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Originally Posted by 107barney  I usually microwave a sweet potato until cooked and when it is cooled, I cut it in to small little cubes. I store them in the fridge in a tupperware for no more than 3-4 days and use these as small snacks. Sweet potatoes are easy to digest and low in fat and our dogs love them. You can also give butternut squash cubes. I buy frozen organic cubed butternut squash and let them thaw in the fridge and they love that. Oatmeal is a favorite in our house but it is messy as is mashed potatoes and such.
Frozen blueberries or cut green beans are other low calorie option and I let them thaw before feeding.
I never feed cream cheese, peanut butter, store bought chicken broth or anything processed. For chicken broth, if you have a whole foods nearby, there is a chicken stock that is very low fat and free of sodium that can be used to flavor but really it is not necessary unless you have a picky one. |
Great idea about the sweet potato! I don't know why I have not thought to give them to my dogs! I love them baked myself. This is sweet potato season. You can buy huge sacks for very little along the roads here in the fall/early winter.
Why no peanut butter? I don't give it as a food so much as I always use it to give medicine (ground up pills) if they ever need them. But I will give a lick or two when I have the peanut butter out as they dance when they smell it. Is it because of the fat that you don't give it? If that is it, I am probably okay as I give so little and infrequently. But I would want to know if there is another reason not to let them have even a little bit. TIA.