Greenies Reviews

My 8-year-old Beagle/Jack Russell mix just recently started using Greenies Pill Pockets to take his meds - twice a day. I purchased them at my vet (very expensive). When I got home, I went online to see if I could find them cheaper and came across the consumer complaints about Greenies and was very concerned. My dog has been taking them for 3 days without any problems, but I worried about what I was reading. I called my vet and they told me that the product was safe, that they have not had any problems with any of their patients taking them (and they sell a lot of them).

I purchased the Greenies Pill Pockets to administer medicine to my five year old, 95 lb., black Lab (Max). I started with two a day for his allergies: once in the morning and once in the evening and all was good. I started giving him two in the morning as the medicine was not really fitting in the one pocket, then two more in the evening. And then the problems began. In just 1 1/2 days after changing him to 4 of those Pill Pockets a day, he became lethargic and could not really move. When he did get up with our help, he shook and trembled. After doing some searching online, I decided to stop anything new or that changed in his diet, which happened to only be the Pill Pockets, and within 2-3 days, he appeared like the old Max.

We bought Greenies to help our dogs with their bad breath. We have one 2 1/2 year old and one 5 1/2 year old dachshund mixes. We gave one Greenies treat each evening. After about 2 days, the older dog started becoming lethargic and acting like she was in extreme pain. Each day she seemed worse. I took her to the vet and they could not find any reason for the problem. I thought since the Greenies was the only thing different we had been doing, that they must be the problem. I discontinued the Greenies and each day she felt better. Now, after a week she is her old self. These things went in the trash and I will never give my pets anything made by this company again.

I gave my three dogs Greenies on Monday evening around 9:00. At 12:30am, we awoke to two of the dogs vomiting. My third dog started vomiting at 4:30 am. They vomited for several hours until they were dry heaving. We had one tested for intestinal blockage, but there was none. The three have been on IV treatment for 3 days. We believe the Greenies (made in USA, bought at PetsMart) to be the culprit. It was a brand new bag, and although I can't see anything wrong with the treats, we will send them to be tested for bacteria or mold. Greenies treats lot # 2042E2KANR2 SSM 16:20 MO-PFO-0014 is the information on the bag, bought on Monday, March 12, 2012.

I gave my 65-pound golden retriever a large Greenies on a Sunday night. The next morning and throughout the day, she threw up multiple times. I took her to the vet, who thought he saw some blockage in her intestines through an x-ray. He gave her meds and fluids and three different meds. She would not eat that night or the next day and then she had multiple bouts of diarrhea. I took her to the vet again. He did a sonogram and kept her overnight with more meds and fluids. He cut her open the next day, determined that there had been blockage in her intestines which then caused a bacterial infection, and the only probable culprit was the Greenies. Now, I see all these comments online of similar stories and I can't believe I didn't know any of this before. I can't believe everything I put my dog through considering all I had to do was not give her this product. I wrote to Greenies to say this is what probably happened, but they just sent back a form letter thanking me for my comments.

I have been using Duck Pill Pockets for my cat's daily blood pressure medication. I bought a new packet, gave her one and she wouldn't have anything to do with it. Prior to this, she would love to eat them. I noticed they were not only a different color but they smelled like poison!

I purchased Greenies pet treats online from ** for my healthy 11 year old cat. On the evening of January 30th, I gave him the recommended amount. During the following day, he developed dry heaves and vomiting. I never thought it was due to the Greenies cat treats. He died on the early morning of February 1, at 3:45 AM in my arms.

My 11-year old short hair cat, Jackie, loves treats. I purchased Greenies and gave him the recommended amount on January 30th and he started to develop problems late evening on January 31st.

My miniature poodle had 2 Greenies. He has been throwing up and has had diarrhea for 4+ days every 2-3 hours! This product is poison! I don't have $800+ to take him to the vet, so we are trying different things to help him. So far nothing has worked!

I bought Greenies Pill Pockets Allergy Formula made with duck on January 7, 2012. I gave one to each of my three dogs and all three of my dogs have been throwing up. I have one dog I have to give medicine to twice a day. So I bought Greenies Pill Pockets to make it easier to administer. First, when I opened the package it smelled really bad. However, I thought they made them that way on purpose and that maybe dogs like them that way. I gave one to my dog with her medicine and just so they wouldn't get jealous, I gave an empty pill pocket to my other two dogs as a treat.

