Fruit/Veggies?

    • Gold Top Dog

    Fruit/Veggies?

    Hi!, i know we should NEVER feed our dogs grapes/raisins...but is there any other fruit, veggie that is bad for dogs? My girl will eat just about any.

    Also is eating a half of a large raw carrot too much for an 85 lb dog?...i find pieces of carrot in her stool. She eats raw cauliflower, broccoli, and some cabbage, don't give her lots...rather just as little munchie snacks. What about corn, believe i have read corn is hard for dogs to digest...and she ofcourse loves bananas. Are fruit sugars bad for their teeth?

    Thanks for any tips!
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    I actually don't know too much about this, but -- I wouldn't worry about how much carrot you give your girl.  I give Dweezil (about 21 lbs) maybe two baby carrots a day.  Since your dog is much bigger, I don't see why half a large carrot would be harmful in any way, though I'm sure there are better veggies you can feed more of, if you chose to feed even more.  Broccoli in large amounts is bad, I've heard. 
     
    As for the fruits -- lots of people feed their dogs frozen banana chunks.  Dweezil loves them, and also slices of apple (cored, or, just make sure the seeds are not given to her). 
     
    I would brush her teeth once or twice a week (I should probably do this ... I forget...) to help keep her teeth nice.  [:D]
     
    I think bottom line with all the fruits and veggies is that they are much better to give than ordinary treats from the box (especially those that contain meat by-products and a lot of fillers) but since you are only giving sparingly, like treats, then I wouldn't worry too much.  You seem to know what's to be avoided.
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    but is there any other fruit, veggie that is bad for dogs?
    Mushrooms are not good either. And garlic either. Garlic can cause blood born diseases. I used to think garlic was cool until I found out otherwise. Onions in any form is not good either.
     
    Chicken or Turkey skin is not good for them either. Causes pancreatitis and hepatitis too.

    That is all I can think of at the moment.
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    My small dogs (11 and 17 pounds) have eaten whole carrots at a time, with no ill effects. They eat carrots on a regular basis. Dogs cannot break down whole veggies. They must be food processed, or cooked and mashed. Otherwise, it's just entertainment for them.

    My dogs eat the highest fat meat available, most times, including pork brain, which is almost 10% fat, wet. I add fat to their food, every day (in the form of healthy oils like fish, flax, coconut, or olive oil). I wouldn't say that fatty foods cause pancreatitis, since it isn't really KNOWN what causes it. Some dogs just randomly get it, without eating anything weird at all. If a fatty meal triggors it, then the dog was probably already sick, wouldn't you say?
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    dogs can't really digest vegetables unless you cook them or grind them up-- they have no mechanism to break open the hard vegetable cell walls. So any raw veg you give will come out in the poop. Which is fine if you're giving them as treats.
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    I use canned breen beans without salt and apparently my dog digests them completely.  
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    ORIGINAL: forpaws

    Chicken or Turkey skin is not good for them either. Causes pancreatitis and hepatitis too.



    Where did you get this information?
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    I make a Sweet Potato/veggie mash for my little parrot. Trudy loves it too. All the veggies are in the food processor so Trudy can get the nutrients easily. Her food is Nat. Balance Fish and Sweet potato also.  
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    Mushrooms are not good either. And garlic either. Garlic can cause blood born diseases. I used to think garlic was cool until I found out otherwise. Onions in any form is not good either.

    Chicken or Turkey skin is not good for them either. Causes pancreatitis and hepatitis too.


    Sorry,but i disagree with everything in you're post,except for the onions....

    My dogs regularly have chicken and turkey skin and fat,i never remove either things from any of the meat i feed.If a dog is used to a high fat,varied diet than nothing much should bother him.The main problem with 'turkey' fat is around xmas and thanksgiving,where a dog has had nothing but plain old dry food all year long, all of a sudden gets a monster bowl full of skin,dripping,gravy and offcuts.This is where the myth of "turkey is bad" started from.....

