Oh, you know what? This is a new bag of chewy bones.

[conuly]

She hasn't had trouble with them before, but maybe they changed the formulation or something?

That'll be easy to check. Don't give her any chewies until she's done vomiting for a few days, then give her one and see what happens.

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[jtthomas]

A lot of pet food companies don't issue official recalls until a LOT of reports come in. What brand & type are they? I'll see if there are reports of something similar, just in case.

[conuly]

Smartbones Sweet Potato and Chicken. It's not-rawhide, but tbh I'm not sure what it is instead. I'm always happy to have people help me with googling :)

She doesn't like it as much as her stinky fish skins, but it doesn't smell as strong as them either.

[jtthomas]

Nothing that I'm seeing for *recent* stuff, but a decent number of dogs apparently have digestive problems and vomiting stemming from Smartbones & Dreambones, so, quite possibly? (Even if she tolerated it in the past, might just be a change in formulation that pushed her into the intolerance. Maybe try one more bag, but might have to stop it.)

Also worth noting -- other dogs needed a couple of *weeks* for the effects to go away when they developed an intolerance.

[conuly]

Yeah, I'm seeing the same. I'll try with another bag if this one turns out to be a problem, but as you said, I won't keep throwing good money after bad. We can always stick with the stinky fish skins and the duck feet.

[nodrog]

May be a bad batch, is all.

[conuly]

Here's hoping, if they ARE the problem, that that IS the problem and a new bag will be safe again.

[readerjane]

This is about FDA rules for people food, so I don't know if something similar applies to pet food as well. It was meant to help food vendors get by during the pandemic when their normal supply chains might be disrupted. I remember thinking when I heard about it, what a headache for people with allergies... https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-announces-temporary-flexibility-policy-regarding-certain-labeling-requirements-foods-humans

[conuly]

And something where I know where it came from. If it's something she scrounged around somewhere then we've got bigger problems.

[gatheringrivers]

I'm always checking the ingredients. Do you have an older bag still? Could compare with the new bag if so.

[conuly]

That'd be smart, but no, I decant the bones into a jar and toss the bags.

[nodrog]

Don’t you hate that?  It’s the very thing you threw out, that you want later.  You can’t fit everything into the junk drawer…