From Janet, September 10, 2005
I gave my Jack Russell Terrier a turkey and rice flavored bone by Nylabone it was labled Healthy Edibles. He broke off a hunk and it got lodged in his intestin. He began to vomit and could not keep food or water down. I got him inot the vet and he tried several things to help him.(at the time I didn't know he broke the piece off) I had to take my dog to a special clinic in Bedford Heights Ohio and they did a number of tests and they did surgery and found the hunk lodged in the intestine and were able to remove it successfully and thank goe my dog will recover. I had given him this brand only it was ham and cheese or just cheese flavor and they break up easily. The turkey and rice is a lot firmer and breaks into laarge pieces. I think there should be an alert on the package. Since this happened to my dog another dog owner in my condo complex also had the same bone get stuck in his dog an American Water Spaniel. a much larger dog than mine. thank you for listening.
From Allyson, November 26, 2005
We had an incident occur about a month ago where our 5 1/2 month old golden had to have surgery due to a blockage in his intestine. Sure enough...it turned out to be a piece of edible nylabone!
I would love to know how to connect with others who had this same problem. Do you have any information that you could pass on? Thanks!
From Rea, November 29, 2005
My name is Rea, I'm living in Reno NV, I have 11monthes yrs old dachshund, couple nights ago she started to vomiting and constant throwing up, so I took her to Vet next morning let her to gets check up what's went wrong but Doc checked and said maybe she ate something wrong..he checked her temperature and temp was normal so we just gave her little pepto and wait one more day... that day was one day before the Thanksgiving day and she seems fine after.. so just feed her little bit of food and thanksgiving night she started to throwing up again, next morning I took her to the Vet again and they need to give her surgery to removed the foreign body from her intestine.....so and so.... they day I picked her up from the vet they gave me thigns found from her body IT WAS NYLABONE! I was so mad and so disappointed.... I hope people out there who cares about their pet...which that who works for that company should stop making IT!! I'm keeping that objects(NYLABONE) with me for the evidence..PEOPLE OUT THERE BE CAREFUL....
From the Woods family, December 6, 2005
This past Friday, December 2nd 2005, our dog Pelly had to have major gasto-intestinal surgery as the result of a Nylabone product. Our dog was playing with a dinosaur shaped Nylabone, and he bit off the head and swallowed it. The piece was far too large to be passed, and surgery resulted. There were many problems for us. First, we did not "see" our dog swallow this piece. We thought he did, but didn't have proof. So we took him to the vet, where they did several xrays - none of which showed any product in his stomach. We agonized over a decision whether to have surgery or not - as we would have felt terrible if there was nothing in his stomach. However, luckily for Pelly, we decided to go ahead with the surgery. As it turns out, there were several pieces of Nylabone stuck in his stomach, that would have caused major complications, and possibly even death. This past Monday I contacted Nylabone. I have sent them all of the documentation they have requested. They now would like us to send them the Nylabone which was extracted from his stomach so they can 'prove' that it is their product. At this point we are not sure what we will do, if it is worth following up with a lawyer, or what.
I just wanted to tell you all about our story, so that perhaps we can deter future pet owners from purchasing products that could potentially harm their dogs.
Sincerely, The Woods family
From Kris, December 6, 2005
Hello everyone, I usually don't write an email and make to all however, this is hard enough to write with out having to write it many times.
This morning very early we lost one of our beloved little Doxies. Most of you know how close we are to our dogs, it's been a tough two weeks.
Our younger little guy Junner got very sick two weeks ago and we took him to our local vet here. We all determined he had some sort of flu, he was very dehydrated, was throwing up, and wasn't eating. So two days in the hospital on IV and it looked like he was doing better so we brought him home. He got worse again, was not eating and drinking very little water, and throwing up again, so the vets decided he needed an x-ray, thinking he might have a blockage. They were unsure, so they sent it to Washington State University radiology department, and sure enough there were two items, one in his stomach and one blocking his intestine. They looked like a chew toy of some sort.