    They get garlic in the homecooked when i make it and also garlic&fenugreek tablets,there are many preparations and foods made specifically for dogs that contain garlic.

    Shi-take mushrooms,i believe it is,have cancer fighting properties in them.
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    I don't know if cabbage is such a good idea.

    Broccili is ok, so are potatos, sweet potatos, and carrots are alright.



    I would really stay away from fungus of any kind.



    I think MOST fruits are ok, but I would be careful with veggies.

    Garlic and onion, and corn should not be apart of the diet.
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    Why are veggies bad? I've fed them for years with no problem. Since they don't get enough "trash" like fur and feathers to keep things regular, I like to add a bit of veggies, steamed and/or smooshed in the food processor, a couple times a week.

    I feed seasonal stuff, so red cabbage does indeed make a regular appearance this time of year (boiled, then processed - nothing on earth is tough enough to process raw cabbage, I think!). Winter squash is wonderful and the dogs love it. Weird and wonderful roots and stalk veggies (the Asian produce sections have marvelous things this time of year), greens, and carrots to sweeten things up. Fruits - apples (de-seeded), pears, blackberries, raspberries, cranberries, anything that overwinters - even tropicals like bananas, mango, papaya, pineapple, coconut. I don't think of it as a major part of their diet, more of a "why not" thing - but they love it.
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    Edie & Littlesaint: I got my information from my veterinarian , an  article in  The Whole Dog Journal to include United States Humane Society also let out a publication just before Thanksgiving about Turkey SKIN being too fatty for dogs to digest. A constant diet of fatty foods can cause the above mentioned health problems.

    There is only one mushroom dogs can have and is used for cancer fighting properties, I believe it is the Shitakkii mushroom, but do not quote me on that. I also believe there is a formula to it in dosing.

    Dulce and I are on the same page.

    The other fruit in addition to grapes is raisins which dogs cannot have either.

    If I find the article, I will post it for your reading pleasure.

    Angel
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    canned green beans have been cooked-- they are digestible.
    Doesn't cabbage give your dogs nasty gas? put it in our veg mush once, and never again!
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    ORIGINAL: forpaws

    Edie & Littlesaint: I got my information from my veterinarian , an  article in  The Whole Dog Journal to include United States Humane Society also let out a publication just before Thanksgiving about Turkey SKIN being too fatty for dogs to digest. A constant diet of fatty foods can cause the above mentioned health problems.

    There is only one mushroom dogs can have and is used for cancer fighting properties, I believe it is the Shitakkii mushroom, but do not quote me on that. I also believe there is a formula to it in dosing.

    Dulce and I are on the same page.

    The other fruit in addition to grapes is raisins which dogs cannot have either.

    If I find the article, I will post it for your reading pleasure.

    Angel



    With anything it's about moderation.  Dogs can have garlic, poultry fat, grapes, raisins, and most of the other aforementioned "bad foods".  You just have to watch how much they get.  I realize vets warn people about these things assuming people are idiots, and they may be right, but the idea is that these foods (with the exception chocolate and onions) are not dangerous to dogs unless they consume huge amounts.
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    ORIGINAL: forpaws

    Edie & Littlesaint: I got my information from my veterinarian , an  article in  The Whole Dog Journal to include United States Humane Society also let out a publication just before Thanksgiving about Turkey SKIN being too fatty for dogs to digest. A constant diet of fatty foods can cause the above mentioned health problems.

    There is only one mushroom dogs can have and is used for cancer fighting properties, I believe it is the Shitakkii mushroom, but do not quote me on that. I also believe there is a formula to it in dosing.

    Dulce and I are on the same page.

    The other fruit in addition to grapes is raisins which dogs cannot have either.

    If I find the article, I will post it for your reading pleasure.

    Angel



    I have heard the same thing about turkey skin and garlic from 2 different vets, NG