Hi There,I personally wouldn't bother with pigs' ears, or other treats come to think of it! I think the whole commercial pitch regards dog treats, or animal treats for that matter is more to appease the humans rather than benefit the animal. If a dog is getting a good, well-balanced dog food I believe the dog will get all it needs. I will add, our dogs get raw carrot or apple as a treat or something "different" to munch on, this is added fibre. Anyway, as a strict vegetarian, on principle I wouldn't buy into the pigs' ears or bones.
Regards Audrey & the trim, slim dogs----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <irlguidedogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 3:37 PM Subject: [IRLGuideDogs] A hairy pig's ear anyone?
Hi, I recently bought a bag of pigs' ears for Granger. I was a bit bemused to find that quite a few of the ears are covered in hair.Surely I shouldn't give this to Granger as the hair would likely irritatehis throat? What do other people do with hairy ears ... Seems like a rip off if I have to throw half the bag out. Tim ------------------------- Tim Culhane, Critical Path Ireland, 42-47 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2. Direct line: 353-1-2415107 phone: 353-1-2415000 Tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.criticalpath.net Critical Path a global leader in digital communications ------------------------ the IRLGuideDogs mailing list Send messages to irlguidedogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxUnsubscribe, vacation or digest options can be set by emailing irlguidedogs-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a command in the subject line. For help simply type help. For help you may contact Darragh Ó Héiligh or Nicky Kealy at irlguidedogs-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx For information on this list including policies and rules please visit //www.freelists.org/webpage/irlguidedogs
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