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Feeding dogs

Pinkorchid

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I have a 3 year old Shih Tzu who has always had a complete dry food to which I had to add a very small amount of chicken before she would eat it I know many dog owners who have to do this....She has a grain free food now as I think this is better but of course these are a fairly recent addition to the dog food range. A while ago I read an article by a vet who said that 60% of dogs develop cancer at some time in their life and adding vegetables to your dogs diet even if they only have dry food could reduce the risk
I never give Tia what I call human food certainly no sweet treats but she does have a tablespoon or so of plain yogurt a day which is good for their digestion. I thought I would give the vegetables a try and she loves them so her meal now is half the amount of dry food that she used to have more chicken which is her favourite and mixed vegetables and she is loving her new diet and never leaves a thing. My daughter has a Shih Tzu and tried him with the vegetables but he would not eat them he will only eat dry food with a bit of ham or corned beef in it
 
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Some dogs do, some dogs don't - mine is a complete veggiephobe(?) - but I think most dry dog food has some sort of vegetable ingredient though?
 
We make our own dog food. It is made of 65% meat,30% white rice (they don't digest brown rice well) and the remainder is spinach, eggshells. cod liver oil and actimel yoghurt. All ours are in good health, have immensely shiny coats and loads of energy.

They will also compete for carrots, cucumber ends, one is partial to the end of peppers, and pretty much any other food going. They also love apples. I guess it depends on the dog and the competition for food.
 
My dog won't touch veggies at all...it's quite funny...if I give him left over Sunday roast for instance...he will lick all the gravy off them and eat his way round them
 
My beast has a dodgy stomach and so I have been forced to look for a meaty brand that doesn't cause extreme diarrhea.....

she has two tins of Chappie a day, so its like meat but not wet.....does the trick..........

unfortunately she has cancer which started in her breasts, she had half of them removed but it was discovered the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes, so no more surgery or treatment..........

shes doing well though, charging about the place as normal, for an 8 year old anyway....
 
Have you tried James Wellbeloved Dog food. Lamb and Rice was the only one that suited her as she got older (Labrador). Our Vet recommended it. They do a few different flavours.
 
We just use a good quality dry food and avoid the cheap brands altogether, my vet has 3 dogs of his own and feeds them the same diet and recommends a dried food diet to all his clients.

On a weekend he gets the meat scraps, but we never give him sugar or diary as this is really bad for dogs.
 
Veg is really good for dogs. Mine however will only eat it cooked and mixed into food but I know a lot of dogs who love a raw carrot!! Be aware though, no brocolli or onions - they can be toxic to dogs!! Sue xxx
 

Chappie is supposed to be one of the best and healthiest canned dog foods, sadly mine won't eat it!! . Sue xx
 
We (the royal doggy We) are on the Raw Prey Model. And flourishing.
I've fed them BARF up til now, but this is definitely an improvement, both with appetite and energy levels. Oh, and their eyes are even brighter.
 
I too make my own dog food, I use a mix of chicken and beef mince with carrots, broccoli, sweet potato and rice, she has grain free kibble for brekkie. God don't we spoil our dogs. The kennels up the lane from us say that the dogs that stay with them all have their own food brought in. Gone are the days when they got scraps eh.
 
I have always had Salukis and every one of my hounds loves vegetables .. coleslaw being our little ones fav at the moment along with all salad vegetables .. cooked vegetable are also readily eaten ... I try to keep her off of the alliums as they are not so good for dogs. She also has a small amount of tin meat with a mixer a day to keep the vet happy
 
Some of my dogs have enjoyed veggies (and a little fruit) as treats and some haven't. My last dog used to love a little bit of fruit as a treat when he was a tiny puppy - until he discovered via my husband that there were other treats, scraps of meat, cheese, etc, and then he flatly refused to eat his "greens". I regularly fed my current two on a mix of kibble, cooked ground meat (beef, rabbit, chicken, tripe) and mixed veggies until they suddenly decided this wasn't for them, so now they just get the James Wellbeloved kibble (all flavours) and occasionally Arden grange salmon or pork kibble. They are prepared to sell their souls for "stinky tripe" - strips of dried beef (or sometimes buffalo) tripe. They also rather fancy the fattier side of my low carb diet!

Robbity
 
Oh and pigs ears, my other two (now deceased) used to love a pigs ear. Forgot about the smelly tripe they liked those too.
 
All my other boys used to love their pigs ears too and big Dinosaur"!! beef marrow bones that I used to get from the pet food man at our local market.

Robbity
 
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