Can't Say I Didn't Warn You!!!!!

[sfmadrigal]

OMG, I am so sorry your poor baby (and you!) had to go through that, but man, this thread was cracking me up!


I am one of those bad dog mommies that shares with her dogs, but only little bits and I haven't had any issues like that.

I did have a cat once that could only eat cat food, anything else came right back up. It never failed that whatever roommate I had at the time would try to sneak her some tuna or something, despite my warnings. I always made them clean up the mess, ha ha!

[Laura]

I can see holiday problems if you are having other people around especially! My girlfriend spent the week here last week, we spent plenty of time watching her new baby. We were eating pizza a couple of nights ago and she held a BIG piece of crust down to Zowie, when I said "oh yeah, you can't feed her (the baby) any table food, especially til she gets a little bigger. I looked down at Zoe and she already had a huge piece of pizza she was working on, which I just took away from her "sorry". I am sure she (my friend) will have to learn for herself one day, just not at my house.

[Cookie2]

I learned that lesson as well. We are teaching Cookie to keep away from the table when we eat and it's working. I don't give him or Mimi any meat that is spicy. I don't give them steak either. If I do sneak him or Mimi a little piece it's usually grilled chicken breast but a size of a quarter. Yesterday Cookie took an inch long piece of Twizzlers out of my mouth! I wash watching TV and had small piece sticking out of my mouth when all of a sudden I see himcrawling up my chest and tilting his head as if he's going to "human kiss me" lol well he very gently put one paw on my chin and took the twizzler out of my mouth! Then after that I gave him two more 1inch pieces.
Well and another good thing! Hubby was able to brush Cookie's teeth without a battle! lol First time Cookie acted like he was being killed,barking and screaming. Then the next time I didnt hear him make a sound ,he just let my hubby brush his teeth! Now Mimi is a different story!

Genie

[Cookie2]

I used to feed pizza to a dog we used to have and I still regret it till this day!
When I told the vet that I was feeding him pizza the vet really flipped out because it wasn't just the crust it was two whole slices for a 40-50 lb dog!
The taught me what the grease,cheese,sauce does to a dog's kidneys,liver.
So now when we order pizza I will not feed Cookie or Mimi not even the crust.My hubby or kids want to give them aquarter size piece of dry crust and it still brings back memories and I just don't allow it!


Genie

[Laura]

We'll, you have to figure we are 100-250 pounds (for instance), the dogs are 2 -10 pounds. If my dogs get too many treats, they won't eat their dogfood. So I try to imagine the treat is 10 to 20 times that size making a quarter size piece equal to a slice of pizza or maybe lots more.

[Stitches29]

Originally Posted by Carters Mom

My vet told me that she sees soooo many yorkies during the holidays because of collitis. She said it is worse during the holiday season than the rest of the year put together because so many people allow their dogs to have bits and pieces of the holiday feast (intentional or not - we all have those family members that won't listen when we say NO people food).

So far, we don't allow people food and hope to keep it that way.

I feel bad for Stitches that she woke to such a horrible thing! Hope your baby is feeling better by now.

Lisa

Thank you Lisa. Yes Maggie feels a lot better. Yesterday my husband was eating some left over brisket, (the one that Maggie ate) and here comes Maggie. Oh, that sweet, precious, begging brown eyes!!!!!! Didn't phase me one bit.. I told her "Do I Look Stupid". She just gave me a go to you know where look, and left the room. This old dog learned a very valuable lesson. If she ever gets another bite of human food, it will be such a tiny piece, she won't even feel it touch her tongue, as it slips down her throat.