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lil mika
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posted January 12, 2004 09:04 AM
I have a 5 1/2 month Siberian Husky, female. She loves pig ears. I usually give one to her every other day or whenever I have to get something done so she doesn't bother me. ARE PIG EARS GOOD FOR HER? I give her the Nylabones but she really doesn't like those anymore. I went through all the different flavors and she still doesn't like it. Any other suggestions?
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bearsmom
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posted January 12, 2004 09:37 AM
We give our horses pig ears, beef tendons, and cow hooves. They adore them all! I haven't heard anything bad about those things, and my 14 year-old dog doesn't seem to have had any ill effects.
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bearsmom
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posted January 12, 2004 09:38 AM
Whoops! I wrote horses where I meant dogs. Sorry about that. We DO NOT give our horses any meat-type products. Sorry about the spaz-hand. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Lucky Puppy
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posted January 12, 2004 10:12 AM
I had a Husky who loved pig ears. Then she contracted hepitits, I believe the pig ears where the cause of it. So I stopped giving them to her. My advice is to be cautious.
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posted January 12, 2004 11:18 PM
My last dog didn't chew on pig ears - he just broke off chunks and swallowed them. Then about 1/2 hour later - they came back up. I would watch her to make sure she's not doing that. Also - be careful - as huskies tend to have sensitive stomachs!
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lil mika
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posted January 13, 2004 04:58 AM
that's weird cause a lot of people have said that huskies have senstive stomachs but from what i've notice my husky doesn't have a senstive stomach. she eats her food fine (eukanuba medium breed, also the lamb & rice formula). she doesn't throw up or have diaria.
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Andrea
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posted January 14, 2004 05:18 PM
Alot of people give their dogs pig ears. But pork can give dogs pancreatitis. It happened to my dog. My vet says that dogs do not digest pork very well. Have you ever heared of Greenies. I havent met a dog yet that dosent go crazy for them. They are all natural and great for their teeth. Ill bet your dog wouldnt mind giving up the pig ears for a Greenie.
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posted January 14, 2004 06:03 PM
My dog loves Greenies! They'll do absolutely anything for one. Has anyone else ever tasted them? I had to try it because they don't have an advertised flavour. Well they taste a little like country ham, lol. But it makes their breathe smell good and cleans their teeth.
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posted January 14, 2004 07:33 PM
We used to give our dogs (not horses Bearsmom ![[Wink]](wink.gif) haha) pigs ears and cowhooves, but then we discovered that the cowshooves made the dog's breath smell like really bad manure. We thought it was maybe from the cows standing in it?? In any event, we stopped giving them though. They loved them. They'd be gone in minutes, literally.
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bearsmom
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posted January 15, 2004 08:21 AM
I've given up on good breath. My old dog has always had the worst, worst breath. My younger dog's breath isn't so bad. They eat horse manure and love it, so I have no idea if it's the hooves or the manure causing whatever breath they're having...
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posted January 15, 2004 09:04 AM
When the cow hooves get wet they do tend to smell like ammonia, but it's good for the dogs to eat. The dogs at the barn love to eat the hoof clippings when the farrier comes.
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posted January 15, 2004 11:05 AM
Dawn~ Yeah but ammonia doesnt smell like manure?? The standard loves to eat the hoof shavings after the farrier leaves. I pile them all up for him to find and he hides them all over the yard. Its kinda funny...
Bearsmom~ I know what you mean. The standard loves to go eat horse manure and the rabbit droppings when I clean out their cage. Its so grose. He ends up with manure/droppings all over his face and paws and hes WHITE!! Its so grose lol.
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bearsmom
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posted January 16, 2004 09:15 AM
Oh, Lady_Bug! You have my deepest sympathy! At least my old dog's black. Our dogs just love the farrier, too. When I trim the pony's feet, Opie (the youngest) just stands and waits. He'll chew down the trimmings before I can even get the next foot done!
The dogs go nuts over the sweet feed we feed in the winter, too. They turn themselves inside out when we feed at night, just waiting for that stuff!
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Lady_Bug
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posted January 17, 2004 02:53 PM
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Originally posted by bearsmom:
Oh, Lady_Bug! You have my deepest sympathy! At least my old dog's black. Our dogs just love the farrier, too. When I trim the pony's feet, Opie (the youngest) just stands and waits. He'll chew down the trimmings before I can even get the next foot done!
The dogs go nuts over the sweet feed we feed in the winter, too. They turn themselves inside out when we feed at night, just waiting for that stuff!
Thanks Bearsmom. Yeah it really stinks lol. He reeks when he comes back inside.
Yeah the live for those trimmings.
Really?? sweetfeed? That's all I need next lol!
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posted January 17, 2004 04:17 PM
The barn dogs broke into the sweetfeed before christmas. It was a mess. We keep the feed in rubbermaid type garbage cans. They had dumped three over that were almost full and ate enough to make themselves sick. We keep the lids on now with bungee cords.
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posted January 17, 2004 04:33 PM
have never had trouble with pig ears, my dogs love em. only negative thing ive ever been told is that they may tend to hold bacteria's - so dont leave them for days on end.
my dogs like greenies too- problem is when inside they make a mess with em, they dont last too long and they cost an arm and a leg.
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Dawn
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posted January 17, 2004 04:41 PM
Greenies seem to me to be cheaper than other treats. I mean you don't give them every day, cause if you did, well it wouldn't be good for their digestive tract. Ours get a half of the smallest size about once a week. Those only cost less than a dollar a piece. The largest size is huge and only costs like $4.
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posted January 17, 2004 04:50 PM
i "think" they are safe to give daily, they have chorophyl that digests easily.
I use the largest size available, have big dogs. At even $4 (which would be at the lowest end of the pricing) it can be costly, pig ears last longer and cost about .50-1.00. they dont make as big a mess either.
I do like greenies - they're good stuff, i just normally use pig ears.
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posted January 17, 2004 05:18 PM
Well, at least with my dogs, they tend to make everything move through real fast, lol. So, it would prevent them from absorbing all of the vitamins and such that are in their food.
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