Minties Medium Mint Flavored Dental Treats for Dogs, 25-50 lbs, 34 count

I started giving our two babies MINTIES when I discovered they were about $5 bucks cheaper than Greenies at our local store. The bonus was our dogs seemed to enjoy them more, which was great! They each get a MINTIE each night after dinner to clean their teeth and if my husband doesn't go get their MINTIES fast enough to suit them, they will soon be sitting at the base of the rolling rack, looking at the top rack, willing the bag of MINTIES to fall down to the floor. It is absolutely hilarious. If that doesn't work (as we do not have many earthquakes in Florida to make the MINTIES tumble to the floor), they will come up to my husband and give him "THE STARE" as well as "THE BUMP" with their nose to his hand as if to say, "Hey Dad, did you forget something?" He will get up from the couch, limp over to where the MINTIES are kept, make them do some silly trick and they are REWARDED. Life is GOOD AGAIN. Thank God for MINTIES and CHEWY the best on-line pet store & pharmacy their is!

My dogs absolute love these treats and literally line up and wait for them every night after dinner. Over the past six months I have noticed a decline in quality control, not of the product itself, but in process and packaging. Several of the bags had broken pieces of the product from the molding process in the bag. Nothing inedible or unsafe but clearly a byproduct of the manufacturing process where the liquid product is injected into molds to be formed and then broken apart to repackage. Pieces that hold the treats in the multi-form mold were included in the packages. The company was gracious and fully refunded my costs for the bags. A second issue is ongoing and unresolved. The package size I order is "Medium - 40 per pack." However, there are consistently less than 40 in the bags. I have three dogs, and each gets one per day which means that after 13 days there should be a single treat left at the end of each bag (13 x3 = 39). But there rarely is. So I started counting them upon opening. Of the last six bags only one contained 40 items. The other bags all contained 38 or 39. While not a huge shortage it does represent a 2.5% to 5% shortage. Over time that adds up especially at $17+ per bag.

I purchased these and a few other dental/breath freshening treats for my 2 labradors and my Boston terrier. I thought that they are sweethearts but really don’t let me brush their teeth so I should get them a treat that also helps with their hygiene so they can have a longer happier life. I came home after a long day of work trying to simply buy some rice for my own sustinence. When I opened the door I was appalled at what I found. I was either sent a truck disappearing bag of treats or the little turds are in cahoots. Both labradors are much too sweet to do anything that I may disagree with so it must have been spearheaded by my Boston terrier. I don’t know what kind of dirt he had on the labradors to blackmail them into helping but it must have been good because he stands less than 15 inches tall. This little well dressed gentleman blackmailed one of my sweet innocent lab girls to let him get on their shoulders and confiscate the bag of treats from the counter top. I don’t expect that he was gentlemanly enough to share the spoils of his plunder with them and the complete bag was licked clean. I tried my skills at being a detective and could not match the feathers marks on the bag to any of my dogs. Further investigation required me getting down to smell each of their breath. They all started giving me kisses and I quickly forgot why I was on the floor other than to rub their ears and play. As I now recall I don’t remember any of their breath smelling of cat feces so these treats must have been shared and done what they are advertised to do. I just have to be more diligent and move them directly from the UPS delivery person and into the safe.

Rocky gets a treat every night and he loves Minties and every time I take him to the vet they are amazed at how great his teeth look. They thought I brushed them, and it also gives him fresh breath. You can't see all his teeth but what you see are white, plus he's so handsome I wanted to show everyone.