Safe Snacks

[Vereen]

I've been putting "Lean Treats" in Joni's kong and she loves those. I buy them at the vets office but have seen them on amazon.

[Yorkiemom1]

Mine have rawhide bones, those huge ones with a knot at each end, just to let them chew and gnaw for hours...but they only get those when I am around to cut off the chewed up soft, slimy part! When I am no longer sitting right there watching the condition of the rawhide chew as it softens, all rawhide gets picked up.

For treats, all mine get nothing but human food treats.....pieces of veggies, Fruit Loops, Gerber Chicken Stix for human babies (like those Vienna sausage but much healthier, in the event someone is not feeling ship shape and has to be coaxed to eat!), various fruits that are safe, human cookies like animal crackers, graham cracker pieces (Teddy Grahams), Goldfish Crackers, Oyster crackers,......I do not trust ANY snacks especially made strictly for dogs......I dehydrate my own chicken breast slices or little pieces of stew meat that I get at HEB.....also liver and gizzards.....there are soooooo many healthy options to give these babies for treats, snacks, rewards, etc., that are healthy and good for them, stuff WE could eat......I don't find it necessary to give anything store bought, made for dog treats.....you just never know for sure where it came from, how it was processed, etc.....

[anakarydas]

Chicken feet ? ......... I don't know about that....a friend told me her dog had an intestinal tear from chicken feet.






I do not buy dog treats or food from china... never ever !!!!
My fur babies love baby carrots.....

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Mine have rawhide bones, those huge ones with a knot at each end, just to let them chew and gnaw for hours...but they only get those when I am around to cut off the chewed up soft, slimy part! When I am no longer sitting right there watching the condition of the rawhide chew as it softens, all rawhide gets picked up.

For treats, all mine get nothing but human food treats.....pieces of veggies, Fruit Loops, Gerber Chicken Stix for human babies (like those Vienna sausage but much healthier, in the event someone is not feeling ship shape and has to be coaxed to eat!), various fruits that are safe, human cookies like animal crackers, graham cracker pieces (Teddy Grahams), Goldfish Crackers, Oyster crackers,......I do not trust ANY snacks especially made strictly for dogs......I dehydrate my own chicken breast slices or little pieces of stew meat that I get at HEB.....also liver and gizzards.....there are soooooo many healthy options to give these babies for treats, snacks, rewards, etc., that are healthy and good for them, stuff WE could eat......I don't find it necessary to give anything store bought, made for dog treats.....you just never know for sure where it came from, how it was processed, etc.....

Do you mean a raw bone? Or a rawhide? If it's a rawhide I would not give those. They are far from raw and they aren't even the hide. They are the part of the cow that cannot be used for meat or leather. The sinew or something. And they are bleached to look clean and white. Lots of chemicals used to make those. Just confused bc your second paragraph says how you never give anything specifically made just for dogs.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by anakarydas

Chicken feet ? ......... I don't know about that....a friend told me her dog had an intestinal tear from chicken feet.






I do not buy dog treats or food from china... never ever !!!!
My fur babies love baby carrots.....

You can give raw bones and raw chicken such as feet but you cannot give cooked chicken with bones bc they bones will splinter. But I agree, the nails on the chicken feet seem like they would catch whether they are raw or not.

[sophiesmominva]

I feed mine raw carrots too; she loves them!

[Mal777]

My dog loves eating raw cabbage. She looks like a rabbit and everybody laughs, but she really loves it

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Do you mean a raw bone? Or a rawhide? If it's a rawhide I would not give those. They are far from raw and they aren't even the hide. They are the part of the cow that cannot be used for meat or leather. The sinew or something. And they are bleached to look clean and white. Lots of chemicals used to make those. Just confused bc your second paragraph says how you never give anything specifically made just for dogs.

They get the huge rawhide bones, but they are not left unattended with that...I am right there, watching to be sure they do not get any of the rawhide chewed off...they work themselves to death, just trying to get enough mouth on the thing, to gnaw on it....but they are never left with the bone, nor are they allowed to chew until they can get that soft white thing chewed off....I watch it, they are usually right up in my lap with this thing, and the minute where they are chewing starts to get soft, I cut it off and they are back to gnawing hard areas again. I never give them any treats to eat that are made specifically for dogs...They are fed RC kibble, and when they start getting older and may not appreciate chewing, I just soften the RC kibble with warm water....lately, I added some green peas and carrots along with a little of the juice and my seniors really seem to enjoy that meal....also have added French cut green beans to their serving....they love it!

[Mal777]

regarding raw cabbage I posted something on my blog: Yorkie Space - Everything about Yorkies : Safe snacks - can dogs eat cabbage ...?

However, Pippi also enjoys a lot chicken feet. I am vegetarian and sight of chicken feet all over the house is not something pleasant to me, but I see she likes them a lot.