BubbaLeroy

I just read this list of 20 things to never feed your pet in the Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 edition of the Parade Magazine. The article was written by Karen Halligan, a veterinarian.

1. Alcohol 2. Apple cores 3. Avocado 4. Bones 5. Caffeine
6. Cheese 7. Chocolate 8. Dough 9. Fat 10. Garlic
11. Grapes 12. Ham 13. Liver 14. Milk 15. Moldy food
16. Mushrooms 17. Onions 18. Potato peels 19. Raisins
20. Tuna

Some I knew, but cheese, ham, liver, and tuna really surprised me. We have used cheese to wrap pills in, and Bogie loves it. We also used liver treats when we were training for CGC classes. Just curious if anyone knows why cheese, liver, ham, and tuna would be on the list.
Thanks!
Connie

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I just read this list of 20 things to never feed your pet in the Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 edition of the Parade Magazine. The article was written by Karen Halligan, a veterinarian.

1. Alcohol 2. Apple cores 3. Avocado 4. Bones 5. Caffeine
6. Cheese 7. Chocolate 8. Dough 9. Fat 10. Garlic
11. Grapes 12. Ham 13. Liver 14. Milk 15. Moldy food
16. Mushrooms 17. Onions 18. Potato peels 19. Raisins
20. Tuna


Some if this makes sense, but cheese? liver? if this were true, my two wouldn't have made it past 12 months. They get cheddar cheese and string cheese for training treats almost every day. And on special occasions--like shows, they get liver. and tuna? Yikes--Bites of tuna sandwiches and dried tuna from Tigertails are Pearl's fav. Maybe she's talking about feeding large amounts--liver and cheese are rich.

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Vision

Do they give any explanations?

I thought dogs didn't do well with dairy, which was a reason Frosty Paws was invented.

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Daisy'sLady

Dogs supposedly don't have the enzymes needed to break down dairy products of any kind.

The tuna probably has to do with the fact that some types of tuna are known to have high levels of mercury.

As for the liver... no idea

Kaira

The liver might be because poisons that the body cannot break down
get stored in larger amounts there. Some heavy metals?? Anyway this
is not good for us people either.

I don't think that the list was very good. First, I think that it should be told
why not to feed those things. Second, some of those things has to be fed
in ridiculous large amounts over a long period of time in order to be
harmful. These things are good to know about, but I believe that crude
lists like that have a tendency to create uneccessary hysteria.

And come on, bones are _not_ on the to-not-feed list. One should just
take certain precautions. Never any kind of heated bones. give bones
that are the right size and have the right substance. Make sure that there
is enough meat on it. Remember not all dogs can be given bones, take
into consideration what kind of chewer your dog is. And lastly never give
bones unsupervised.

Mr. Rucible agrees

Terry

That looks like one happy dog. Your post brings to mind the "The Phantom Gourmet" Tv show except it is a doggie version. The Phantom Gourmet is a local food critic that visits resturaunts all over Rhode Island. Perhaps Mr. Runcible can critique and rate commercial and homemade dog delicasies for us? I'm sure he'd be up for the task...

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jasperspet

Hello,

I'm sure the vet had her reasons but I can tell you that Jasper lived on whole milk after he had two back to back surgeries. He would not touch water or anything else we tried to give him, for a week and a half. On his recent yearly physical exam, the vet pronounced him to be very healthy. Also, he adores ham bones with bits of meat on them and the chewing helps keep his teeth and gums healthy.

jasperspet aka colleen

Kaira

Terry, I mentioned your idea for Mr. Runcible and he was
ecstatic about the idea. So here we go, his first critique and
a critique it is. I was ordering som essentials on the net like a
tooth scrape and a tick remover. I thought it would be nice if
Mr. Runcible actually knew that the parcel was for him when
it arrived so I added a smoked marrow bone to my order. To
put it this way it was no problem to get him to follow me inside
after I had visited my mailbox on arrival day. He thought it
smelled soooo gooood. I disagree, but I have no saying when
it comes to food stuff.

Oh, that heavenly smell - now I'm gonna eat it!



Mr. Runcible working on his bone. Accompanied by the sound of
teeth and bone grinding.



I know that it's supposed to be something scrumptious in the middle of
these things. And i can smell it!!! But i can't quite reach it.



Maybe this way...


The bone smelled wonderful and the expectations was high, but they weren't
met. Mr. Runcible feels that it is so wrong for a thing to smell like food , but then
not be eatable. He also know, from being fed raw bones, that it's
supposed to be marrow inside bones, that's the best thing about the whole bone
and the incentive to keep chewing. Marrows are healty but fattening so maybe
is something for the overweight dog. The smoked marrow bone sans marrow
held Mr. Runcible's attention for about 15 minutes. The good thing is that you can
take it away and give it to the dog again later.

Mr. Runcible feels that this was a case of not been given what the delicious smell
promised and subseqently gives it the thumb down.



The King has given his verdict!

2hounds

Kaira,

That was cute/funny!

~Heather

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Mr. Runcible is just too cute!