What Do You Feed Your Dog?

[plantime]

Can someone please direct me to the research about onions being poison to dogs? Thanks!

[larry mac]

We feed our Miniature Schnauzer, Phoebe Buffay, Authority dry dog food (Petsmarts brand). It has no animal by-products or cereal. We mix a little hot water in it. 1/2 cup in the morning, and 1/2 cup in the evening. She weighs 18-20#. An occasional cherry tomato, she loves 'em. No human "scraps" per se, but an occasional small bite of leftover meat.

Oh, and every day for lunch, she get 1/3th of a medium Mealbone. It's actually a meal replacement product that's supposed to be good for their teeth. She's a very good pet.

best regards, lm

  jesscarmel said:

Hey

I was just curious if you you guys only give your dog "dog food" or if you also give veggies and other stuff. my dog eats canidae dry and wet food. i also give her peanutbutter, brocolli, bananas and somtimes cheese....

[Felidae]

  plantime said:

Can someone please direct me to the research about onions being poison to dogs? Thanks!

This is onion toxicity info. in pets from a scientific paper. But the info. can be found in most pet care books also.

Quoted from: K.H. Plumlee / Vet Clin Small Anim 32 (2002) 383

[plantime]

  Felidae said:

This is onion toxicity info. in pets from a scientific paper. But the info. can be found in most pet care books also.

Quoted from: K.H. Plumlee / Vet Clin Small Anim 32 (2002) 383

[beaglemania]

I feed my dog pratically bits of anything, but I'm careful to make sure she doesn't eat anything like grapes, which are bad for dogs. And I would strongly suggest you don't let your dog eat any corn. Goes right through their systems.(EWW!). I let my dog eat cheese, carrots, peanut butter(slather it on a bone, throw the bone on the porch and it will keep them occupied for 10-15 minutes. Do it when their really bugging you.) I also love to feed my dog popcorn though.

[Felidae]

  plantime said:

Thanks, I really appreciate being able to read that.

I hope it helped. I wasn't sure whether to post scientific info. or just googled info. I just found the article really quickly, but I can find more info. if you need it.

[amybeth]

Our pup was originally part of the Seeing Eye program. She was later rejected from the training program (too scared of everything), so we adopted her.

Because they're working dogs, the S.E. program asks you not to give the dogs "people food". I guess they don't want the dog to be tempted by a great steak in a restaurant if he is working and supposed to be alongside their blind master???

Anyway, for that reason, we started our dog on Iams (it's actually my parents' pup - I just love her to much to refer to her as anything but mine). And we've kept her on that.

They use "poultry" flavored toothpaste with her and she LOVES it. Don't know how they got on to that.........Aside from what my niece drops on the floor, that's pretty much all she gets. Oh, yeah - peanut butter for pills and her all time favorite - icecubes! (does that count as people food?)

[Viola 1]

Sheba gets ice cubes in her water too, she chases them around with her nose