he's such an aggressive chewer!