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12-29-2011, 06:04 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Vermont
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| What spices/foods are okay? My little gormand likes variety and tasty morsels. I made trout with a little lemon juice, dill and garlic for us and rinsed it for him and he loved it. I made a smoked ham for Xmas and rinsed off the glaze and he loved that. He went nuts over my candied sweet potatoes.. citrus, cinnamon and brown sugar- also rinsed off for him. Loves cheese, any kind of cheese. Loves bananas (again- didnt for a couple of weeks). He gets tired of the same thing real quick, a couple of days at best. We are currently OFF plain mashed sweet potato. Note, these are enhansers, not the main meal, which is supposed to be venison ans sweet potato kibble. I dont cook with salt and we arent into highly spiced anything. So, rather than a long list of what isnt safe, what IS safe? Some of the tempting and delicious stuff you feed yours without wreaking any kind of digestive havoc?
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12-29-2011, 06:56 AM | #2 |
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| I don't think ham is good for dogs, or pork products of any kind. It's too high in fat, which can cause pancreatitis, even only 1 time eating it. Cheese also has a higher fat content so feed with caution. For treats, my boys love their plain raw fruits & veggies. They love baby carrots, apple slices, cucumber slices, small chunks of avocado, banana pieces, frozen peas, plain white chicken, plain white rice or mashed sweet potatoes. They may once in a blue moon get a little bit of white bread with a touch of peanut butter, plain cooked pasta, a tiny bite of steak with the fat completely trimmed off, scrambled eggs made with water instead of milk. 95% of the days they only get their food though. I think human food makes them beg when we are eating and I don't like that habit one bit. I never feed them from my plate when I am at the table. I always walk away and feed them a bite near their food bowl.
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12-29-2011, 07:18 AM | #3 |
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| ^^ Great points above. Never feed ham. Way too fatty, and loads of salt. The glaze is really a bad idea. As noted above, feed cheese with extra caution. Stick to parmesan for its lower fat content. Save yourself the heartache and very expensive vet/emergency bills. Be very conservative in what you feed your pup. Be aware of fat content in addition to toxicity. One little dab of something could land you in the doggy ER.
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12-29-2011, 07:46 AM | #4 |
YT Graphic Artist Donating Member | No spices of any kind should be given to dogs ... they don't "taste" things the way people do, they only go by sense of smell, and just about every spice I can think of is harmful to dogs.
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12-29-2011, 09:07 AM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Vermont
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| I am getting a bit confused.. I bought a few dental bones.. samples.. for him to try. He hated Greenies and I dont care for them myself. I am looking at a product from Zukes.com- a Z bone.. ingredients include Alfalfa concentrate, clove, parsley, fennel and rosemary to name a few. I've made my own dog biscuits from recipies on dog sites.. some with peanut butter.. some with parsley, garlic powder, cinnamon, etc. I see a recipe for doggie gingerbread men with all the usual ingredients- including real or powdered ginger and carob bits for the eyes and buttons. I've read on this site where peeps give them craisins for snack. I am a fairly well-educated, pet savvy, cautious individual. I do almost all of my own cooking from scratch. I would cut my own throat if anything happened to Smokey on my watch and could have been prevented by me. Now I am reading (true or false, doesnt matter) about a Yorkie who possibly died from poisoning due to raisins or whatever the F the dog purportedly ingested. (I wouldnt feed raisins, so no probs there). I certainly could limit him to a very strict diet with little variation just to be on the safe side, but do I really need to do that? In addition to this, dont let him jump because he could break a leg, no going down stairs (he doesnt know how and Im not about to teach him), no going outside without a coat- it was 10 degrees F here this morning (we only walk about three houses down and back and we dont go out in the freezing rain), no being left alone, even for a minute... Our place is pretty Yorkie proof and I dont take him to the bathroom with me. I do however, put him on my bed when I shower and he lies there quietly. Hasnt tried to jump off as of yet. He sleeps in his crate by the side of the bed. My experience is with dogs 10x his size. I want to do the right thing. I certainly do not want to put Smokey in any kind of danger and I certainly am nobody's fool. He looks to me like a tough little guy. Where do I draw the line on keeping him safe without driving him and us crazy with all of this?
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12-29-2011, 09:12 AM | #6 |
YT Graphic Artist Donating Member | Carob is okay. Also, a little cinnamon is not harmful. There is garlic powder in a lot of dog treats, but I would not give anything with garlic - it is toxic to dogs (in larger doses), as are onions. Parsley is ok too - sorry I forgot about that one. Do not give salt or sugar. Craisins are ok too - but definately no raisins or grapes.
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12-29-2011, 09:19 AM | #7 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| You are correct that some seasonings are used in dog foods and treats, in very small amounts. Read the ingredients on any dog food bag and you will see a bunch. Garlic is confusing because it is listed as toxic to dogs, but it is used in food and treats and trainer Victoria Stilwell cooks with it. Yorkies are not nearly as tolerant as larger dogs when it comes to food. Some are even more sensitive than others. Things like pancreatitis can smoulder for a year or more before blowing up. A yorkie may appear to tolerate certain foods for a long time and then, boom! I know it is fun to see them excited about food, but it is definitely more fun to see them healthy and active. Lots of people homecook for their doggies. I recommend meeting at least once with a doggy nutritionist to learn more about food if you are interested.
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12-29-2011, 09:55 AM | #8 |
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| I feed raw so apart from all raw meats including raw bones I've given carrots, pumpkin, squash, beet, spinach, kale, tomato, and parsley. Fruits like apples, bananas, cherries(pitted), cranberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, pomegranate, orange. Canned fish is good - ones with minimal salt and packed in water. Seeds like pumpkin, sesame,flax and sunflower. Lastly plain organic yogurt and cheese from goats milk only, other cheeses are ok but very sparingly and in small moderation. I stay away from spices but i do know some people who give their dogs turmeric and ginger as natural remedies for ailments. |
12-29-2011, 11:28 AM | #9 |
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| My vet confirmed that garlic in small doses is a good all-natural tick repellent. I give my boys Solid Gold garlic bagel dog treats in the summer and have been able to cut back on the amount and lengthen the time frame that I have to use front line. My little guy does not tolerate front line well, he gets lethargic and throws up for a day after I put it on him. Now I use 1/2 a dose on each dog and reapply every 6 weeks instead of 4. This works well in conjunction with the garlic treats. I wouldn't feed my boys a whole head of raw garlic thats for sure, but sprinkled sparingly into food or baked into treats does help with ticks. I am in New Hampshire.... ticks are almost year round and more than 50% have lymes disease now.
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12-29-2011, 11:42 AM | #10 | |
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Actually I re read that and think how awful it sounds, however, they are good. My vet says their knees are great, they are healthy (I have since switched to a better dog food - Taste of the Wild) and they no longer get rawhide, greenies or dentabones (those had some MAJORLY bad side effects on them). They get milkbones, 1 a day because they LOVE them, and for a special treat, they get a bully stick. I'll google something before I feed it to them for the first time, but I don't panic if they get an M&M that my nephew dropped on the floor, just keep an eye on them. I try to not have dangerous foods out and around. Ive learned a lot of things about them by experience. Keep your vet on speed dial, make sure your baby is not underfoot when carrying something heavy, watch that he does not sneak out the house when you open the door, get vaccinations, keep him on a leash more than not outside the house (esp around other big dogs)... but most importantly he's a dog. He's going to do DOG things! Enjoy him!
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12-29-2011, 11:56 AM | #11 |
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