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07-10-2010, 07:43 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: WI, USA
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| Okay to feed table scraps? Hi everyone! I'm so glad I found this forum I tried searching old threads for this and couldn't find anything - I was wondering if it's okay to feed table scraps to your yorkie. My vet has said not to, but my puppy doesn't seem to like his dog food. I bought him when he was 7 months old and his previous owners had been feeding him table scraps. I had been buying baked chicken from the deli and taking it all off the bone (of course) and giving him that. Is it really bad to do? Does anyone do this? I've since stopped feeding him human food, but it's difficult sometimes since my family and friends seem to think I'm being "cruel" by doing this. Anyone have an opinion on this subject? (I know already what foods yorkies shouldn't ever eat, btw) Thanks! |
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07-10-2010, 08:34 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Welcome! I do not give mine any table foods. I learned the hard way with them getting sick off of people food and ending up in the er. It's so hard to resist their little begging faces but it saves them illness and you money. I would feed him one of the premium dog foods. A lot of the pet stores have sample bags to try and find one he will eat.
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07-10-2010, 08:39 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: WI, USA
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| Thanks Patti! What kind of dog food does your yorkie eat? I have been feeding mine Purina One Puppy Chow - guess it's time to shop around, thanks for the tip, I didn't know about the sample sizes! |
07-10-2010, 08:43 PM | #4 |
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| I don't get it. We hear that it is bad to feed table scraps to your dog and they should only make up 10% of a dogs diet, but yet so many people are home-cooking for their dogs with great success and table scraps are what one would find in a home cooked meal for a dog..
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07-10-2010, 08:56 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas
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| I do not feed Taz table scraps, but like Melcakes said I do prepare home cooked meals for him. Examples: boiled chicken breast, and fresh fruit and veggies. I do not cook for him daily, he will get a serving of dry or wet dog food. I doubt I helped...But you will eventually find something healthy that your dog will enjoy! Theres plenty of great info here.
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07-10-2010, 09:45 PM | #6 | |
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Table scraps on the other hand are whatever is left over from a human's meal. A lot of what we put on human food could be dangerous to a pup. For example, dogs can not eat onion, it is bad for them. My parents made soup with lots of veggies. They know Kaji loves carrots, so they picked out carrot pieces from their soup and gave them to him. A few hours later, Kaji wouldn't stop throwing up. The carrot pieces had blended with all the other stuff in the pot, including onion. It made him really sick, and I had to put him on a bland diet for a few days. Here's a list of foods that dogs can't have: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...oods-dogs.html If you want to home cook for your dog, I would recommend you consult a canine dietitian to make sure you're feeding your pup everything he/she needs.
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07-10-2010, 09:48 PM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland
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| table food and yorkies I had a yorkie that lived to 19 yrs old and he lived off of canned and dry dog food with table food but NO fat. I would feed him no spicy, no fat, just meat veggies, fruit ect. Now I have 4 new babies that I do the same thing with. I boil chicken, or give them table scrapes in small amounts. I took my two( first )girls in to see the vet on a visit one day, and she also is a breeder of yorkies, she said what do you feed them? I said can and dry food. The dry is down all the time. When we have dinner I will give some bites of our food but hand feed them by saying each ones name with each bite. I hand out bites to them because my small girls don't get much if I just put it on plates. Well The doctor said to me they did studies and yorkies do not get heart disease. I said I had never heard that before. She said yorkies can eat total table food just no fat or spicy foods. I went home called Univ. of Del. cardiology for animals, to ask them if that was true and they said it is true.They said you can feed table food to them in small amount but again no fat. It works for me but I try not to give them to many different things because when they have something new they tend to get the runs. |
07-10-2010, 11:40 PM | #8 |
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| Feeding table scraps can make your dog ill and lead to pancreatitis. If your dog is being picky and not eating, you can add a dash of parmesian cheese to his food. Also, yorkies are notoriously picky, so sometimes it is a matter of finding the right dog food. Good luck!
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07-11-2010, 06:03 AM | #9 |
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| I feed Jackson stuff I'm eating but not everything, usually just chicken, meat, cheerios, cheese, etc... I don't give him like a ton of like cheetos, fritos, potato chips (which he won't eat anyways), or anything like that. I don't think a few here and there hurt. It's different if you're feeding them crap every single day and every single meal. Sometimes we go to lunch with a friend at a noodles place and I always let Jackson have 1 or 2 mac&cheese noodles w/ me. He's never had a sensitive stomach though AND he will still eat his dog food (Acana Grasslands) in the AM and PM. Of course this can make a beggar out of your dog (Jackson is a beggar for sure).
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07-11-2010, 06:19 AM | #10 |
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| No real table scraps here. I do give Pistol raw carrots on occasion ,and he loves dehydrated sweet potatoes as a treat now and then. |
07-11-2010, 07:56 AM | #11 | |
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07-11-2010, 08:07 AM | #12 | |
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07-11-2010, 08:23 AM | #13 |
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| I know you shouldnt but we do. My Husbands onh a diet so most of his is non fatty food and hes the one that gives them leftovers of his food. We also buy little cups of vanilla ice cream and split it in two for them. I tried the frosty paws dog ice cream and they wont eat it I had to throw it out
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07-11-2010, 08:38 AM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fall River, MA
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| Sasha has a pretty strong stomach so switching things up here and there doesn't hurt her at all... When it comes to table scraps I always make sure I cook according to what she can eat. When I make stew or soup I always make sure i take out her share before onions get added. She ends up with meat, sweet potato, peas, carrot, potato, green beans, rice, etc... it's all stuff that is in her dry food. Cooking chicken or beef? A little gets left behind before seasoning happens so that she can enjoy too... It's done on very rare occasions though. |
07-11-2010, 08:39 AM | #15 | |
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