I have never heard that. My hubby cooks up a lg Turkey every so often and its for the dogs and stray cats. I have feed my Yorkies a little Turkey every day for weeks. and they never got ill from it. never any bone skin or any thing added to it, just the turkey meat. Same with chicken. Mine do fine with it and love it. they do put on a little weight when eating it for weeks.
Now I have had problems with other meats. I learned the hard way with pork BUt they never get that any more. Im not saying it wont make your babies sick every dog is different. But mine have no problems with eating Turkey or Chicken.

why do some dog foods have turkey in them???

Can't agree --- I'm afraid I think this was one of those things that was mentioned by someone and then passed on and exaggerated by many -

I have had dogs for more than 65 years, and there has never been a Thanksgiving that they all didn't enjoy partaking in the eating of our delicious Thanksgiving and often also Christmas turkey. Even my little Yorkie who was 3 months old last Thanksgiving had his fair share.

*** I will say that I give them mostly turkey and not a lot of fat and skin.
And - I never let my dogs "pig out" on anything ---knowing that too much of almost anything will make them sick.

I (and the rest of my family - and my friends, as well) have yet to ever have a problem because our dogs got some turkey whenever we cooked one.

My advise would just be to use common sense. Turkey is rich - don't feed your dogs too much and don't let them have a lot of the fat or skin.....

AND - since it is a holiday - don't let them eat a lot of any of the rich foods that are on your table. You know how miserable we are after a Thanksgiving dinner -- I'm sure a dog that has eaten too much rich food feels just as miserable.

For those of you with dogs with "touchy stomachs" --- no turkey (or any rich foods) would probably be a good rule. But - I've never had a dog that couldn't eat almost anything....

***** Please notice all the dog foods that have "turkey" in them.....

Carol Jean

It sounds like you are agreeing, lol!

Great post, and well timed, Kimberley!

did you give your dog white meat or dark meat or the skin. I am just wondering because I have always given my dogs the white meat with no problems. Maybe I better get them another kind of Thanksgiving treat this year. I will probably boil them a chicken breast

I have to agree with you. My dogs have always gotten some of the turkey or ham on Thanksgiving and Christmas. I can't imagine not giving them any. Of course I don't give them a ton of turkey just a small amount. I have to admit I also wonder about so many articles like this. My grandmother never let a holiday go by that she didn't fix her babies a small "plate". Her dogs also ended up living for AT LEAST 13 years. So if you have a dog that has a sensitive stomach just be careful.

My dog gets meals prepared for him (with vitamins added) that I got from a recipe book for dogs. he is used to having different meals all the time and I give him table scraps. He is really healthy and slim and muscular. He will get thanksgiving dinner (careful with the spices). I think overindulgence can make problems, or if your dog isn't used to eating people food or different foods, or if there is a genetic or health problem in the area of the digestive system. My last dog was raised on dry food but yet we gave him people food too and he never had any problems.
suzie

I saw a couple of posts that people were going to give chicken instead of turkey due to concerns over turkey.....but ounce for ounce a chicken breast will have 5 times the fat as turkey breast.