On 2 Jan. 12, our our-year old pet Pekingese, Michelle had died. Michelle had been given a Greenie treat and part of this treat had ended up blocking her intestine which caused her death. We took her to the Vet immediately and Dr. *** did an autopsy. Dr. *** discovered the undigested piece of Greenie in her intestine which had herniated. We have in our possession the nickel sized piece of Greenie that was the cause of her death. We are beside ourselves as she was a one of a kind member of our family. I was appalled as to the number of dog deaths listed on the internet that were caused by Greenies. We had only had knowledge of these happenings. I am requesting that the above policy be cancelled. Thank you.

I fed some Greenies feline pill pockets to my cat on the morning of Friday, November 18, 2011. When I got home from work around 5:00 pm, I discovered multiple places in my home where my cat had vomited food and bile. She was also very lethargic. My husband and I took her to a local veterinarian, where they discovered her abdomen was tender and her stomach and intestines were completely empty. Her lab work revealed that she was dehydrated and the veterinarian admitted her for fluids and treatments overnight. Luckily, over the course of a week she recovered. But we are very distraught that she had to suffer and that if we had not taken action, she might have died. We also incurred a vet bill of almost $600.

A few months ago, I started buying Greenies for my 85-pound Doberman. She started throwing up always around 5 am. I took her to the vet. We thought she had a sensitive stomach, not thinking it was the Greenies. She was given medicines for her tummy and Pepcid. Still off and on threw up. Sunday before Thanksgiving, she threw up twice in the early morning. Then again on Monday morning 2 more times. Tuesday/Wednesday, she seemed okay but a little lethargic. Thanksgiving morning, she woke me up throwing up 3 times. She acted like she had to go out to potty. When I let her out she had the most gut wrenching vomiting.

I gave my cat the Pill Pockets on two occasions about a month apart. She was seriously ill on both occasions, vomiting like I have never seen before and severe diarrhea. I will have to get my carpets cleaned, it was that bad. However, I'm not concerned about that as much as I am about her. I gave them to her as treats without any pills in them so I know it wasn't any meds that made her sick. After reading all the comments on here I am really concerned that this company can sell this product.

Our adorable Yorkie-Poo choked on a Greenies and had to receive an extensive emergency veterinary care. I have been giving Greenies to my Yorkie-Poo (Yodle) for the past two years. We have always been careful in following guidelines when giving Yodle food, treats, and toys. We also carefully monitored her eating habits to ensure that she was properly chewing and swallowing. We gave Yodle one "teenie" Greenie (the size recommended for her weight) about once every other day.

We have a 55 lb. English Labrador retriever. I started giving her one "Greenie" each day as an afternoon treat, prompted by the promotion that they would help keep her teeth clean. She developed terrible diarrhea which stopped as soon as we quit giving her the "Greenies". I threw the rest in the garbage. No more "Greenies" for my girl! Be careful with these, they are bad for your dog!

I started using Greenies pill pocket about a week ago to give my 13 year old dog medication. She started having dark, tarry looking stools, several times a day, (unusual for her) but otherwise did not seem bothered. Yesterday, she started with diarrhea and I stopped her regular food, except gave her a pepcid pill in a greenie and arthritis medication and plenty of water.

I have a 5 lb. morkie and I gave her a Greenie, the tiniest size they make. After about 10 minutes, she started getting sick. This lasted for over 20 minutes. She was crying from the pain and had managed to throw up everything in her system. Never again will I give her Greenies. She could have died from this. I feel sadness and regret.

Does it not say on the package to provide plenty of water for your pet while having Greenies. Maybe this is the problem. And monitor your pet when they eat them. I never give Greenies when I am not there to monitor.

We gave our healthy 5-year old maltipoo Teenie Greenies at less than the recommended amount, from March to July 2010. He suddenly quit eating and became very ill. We took him to the vet and we were told he had developed pancreatitis from the Greenies, and that we got him to the vet just in time. He is still being treated and our vet bill is growing.

I bought a 4 pack of the Greenies dog treats for my 70 lb. rot-chow/shepherd mix best friend. No problem with the first 3, but the 4th one caused blockage. Gave him the Greenies treat on Sunday, July 4th & on Monday evening July 5th, he started throwing up & had diarrhea three times. After that no bowel movement & very little urine.

