Is milk and ice cream ok

[bonniejc]

My little Sophie loves ice cream and milk. It is ok to feed her these things? She likes to have a little milk on her food in the morning. At night if we have ice cream, she is patiently waiting for her share. She probably gets about a tsp. of ice cream all together. Maybe a tablespoon of milk at breakfast.

[MY OSCAR]

Although sophie loves it ,
dairy products don't always agree with dogs.
If you would like to give her a treat ,
instead of milk and ice cream
try a teaspoon of organic plain yogurt(that is no sugar/no fruit)
on her meals.
It is really good for her....

[Britster]

^ I agree.

I wouldn't ever choose to give a dog milk - esp. every morning.

I think a little vanilla ice cream now and then won't hurt them (like, a once a month treat thing, and not too much, just a couple little licks).

But, yeah, you can feed a bit of non fat plain yogurt, but again, I wouldn't recommend feeding EVERY day.

[Ellie May]

Both cats and dogs can have milk. And both can lose the ability to digest it if not given often. The enzyme that breaks it down is produced with exposure. If you decide to feed it, do so frequently. I really think there are much better treats.

A small amount of ice cream occasionally shouldn't hurt a healthy dog. If the serving foran adult human is a half cup though, the serving size for a yorkie is like nothing.

PetDiets

[chachi]

During the summer my 2 split a small dog cup of ice cream a day and they have since they were young they are 6 now. It is a special treat they get once a day but on those days I dont give any other dog treats either because I dont want them to gain unwanted weight

[SnugsColeman]

dairy is not good for dogs...however goats milk is fine ( i give my fur babies this) and you can find doggy "ice cream" (ex. Paws) at some local grocc. stores in the frozen food

[Britster]

Originally Posted by SnugsColeman

dairy is not good for dogs...however goats milk is fine ( i give my fur babies this) and you can find doggy "ice cream" (ex. Paws) at some local grocc. stores in the frozen food

I'd feed them regular ice cream over Frosty Paws Pretty nasty ingredients.

Water, dried whey, soy flour, animal fat (preserved with BHA and BHT) dry whey product, dried whey protein concentrate, vegetable fat, soy lecithin, microcrystalline cellulose, mono and diglycerides, carboxmethyl-cellulose, polysorbate 80, polysorbate 60, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, magnesium oxide, silicon dioxide, vitamin a supplement, vitamin e supplement, niacin supplement, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, potassium iodine, thiamine monoitrate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid.

[SnugsColeman]

thanks for the info ... I dont feed them paws anyway i just saw it in our local store.. i give them van.yogurt w/cott cheese once in a while (not often but some) and goats milk (also not often)....but now i know not to buy it thanks!

[bonniejc]

Originally Posted by chachi

During the summer my 2 split a small dog cup of ice cream a day and they have since they were young they are 6 now. It is a special treat they get once a day but on those days I dont give any other dog treats either because I dont want them to gain unwanted weight

Your little dog Jewels, how big is she? My Sophie is 2 pounds. Like Jewel, she was a runt also. She has a brother Max who is about 4 to 5 pounds.

I am going to keep giving her a little milk in the morning. She likes it on her food. Ice cream she only gets once in a while.

[BabyFidgette]

I do give Baby some licks from my vanilla ice cream cone. hehe But I don't/wouldn't give her milk every day.

[beachdog]

Milk and dairy can add to bladder stones.

[chachi]

Originally Posted by bonniejc

Your little dog Jewels, how big is she? My Sophie is 2 pounds. Like Jewel, she was a runt also. She has a brother Max who is about 4 to 5 pounds.

I am going to keep giving her a little milk in the morning. She likes it on her food. Ice cream she only gets once in a while.

She was the runt and was a very tiny puppy but grew to 7 lbs

And I got my dogs the frosty paws before and they sniffed it and walked away and I dont blame them I smelled it and it smelled like saw dust.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by chachi

She was the runt and was a very tiny puppy but grew to 7 lbs

And I got my dogs the frosty paws before and they sniffed it and walked away and I dont blame them I smelled it and it smelled like saw dust.

Probably because it essentially IS sawdust. LOL.

The 9th ingredient is Microcrystalline Cellulose and as the name implies, is basically cellulose and is derived from high quality wood pulp. It's 9 ingredients down so it probably doesn't make up a ton of the food, but yeah, it's in there.

And then Carboxymethyl Cellulose is one of the organic chemicals used for adhesives, dispersants, emulsifiers, etc. Sodium Carboxymethyl cellulose is often used for drilling fluids grade, for paints grade, for paper grade, for ceramics grade, for construction grade, for textile printing grade, etc and is often sold from China. Not to mention it's preserved with BHA and BHT.

And basically all those other ingredients in the food that we probably don't know what they are... any time an ingredient list is made up of a bunch of things that we have no clue what they are, or what's in them, or where they come from... they are probably bad for us. lol. Of course we all still usually eat them anyways, in people foods; I am trying to get better at ingredient reading, but at least we can be conscious of what we're feeding our pets since they do not have a choice what they eat.

Jackson ate a half of a Frosty Paws once with no ill effects, but I probably wouldn't offer it to him again, he did not seem to like it much anyways.

[chachi]

Originally Posted by Britster

Probably because it essentially IS sawdust. LOL.

The 9th ingredient is Microcrystalline Cellulose and as the name implies, is basically cellulose and is derived from high quality wood pulp. It's 9 ingredients down so it probably doesn't make up a ton of the food, but yeah, it's in there.

And then Carboxymethyl Cellulose is one of the organic chemicals used for adhesives, dispersants, emulsifiers, etc. Sodium Carboxymethyl cellulose is often used for drilling fluids grade, for paints grade, for paper grade, for ceramics grade, for construction grade, for textile printing grade, etc and is often sold from China. Not to mention it's preserved with BHA and BHT.

And basically all those other ingredients in the food that we probably don't know what they are... any time an ingredient list is made up of a bunch of things that we have no clue what they are, or what's in them, or where they come from... they are probably bad for us. lol. Of course we all still usually eat them anyways, in people foods; I am trying to get better at ingredient reading, but at least we can be conscious of what we're feeding our pets since they do not have a choice what they eat.

Jackson ate a half of a Frosty Paws once with no ill effects, but I probably wouldn't offer it to him again, he did not seem to like it much anyways.

Yuck to those type of ingredients. I know its probably not best to feed people ice cream either but they get a very tiny amount of it and its never caused them any problems and they enjoy it so in the summer time they get it as a special treat. Ive even shared an ice cream cone with them lol

[Britster]

I think regular ice cream is WAY better than frosty paws lol. Of course not saying it's the best in general... but I share a few licks with Jackson in the summer. We get odd looks when we're in public haha... I always get Breyers: Milk, Cream, Sugar, Egg Yolk, Natural Flavor, Natural Tara Gum. See how much shorter the ingredient list is?? lol