Don't feed Fido..... - Page 4

My aunt puts garlic in her dogs' food every day, she swears it's a natural flea repellent.  She has had GSD's for years and has never had a problem.  I'm not sure what form she uses though, may be powder and very small amount.  I'll ask her next time I talk to her.  Growing up, all of our dogs had ALL table scraps (except cooked bones) mixed with their kibble and warm water.

Regarding carrots most of it does not get digested when fed raw and the dog just passes them.  I do give my dog carrots, apples. oranges and Bananas.  My dogs love fruit and carrots.  I also blend a puree of Kale, spinach, broccoli, carrots and green peas and add it to my dogs raw food.  Dogs can not digest the cellulose in vegetables unless you puree it.  Broccoli has a lot of calcium and vitamins as does the Kale and spinach. 


FWIW,

Jim

If a person here has a loose motion he or she takes yogurt with garlic till the loose motion stops, same goes for dogs and puppies also and never a puppy or dog had a bad side effect and it works fast and fine as garlic works as gym killer in the stomach, it also sends away skin instincts from dogs when given in very small quantities (natural minced with yogurt).

Ibrahim

My vet tells me the reaction to grapes is more like an allergy. That explains why my mom's springer ate a whole bunch of grapes while they wre out one day, and the only side effect he suffered was he REALLY REALLY needed to pee when they got home. He climbed up on a chair to reach the table where the grapes were, and plucked each one neatly off the stem.

With other dogs, as little as 8 raisins or grapes is enough to kill them. This is not a myth, it is the truth! Do not take chances!

Tarekallam,
Who's father is alcoholic?

Slamdunc at al,
Good re the carrots etc , my instinct and limited experience tells me these things aren't bad - but you never know do you?!
Had to fall on the floor tonight to prevent puppy from capturing a fallen piece of a very small (therefore hot) chilli - dread to think how that would have affected him!

Thanks for the list.  I hadn't heard about avocadoes.

Yep, I wouldn't try feeding chocolate to my dog, but I've heard that if a dog accidentally gets into some milk chocolate, especially if it is a larger dog, then it isn't too dangerous.  Not to be tried intentionally, but my 1st GSD once got into some M&Ms and he was fine.  Again, it was milk chocolate, and not too much, and he was a GSD not a peekapoo or shitsadoodle.  lol

I've recently started worrying about "hidden" onions and garlic ingredients in food, especially since I've heard it accumulates.  (Is that true?)  I've heard it's added to some dog food, and I've seen it in a recipe for something... diarrhea maybe.  I think the recipe said to add a little garlic salt to boiled chicken and rice.  :(

A friend of mine had a great dog, I think she was a Kerry Blue Terrier.  She got into some antifreeze that someone had spilled in a parking lot.  It was terrible.

To answer the question:  I would add raw garlic chopped into the cooked organ meat and shredded raw carrot, serving it at room temperature.  I had done this for years.

My dogs also get into cherries and grapes if they are naughty and a bowl is left unattended- to no ill effect.  I have seen my boy dog pull back his lips as he delicately plucked blackberries from thorny canes, gleefully.

I am enjoying this conversation and I don't mean to be contestable...  but I think I should add in some of my experiences, too.  I have some misgivings about all the "shall nots" of feeding our good buddies.

In my grandparents day, dogs would get what they could get to eat- and sometimes that would almost be like slop for the pig.  So be it.

Oh, oh, and avocados?  It is a known fact that a grove dog running around with an ample belly has been tending his masters avo orchard.  They may be rolly-polly but damn they are happy and very much alive those doggies!

Cheers!