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human foods and dogs
I've been feeding my dogs (shitzu and pekingese) cooked human foods like
rice, chicken, beef, pork, vegetables. I did this since they won't eat much and they're thin. So now after feeding them human foods for 4 months now, they're more active, happy, has more meat, than skin and bones, and over-all looks better. Any vets here who disagrees? |
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"kelly" wrote in message ... I've been feeding my dogs (shitzu and pekingese) cooked human foods like rice, chicken, beef, pork, vegetables. I did this since they won't eat much and they're thin. So now after feeding them human foods for 4 months now, they're more active, happy, has more meat, than skin and bones, and over-all looks better. Any vets here who disagrees? ..........ther aren't any vets here. Are you adding calcium? Are you using any kind of recipe? buglady take out the dog before replying |
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Kelly,
I'm not a vet but will offer some opposition thinking to Buglady. First of all Buglady is right on target, if you aren't being careful and following some kind of recipe you can easily get into trouble. In studies of home prepared foods over 90% were either deficient or in excess of two or more nutrients. Dogs are not little humans and their nutrient needs are quite different. One of the most difficult of cases is to get these little guys back off the dinner table snacks. Hopefully it never happnes, but should you one day need to move to a special diet for some disease situation you will have the devil of a time getting them to eat it because they've succesfully "trained" their owner otherwise. |
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"Steve Crane" wrote in message
oups.com... Kelly, I'm not a vet but will offer some opposition thinking to Buglady. .........opposition to what? This is what I said since you can't manage to operate Google newsgroups: .........ther aren't any vets here. Are you adding calcium? Are you using any kind of recipe? First of all Buglady is right on target, ............I'm wrong and then I'm right? Why don't you just respond to the poster instead of dragging me into your reply? if you aren't being careful and following some kind of recipe you can easily get into trouble. In studies of home prepared foods over 90% were either deficient or in excess of two or more nutrients. ...........And some of those studies were found to be glaringly erroneous. Retractions were printed. Dogs are not little humans and their nutrient needs are quite different. .....Yes, that's true. This fact doesn't presuppose that you can't learn what they are and prepare appropriate food. One of the most difficult of cases is to get these little guys back off the dinner table snacks. .......preparing appropriate meals for your dog at home is not equal to giving dinner table snacks. That's like saying Hohos and Fritos are complete meals. Hopefully it never happnes, but should you one day need to move to a special diet for some disease situation you will have the devil of a time getting them to eat it because they've succesfully "trained" their owner otherwise. ........then they can get a specially formulated home prepared meal. I don't see the problem here. buglady take out the dog before replying |
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