Blue Basics Turkey & Potato for small breeds Does anyone feed their furkids Blue Basics Turkey and Potato for Small Breeds? I just bought a bag for Rio and Bullet and they absolutely love it. I have to find kibble that is relatively low in fat because they have very sensitive tummies, so they've been eating Canidae Lamb and Rice with some Now! grain free thrown in for variety but they were getting bored with their food. So tonight I decided to try the Blue Basics turkey and they picked out all the new food and left the Canidae. I'm hoping their enthusiasm lasts for more than just a few days! |
Didn't someone just post about the dangers of feeding potatoes...? I thought it was odd but I'd check into it...uh a chicken or and no rice base food might be worth a try...lamb is pretty fatty sometimes...personally we do Taste of the Wild Salmon and Foul kibble here. Hey if they are loving it though and it's all safe and good for their tummies spread the word! |
Salmon is pretty fatty too; it never agrees with Ringo's tummy though I would like to feed it to him. Hmm; I'll have to check into the potato thing because it sure seems like a lot of dog foods list this as an ingredient! |
I did some googling about potatoes in dog food. Here's one bit from one of the sites I found: Answer from PamPerdue 5 of 5 people found this helpful - Sort of If a potato gets green patches on it, that contains solanine, which is very bad for both humans and dogs, though dogs seem to have a particularly bad reaction to it. Potato sprouts also have a good deal of solanine in it. You wouldn't eat them because they taste extremely foul, though dogs can be dumb that way. Solanine isn't cooked away; it's stable at the temperatures we cook potatoes at. You'll want to cut away green patches on potatoes before you cook them just because it doesn't taste good, but there's not enough in there to do you any real harm, either, at least not in a single potato. You should certainly cut away any sprouts, too, for the same reason. So... if your dog gets into a bunch of sprouted potatoes, and is dumb enough to eat them, things may not turn out well. And one baked potato isn't going to kill your dog; there's just not that much solanine in it. And since the solanine is only on the skin, a dog can safely eat peeled potatoes until it hurls. In fact, many dog food manufacturers put potatoes in their dog foods as an inexpensive and tasty filler. Such things are perfectly safe because they start with peeled potatoes. Sources: Commercial Organic Analysis: Part I ... - Google Books |
I didn't like the comment "dogs can be dumb that way" in the quote I pasted in my reply above. Just had to say that. We all know at YT that our Yorkies are the smartest dogs ever! :) |
This thread is interesting, although I've never given Prince nor Ian white potato. Both of them have had uncooked sweet potato. I wonder if there is a scientific site with information. (I agree with post #5...how dare PamPerdue say that about any dog!) |
I remember! Sorry the issue was in feeding schnauzer's potatoes because mini schnauzers are especially gassy and super starch foods like potatoes (never give a mini schnauzie broccoli trust me!) can give them an upset stomach! I'd watch for the same in a Yorkie but it was actually in a schnauzer forum not here! Sorry! I don't feed my dogs red meat either but that's just me... |
I feed my baby BB Basic and he loves it and is doing very well. He has delicate kidneys so the lower protein is what we were after. Potato is a very common ingredient in dog foods. His appetite has increased, poops less, less eye goopers, and more energy. |
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