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Baby food Chicken sticks I have a question. I saw the idea of using the baby food chicken sticks as a treat or to have on hand when your yorkie won't eat etc. I picked up a jar of Gerber Graduates Chicken sticks the other day at the store to have on hand. I was just getting ready to cut one up into tiny pcs as a treat/reward and happen to read the ingredients. The next to the last thing is Onion powder. This concerned me since I thought dogs shouldn't have onions. Can anybody set me straight here? Should I use them or shouldn't I? :confused: Thanks a bunch! |
I gave them to Jewels when she was little and she didnt have any adverse reaction to them. |
Baby food and onions are on the list of things not to feed your dog. |
Onions are toxic to dogs. No sense playing with potential trouble. :dog: |
Now I'm curious too....there is a recent post on giving the baby food (meat sticks) as treats.....I wonder, are these meat sticks considered baby food? Why is baby food bad for our furbabies? Hmmmm......just curious.....I've never fed them to Mojo, but that was on my list of things to buy and have on hand. Thanks! |
:p I just boil chicken and cut it into tiny pieces and you could put it baggies. That way you know what is in what you are giving them and also that way there aren't any preservatives! :D |
Rowdy has been eating the toddler chicken sticks since he was 10 weeks old. He's a year now and a picture of health. Since onion powder is the last ingredient, the amount is insignificant. If you want to use the toddler sticks, you might check the other types, turkey and meat and see if they have onion powder. |
My vet prefers that I just plain baby food in the jars - the infant mashed up kind when she's sick or not eating. |
I have been using the chicken sticks to put Maddie's pill in because it's impossible to get her to take a pill. She loves them and as long as she's had them and doing fine, guess I'll keep on. I agree that the onion powder is probably very minimal! |
I'd be careful about feeding them anything with Onion as an ingredient. My vet also recommended giving my dog Taylor Chicken baby food but said to look for a brand without onion powder. I wouldn't risk it. I spent the extra time and found a brand without it. You never know how your dog will react. I don't think its good for anyone to minimize the fact that they can have bad reactions to it. Especially when you don't know how other dogs will react and since all our dogs are so different in size. What might be minimal for a 7lb yorkie might be to much for a 3.5lb one. Why risk it. |
My vet and my breeder both said to give my pup Gerbers Chicken Stix (or Vienna sausages) when they were pups to supplement their diet. They absolutely loved them (so did I!). No problem ever. Wouldn't worry about the onion powder. Raw onions aren't good for dogs (and many people totally can't tolerate them either). Onion powder - the scant amount - used in many foods is "harmless." It is not used as a food ingredient - but rather only for flavor. I know for a fact that if you start reading all the ingredients on any dog food (or people food for that matter) -- you or your dog will never eat anything. There are many good dog foods available. And many lists available telling us which of these foods are good. And - most good healthy people foods are good and safe for our pets too. There are lists of different foods that aren't good for our pets (or too much of these foods aren't good for our pets). For instance, my dogs don't eat junk food...candy, potato chips, a lot of salt, spicy foods, avocados, onions, etc. But they do eat meat, cheese, cottage cheege, eggs, rice and a lot of other good healthy people food. Carol Jean |
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