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Originally Posted by Lil Sis  oh no.. I fed them two bags of frozen spinach... I am going to kill my puppies!!
so.. rice is ok, chicken is ok.. lol
I started out with a cup of food... chicken, veggies and potatoes at each meal.
I think I have a better handle on it now....
On a very sad note, before I learned to research as much as I do now.. I fed one of my little shih tuz puppies a grape. She died of kidney failure, not totally sure of the cause but I am sure the grape did not help. It about killed me.. so now my middle name is ask questions.. research!!!! |
Well spinach won't kill the dogs and i've fed it many times. I just never witnessed what it did to their blood chemistry until their blood work recently coordinated with spinach. It was very interesting. Not to scare anyone but here is what happened to them --
Daisy formed crystals in her bladder
Teddy had elevated creatinine and BUN kidney readings
Barney threw oxalate stones and had elevated BUN and creatinine.
These values all went to normal two weeks after spinach removal. My vet's advice: "Stay away from the spinach."
I can laugh now, but it was not funny at the time.
On a side note - for dogs, there are many foods they like and enjoy.
Here are some we use -
CARBS - sweet potatoes, brown rice, white rice, oatmeal, pasta, barley
MEATS - white meat chicken, white meat turkey, pork tenderloin, and on occasion, very lean beef like sirloin or eyeround
VEGGIES - broccoli, bell peppers, celery, carrots, zucchini, butternut squash, green beans, corn (i count as a carb)
FRUITS - blueberries, raspberries, pears, oranges & clementines, bananas, apples