They did surgery to find not only was his stomach perforated with a large piece of NylaBone. But the small intestine was also ripped and more than 6 inches had to be removed. The little guy had been in a lot of pain for such a long time. The vets did their best and my hat goes off to Winthrop Vet Services. We wouldn’t have had him for as long as we did if they hadn’t helped him. However, it was too much and he couldn’t heal. He passed away at home early this morning. It’s been truly difficult to deal with but I am glad he isn’t in any more pain.
WARNING: Do not buy Nyla Bones of any kind for your pets. Even the ones the company says are safe, and they dissolve, they do not, and if you have a veracious chewer then your pet could be in for the same fate as Junner.
The nylabones in question were the ones for small breeds and suppose to dissolve in their system, Not so.
We have emailed Petco and Petsmart and NylaBone companies and sent our photos of the remains taken out of Junners tummy. We hope they take them off the market or at least put in a warning.
From Susan, January 15, 2006 - February 12, 2006
Nylabone and Greenies! Don't buy them!
Recently, I purchased both for my adult dog and my two new puppies. The adult dog consumed, what I thought was a greenie, but turned out to by a Green Nylabone for tooth care. He became very ill within 24 hours. The two puppies only licked their nylabones and within 24 hours, had severe diarrhea. We realized right away what the common denominator was and removed them from the house! Within 3 days the puppies had lost 3 weeks worth of their weight. The vet informed us we barely made it in time. She fortunately gave us prescriptions for all three dogs, which took 3-4 more days to begin working. Fluids were given intravenously, antibiotics were prescribed and prescription food was given. It is not 10 days and they are finally feeling better!
My next door neighbor has three Newfoundlands. Each ate a greenie and each got diarrhea! Coincidental....I think not!
I would recommend none of these products be on the shelves!
I'm grateful for the info on nylaqbone! both my yorkie and silkie have
thrown up little pieces that look like crystals from small flavored
nylabones. I knew they came from the nylabone because they were clear
and rubbery. How dare the nylabone people say this is safe! Dogs really
do have delicate intestinal tracts and can't assimilate these chunks. I
assumed, because companies like petsmart sell them, that any pieces
would be pasedt through w/ out problems-these "bones" are not like
fiber! I'm saddened to read peoples' beloved pets have died as a result!
I just hope I caught this in time to save my own!
You can add me to your website. I gave these same types of bones to family members for their dog as Chrismas presents. I called them all this morning and told them why they needed to throw them away. At this point I know of only one my brothers' dogs that did not care for them. I actually needed to go to Petsmart today and informed them of the problem. I don't know if they'll do anything, but I plan on alerting the company through their web site.
The whole reason for buying nylabones was to avoid rawhides that are manufactured in China or Argentina. I know they use chemicals like formaldehyde or worse. I only buy CET chews from my vet, but they like to chew other shapes, and thought nylabones a great solution. My assumption was that they would be tiny pieces easily passed through their systems. Unlike baby products, we can't consume these thing ourselves to see if they are safe. I'm very careful about the dog food, vaccinations, heartworm med, and flea product. I know their systems can not take high doses of chemicals w/ out producing internal organ damage (liver and kidney are the hardest hit).
Thanks for being out there! Having the important info. helped my babies!
We had originally thought we gave the dogs greenies until at closer look realized they were the Nylabones that looked like greenies. I wrote to Greenies....then found out what I really had. However, in the meantime, several friends told me horror stories about the actual Greenies....hence...I would not endorse either product. Feel free to use my information!
I have to let you all know the Greenies have been reformulated now and if you put them in a glass of water they will dissolve. Therefore they will dissolve in the dogs stomach too.
I used the chips until they redid them because my dogs would probably chew off chunks but now they eat the regular ones just fine.
Merion & the ZZ"s
Most likely this was written before they reformulated Greenies I saw it on the Doberman Talk forum thought it was interesting so posted it here. Always looking for super tough toys for Buddy the Doberman I have he kills all toys but loves to carry toys in his mouth so go figure. Even Patches is tough on toys have to watch them like a hawk so they do not eat something they should not.
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