dog feading

[Stabs 3]

Courtesy of Socks from a while back

 

Good Veggies' & Fruits to Feed

 

(Foods you can feel good about feeding. Add lots of green leafy vegetables)

 

Courgettes-

Romaine (COS) Lettuce - High nutritional value

Ice Berg Lettuce - has no nutritional value but is OK to feed. You can use

as a filler.

Tomatoes (avoid the leaves and stems) -

Carrots - These are high in sugars so be careful

Celery - Not much nutritional value but is a good diuretic.

Bok Choy -

Parsley-

Oranges -

Apples (not the seeds) -

peas-

Bananas -

Alfalpha Sprouts -

Bell Peppers (Capsicum) - red, green and yellow

Fresh Pumpkin (not the canned pie filling) -

Silver Beat -

Beet Root -

Kale -

Cilantro -

Mustard Greens -

Dandelions -

Marrow-

Yams -

Sweet Potatoes -

Asparagus -

Jicama (remove skin) -

Parsnip -

Turnips -

Sprouts -

 

Caution Veggies' & Fruits

(Foods you can feed but with cautions)

 

Garlic - fed in small amounts is very beneficial for your dog. It is

considered natures antibiotic. However, to much can cause anemia and upset

stomach. So when making your veggie mix, use 1-3 cloves but no more.

Grapes / raisins- (in high amounts) Dogs exhibit gastrointestinal problems,

including vomiting and diarrhea and then signs of kidney failure with an

onset of severe kidney signs starting about 24 hours after ingestion of the

grapes or raisins.

Eggplant - OK to feed the fruit but avoid any other parts. They can cause

upset stomach, drooling, lethargy, heart failure

Avocados (& leaves) - Stay away from the leaves. The fruit part is OK to

feed in small amounts.

Spinach, Swiss Chard, and Rhubarb - OK in small amounts. While these are not

toxic, they are high in oxalic acid, a compound that interferes with calcium

absorption, so don't feed these very often.

Cabbage/Broccoli/Cauliflower - OK to feed in small amounts but may cause

gas. If fed frequently and in large amounts these will depress the thyroid.

Potatoes –

 

Cautions: If your dog is diabetic or has arthritis and has/had cancer then

you may want to stay away from underground veggies because they convert to

starch/sugar which aggravates arthritis. Cancer cells also thrive on sugars.

 

Bad Veggies' & Fruits

 

(Foods to be avoided all together)

Onions & (onion powder) - upset stomach, and can cause Heinz body anemia

[caspa 2]

my dog gets raw food and abit of veg,i thought onion was bad for dogs

raw onion pases warms.and keeps germs away

thats a lovely looking dog there is that your aor a pic ????

year maddog.shes a masheen.best ive ever had

[BlueCoyote 0]

we have a grape vine out here and my dogs LOVE them. you would sooner stop the ocean tide than stopping my dogs when grapes are in season....

 

 

 

of course maybe its the KIND of grapes.... these have thick skins and seeds inside.. but when she poops... it seems like the whole grape comes out looking the same as when it went in.. only slightly chewed. i am not brave enough to "explore" further into the matter. all i can say is.. she's been doing this for two years and nothing bad has happened to her. of course after i found out about the toxic thing i do my best to stop her.

from my own research evidence of toxicity is inconclusive and MOST vets will tell you to avoid it only as a precaution. some dogs can eat grapes and will drop dead from liver failure after only eating a hand full... others, like mine, seem to eat them by the bucket and never suffer any ill effects.

i lean more towards the side of caution. but again.... any time she is loose during the summer she RUNS to the grape vine.

 

as for onions and garlic. they're BOTH toxic in large amounts. simple fact. but a lot of things are toxic in large amounts.. chocolate for one. as a kid i used to share pieces of chocolate with my dogs and they all lived to healthy ripe old ages.... and i think its dark chocolate that is the worst for them..... you dont want them eating bricks of it...

onions and garlic, i think, are closely related so i can see how onions might do the same job as garlic. they both smell horrible to me and my dogs wont touch either unless gravy is involved... i think its safe to say that many dogs wont sit down to munch on a bag of onions unless you have a loony dog that will chew up anything. had one of those once. if it wasnt nailed down she would chew it to pieces (she used to bring us neighbour's underpants all the time) and if it was nailed down she would still try to chew it to pieces.. i do not miss that dog....

 

i've also never heard of potatoes being toxic to dogs.... some home cooked diets tell you to add in cooked potato, rice, carrots, and other silly things to the meal.

 

 

i never have liked blanket statements or one standard for everyone. sadly(or gladly?) the world does not, and never will work that way. if you have given your dog a slice of raw potato for the last three years with no problems then why stop now? surly if there was a problem it would have reared its head before now??

 

i dont think dogs NEED onions, garlic, or potatoes.... but in small amounts i dont think they'll be harmful.. never has been for me anyway.

hell... there are some people out there that protest raw diets for several logical, yet stupid reasons... more to do with the health of the dog's owner... some say feeding raw leaves you and the dog at risk for salmonella and e coli.. and parasites.. and other things. some say that some dogs dont digest raw diets very well and should not be fed.... but a lot of people rarely make it past the detox stage when the dog is squirting shit all over the place the first day or two.... who could blame them? but if you're going to start a new diet then you should probably do ALL the research... not just listening to someone who thinks its a great idea and biologically accurate.

[socks 32,253]

potato is fine ... its when you feed green skinned potato you can get the toxin solanine ...............

[caspa 2]

potato is fine ... its when you feed green skinned potato you can get the toxin solanine ...............

nice one lads

[shotgunwilly 177]

well i would steep the dog meal (red mills racer)in luke warm water boiled water takes the goodness out of it with brown bread take the dogs out for there run behind the car 4-5 miles come back and add ether racing beef or tripe and a cod liver tablet .