My cat started being lethargic and eventually couldn't eat even though he tried. Now he's not eating at all, except for the grass outside. I've been wrestling with taking him to have him euthanized as he is 17 years old. But before giving him Greenies, he was robust and full of life. Now he seems to be dying. This product should be taken off the market.

After reading all the bad things about Nutro, and the Greenies product both for dogs and cats, I thought that I would like to let some consumers out there know that I have never had a problem with any of my pets and their Nutro products. We have both Greenies and Nutro food and our cats have never been sick and our dog has never had problems.

I gave a "teenie" greenie to my 8 lb Yorkie and hours later, she was lethargic, off her food and developed bloody stool. I took her 2 days to recover fully. This is a recent event. I don't know if there will be any lasting damage.

The new puppy in the house is all good. Three days later, we went to the vet. The vet gave Greenies pill pockets for deworming medications. next poop session was all liquid, the next has texture, and the next was okay. I didn't think anything of it, after all she was being dewormed. Three days later, an elder dog in the house needs his anti-inflammatory pill (which he has been on intermittently for three years, as needed, after heavy exercise for knee joint replacement). We used one Greenie pill pocket. The next day, he covered our backyard with diarrhea. Now, I'm on internet to look for Canidae dog food distributors, and see bad info on Greenies (lots of bad info). These products will never be in this house again. The only damage was made on their intestinal tracts, and my olfactory sense, as I try to clean poop out of both dogs hair and paws, and puppy's ears (how it got there, only she knows). Be warned, the info on the net must have some validity.

My cat Emma loves kitty treats. My husband was buying her usual brand at PetSmart when an employee offered him a coupon to try Feline Greenies. He came home and opened them immediately for her - she went crazy for them and ate about four. Later in the day, she asked for more and was given about four more. The next morning, she was given a few more Greenies. A few hours later, she started vomiting and it continued until she was throwing up bile. She looked horrible. She couldn't stand up. We couldn't get her to eat or drink for two days. We got her to the vet. She was lethargic and had lost weight. Her blood work came back indicating kidney failure. The vet didn't expect her to make it through the night.

After feeding my cats the Feline Greenies, one of them, Piper, began vomiting, became lethargic, and had a painful tummy. She was obviously quite ill. We took her to her regular vet and to the emergency vet hospital. They thought Piper possibly had some obstruction somewhere in her digestive track. The emergency vet conducted x-rays and couldn't see a foreign object. He wanted to hospitalize Piper, keep her overnight to monitor her. This was going to be quite costly so we asked the vet for another treatment option so we could take care of her at home. These events happened on April 22, 2009.

I purchased Greenies for my dog, a Chiuhua, whose weight is 6+ pounds. I purchased the Mini Greenies, which are the next size up from the Teenie Weenie Greenies, which are small enough for my dog to choke on. The package on the back says not for dogs under 5 lbs. He has had Greenies before and has thrown up. I did not think it would be from a product that was sold in the stores; therefore, I discarded the thought that it could have been from the Greenies product.

S&M Nu-Tec LLC manufactures the dog treat "greenies" as digestible and soluble, and a way to keep dogs teeth and gums healthy. We gave such a treat to our Japanese Chin on Friday and she is dead. The vet did an autopsy and she choked on a piece of this allegedly digestive greenie. My vet told me that a number of dogs have either choked to death or died as a result of intestinal blockages caused by greenies. These things need to be off the shelf. She went to bed perfectly healthy and it was lodged in her esophagus - she had no sign of choking before she went to bed.

On Oct 12, 2006 my Standard Poodle, Hummer got into a bag of Greenies which had not even been opened they were still sealed in the bag in the shipping box. He weighs around 54 pounds and ate appoximately 8oz. Later he was rushed to the pet Emergency Clinic had to spend the night and we were told to watch him carefully the next several days. He never appeared to be acting his normal self then on Sunday Oct 15 he was rushed back to the same hospital and had to have emergency surgery to save his life. He bloated.

My little 6 lb Maltese ate one of the Greenies and 2 days later she was real sick. She couldn't eat or drink. She almost died. This was on the Labor day weekend and the vet was closed. I had to take her to the emergency center. My dog was sick for 2 weeks and was in the intensive care and given IVS.

Greenies killed my cat

CBS channel 2 news reported a dog's death, intestinal obstruction from a Greenies, a dog treat. Looked it up on the Web & appears to be a problem for quite a few people. Wondered if you could look into it and report it.