Greenies, holidays, and memes omnibus.

Some time back I'd discovered Greenies, a treat intended to help keep dogs' teeth clean, and which Kinley absolutely loves. More on this in a minute. Lately she's been having a few gastrointestinal issues I won't detail here--not chronic, but frequent enough to make me worried. I've had her to the vet a couple times already for it and we've been trying a few different things to try narrowing down the cause. Her most recent vomit had a couple chunks of some green, rubbery substance I couldn't identify at first, though from my introductory statement it's probably fairly obvious what my current suspicions are. Somewhere amidst saintingie's last multi-hour babble on the phone she mentioned that there've been complaints of intestinal blockages in dogs due to Greenies...and sure enough, after some hunting around I found one or more sources with more info.

I believe I'll be retracting my prior recommendations for Greenies. Thanks for the heads-up, Ingie-Sue.

( Then some blather about the whole seasonal mess. )

( And another of those lovely memes, cut tagged for easy ignoral. )

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Hey cool, looks like even us cheap-ass LJ moochers get another three icon slots to fill. Hafta work on those...