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Are Animals like Birds, and Frogs good for my yorkie? I know back in royalty times they would eat such animals but I'm curious if they can still eat frogs and birds according to my yorkie book. I'm asking because my Yorkie keeps eating birds and frogs every-time we walk the neighborhood |
NO!!!! PLEASE!!!! OMG!!! The people on here that freak out over corn in kibble dog food are probably dropping like flies right now!!! Yorkies and their "sensitive stomachs"....EATING BIRDS AND FROGS??????????? ROAD KILL????? OR DEAD FROM SOME UNKNOWN DISEASE????? YOU HAVE THAT MANY DEAD FROGS AND BIRDS LAYING AROUND WHERE YOU WALK??? |
Hello and welcome to YT!!! I am pretty sure there are frogs that are highly poisonous and could kill a dog (small or big). I think it depends on where you live or the type of frog. I read about it after finding my big dogs tossing a frog around in the yard. :eek::eek:They ended up being fine, but I would try to avoid letting your little guy eat any thing other than good dog food, treats, etc. You never know what freaky diseases could be lurking around.;) |
your so right! I don't give it too him but he just finds it, knows he's not suppose to have it and run away from me eating it, then when i catch him he locks on it and wont open his mouth at all.. 5 month puppy by the way. |
thank you for the greeting, btw |
Hello and welcome! I have also heard that some frogs can be very poisonous to dogs. Best to keep a better eye on your pup and maybe take something with you like some chicken or hotdog and offer a trade - the bird or frog for something tastier - hopefully he will eventually realize that it is better to drop the yucky stuff and eat what you are giving him. At 5 months old, he is still learning. Good luck! |
You cannot allow your dog to eat frogs. Here, in Florida we have deadly Bufo frogs. They will kill dogs. Bufo marinus - A Frog That Can Kill Your Dog - Panama Guide I'm not sure what kind of frogs you have in Virginia Beach, but I'm happy to help you research it. It's always better to be safe than sorry. |
Eeeewwwwww. Are there really that many frogs where you walk? And how is he getting birds unless they are already dead? I'm also curious as to what book you are referring to. |
Our largest yorkie Ginger (about 10-11 lbs) has caught, killed, and at least partially eaten several birds and small rabbits. Of course we take them from her when we see her with them, but by then they are usually at least half eaten. She manages to catch them somehow. She has never really had a problem except once she had a bone from a bird stuck in her mouth and we had to take it out. |
I'd be so afraid the frog or bird had some disease or ate something itself that could make Tibbe sick or kill him that I would never allow it - aside from the gross factor. When we're out on walks, he's on his leash & I control his pursuits for his safety sake. He'd probably eat anything he came across but I prevent it. Who knows if a frog has been in a leptospirosis-polluted puddle just B4 the dog came upon it or something like that. I don't know if a dog could get a disease like that but I will never permit his getting to the frog so hopefully I won't have to find out. |
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I laughed out loud at that post, too! |
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Really? Really? Are you just joking here? OMG:eek: Just an F.Y.I. in case your not joking, my dog "caught" an Opossum once, didn't eat it but it died, so did my dog. Turns out the neighbors put out rat bait for Opossums, rats etc., unfortunately, my dog got the residual affect. Enough to scare ya yet? If so, maybe you should muzzle or keep your dog somewhere where he can't get to road kill etc., eiyieyieyie...Good luck! b.t.w. welcome to YT |
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Lol all you nutsy friends!. Please you have to train any breed of dog not to pick up any food from the ground!!!! You start young with the puppy. Exchange treat. Try in your backyard - drop a nice piece of chicken, then be ready. Say a strong no; if pup leaves alone, reward, reward with higher value treats' like cheese, or beef or some such. We don't live in the country but city; and in some ways that can be worse, as we have some sicko folks who love to go around setting out poison bait for dogs. And truly while I don't believe many YOrkies are as delicate as all get out; but I don't even let my 120lb BRT eat ANYTHING from the ground. Until you can train your Yorkie to leave alone frogs and birds, truly you need a leash on them. |
I have thugs for neighbors....no, ACTUAL REAL LIFE THUGS...father is a cop...and these kids can NOT be trusted to act civilized...EACH WITH A RAP SHEET A MILE LONG.......they got angry with me for SOME REASON....(a neighbor saw them shooting at passing cars, from their roof and reported it) I guess they thought it was me, so THEY DROPPED FISH HOOKS ALL OVER MY SIDE YARD SO MY PRECIOUS LITTLE INNOCENT BABIES WOULD GET INTO ALL THOSE HOOKS...TREBLE HOOKS, NO LESS....Thank God I ALWAYS walk around my yard, checking for poison meat, or holes under the fence so they get out, etc....I found the hooks before I let my dogs out....I still have nightmares over that...32 treble(??sp) fish hooks and 5 large lures with three sets of hooks on each one.....WRETCHED HOODLUM BAS...... |
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At our old house, we lived by a canal where occasionally, when it's the season and the weather is just right, our lawn becomes infiltrated with numerous tiny frogs...well, maybe toads. Either way, our dogs would have a field day during time chasing them around. We were pretty anal about them not eating these little guys since we didn't know if they were poisonous or anything...and well, you never know given contamination+pesticides. Better safe than sorry? |
Better than the bumblebees my yorkiepoo is hellbent on eating. Thankfully he has not yet been successful, but he has caught two of them. Sigh. |
Ziva caught a frog when she was a puppy- within seconds she was foaming at the mouth and quivering- there was no rushing to the vet she was either going to make it or not. We flushed with a hose and held on tight- Thankfully she hadn't bitten down. I keep everything swept and am constantly on critter patrol. |
Hi welcome to yt..I'm curious to how they're catching all these birds, i'd be worried about parasites and disease they might be carrying. See if you can teach the drop it command, it took a while for mine to learn it but it's really useful. |
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