No table food???
 

This is my first Yorkie and the breeder that my Husband got Dallas from told him NO TABLE FOOD or it will damage his organs :eek:.

But I see that many YT members give their furbabies chicken, fruit ect... so is it ok, My Husband got very mad :mad: at me for given Dallas a few cheerios for sitting and staying. I don't want to hurt him. He is a year and 3 months old and about 6 pounds (P.S. I know he can't have chocolate)

Your breeder was right to warn against feeding "table food", as it normally has too much in fat content, too spicy, and isn't a nutritionally balanced food for dogs. However while training, giving Dallas a few Cheerios, and/or tiny bits of chicken (no skin) and fruit isn't going to hurt him. In fact that would be better than most treats you could buy for training purposes bc most of the store bought treats are really junk food for dogs!

Your breeder is right, for the most part what we eat is not ok for them to eat. But if you are careful and selective then it is alright in moderation. No fatty foods especially meats (they can cause pancreatic problems) cheerios are alright and most fruits and veggies there is a list I think posted in the health and diet part of the forum. I give mine carrots, little bits of peeled apples, watermelon, steamed green beans:)...

I did not want to give him food off my plate but I thought it woul be nice to give him a pure treat such as fruit, and the lady at the dog park said cheerios was a good treat and cheap:p. He loves Cheerios and I don't give them to him everyday.

I do give mine a treat every now and then.

here is a link to some of the no no's
I was really suprised about no grapes and raisins
There are some good foods for our yorkies, just make sure to do you research before each new food. I use some human food as rewards but never from my plate :)
Foods You Should Not Feed Your Dog

Thank you ladies for your help; now all I have to do is convence my hubby that giving Dallas a little apple and cheerios will not damage him for life.

Ditto :thumbup:

Also you got some other good answers, be careful with grapes and raisins and try to find out about other poisoning fruits.

Blessings
XOXO

Table food and human food are very different.
It is generally not okay to give leftovers because of the salt and fat content, etc., but it is just fine to give human many kinds of human food if you know what they can have. I would become very familiar with the dangerous food lists found online before giving anything.

That said, many of us cook for our dogs. That is, instead of dog food they get all human food with vitamins and minerals added to meet their needs. Veterinary nutritionists have computer programs that assist in formulating balanced homemade diets for animals. This is safe if done correctly. The only time I can think of where no human food should be given is if there is a medical problem present and that problem requires your dog to be on a specific prescription food where adding ingredients could negatively affect them (for example, giving chicken when an elimination diet of duck and potato is being used would not be a good thing to do). And occasionally dogs have a few different medical problems at one time for which there is no good prescription dog food fit. In this case a recipe could be formulated to help manage all medical problems instead of just one.

When I think "table food", I think about all the times I saw my grandparents scrape their plates after eating and feed that stuff to the dogs. Tatum does not get table food, never has, so also she does not beg at the table. Sometimes after we eat dinner and we're all still sitting around the table, she comes up to the side of my chair wanting to get up. She just sits on my lap because she wants to join us. Doesn't even give the food on the table a second glance. Now, one time years ago, my dad gave her a taste of some cherry pie from his plate - off his finger. It took a very long time to break her of the habit of begging from him (and only him). He didn't visit for meals very often but Tatum did know that hey, that guy will give me something. They are smart! ;)

There are a lot of people on YT that feed fruit and chicken (no skin) and rice for certain reasons. We stick with good quality dry dog food, bully sticks on occasion and Cheerios for treats. They are very low fat (and yes, cheap!).... she gets them for pottying outside and sometimes just to do tricks.

One big mistake I made with a departed furbaby is that we gave her table scraps and fed her from the table. Dinner time could be a nightmare with the begging and when my daughter got a Chihuahua it was double. I will never do that again. GL never gets anything from the table and usually only gets Cherrios as treats. He does not beg and most of the time lays down when we eat dinner. All of his snacks are made for dogs. He gets a really good chicken treat for training and an occasional Milk Bone. Once or twice a year he will get a very well cooked ham bone. I use them for soups and after the soup has cooked for 12 hours or so I will take the bone out, rinse it well to remove any salt and seasonings from the soup and give it to him when it is cooled. That is his favorite.

We give Pann carrots and we found out one day when I was chopping lettuce and some fell on the floor that he loves that so now he gets lettuce and carrots, I think he might be confused and think he's a rabbit:rolleyes:!

I feed my pup apple pieces(no skin) and lima beans when we are training he loves them my baby just turned 4 months

"A little bit", is the key, no one wants a PORKY YORKIE!!!
And always keeping in mind there tummy's are little, and need to have a balances diet.

The big question is how healthy is your table food and to feed in moderation. My guys get tastes of almost all things that we eat providing that they aren't on the "poisonous to dogs" list. My pups start off having small tastes of different foods - mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots, baked chicken breast, etc. I have never ever had a dog with a sensitive stomach -- either I am just lucky or by feeding small amounts of different types of foods I help strenghten their digestive system.

A good dog food should contain many of the same foods as a healthy human diet - in different proportions. Comemrcial dog food started as a way to use the leftovers from human food processing plants.