Posted on 04/03/2007 7:36:40 PM PDT by blam
That’s odd. My vet said dogs love cooked garlic.
I appreciate the tip.
Find a local Blue Seal dealer.
That company has written me *personal* emails answering my concerns.
Good food, good price and a company that actually responds.
Can’t beat that.
[The Diamond food had aflatoxins...a fungus, not rat poison. I got one of the bad bags. I haven’t bought it since. And the dog who got sick from it is fine, btw]...:)
Home-cooked people-food isn’t always safe.
DUH!
We had one of our dogs die from eating raw salmon. That was years ago. She got ahold of just a tiny piece of the salmon someone (who shall remain nameless) tossed to our cat. $500 later, she still couldn't fight it and she died. If I remember correctly, raw salmon has a parasite in it called, "fluke". These parasites lay their eggs in the "host".
However, I've also heard that the reason Alaska dogs don't die from eating raw salmon is that they are fed it when they are pups. Supposedly they develop an imunity to it.
I don't care what they say, I'll never allow one of our dogs to eat raw salmon. But oh, they do love it when I cook up some Copper River Reds for them. :)
You’re a good father.
:-)
When we lived in the lower 48 and had to battle fleas on our pets, our vet told us to feed them garlic. I put garlic in the moose meat and caribou scraps that I cook up for our dogs. They love it and seem to be living long, healthy lives.
They do love it but too much can cause a fatal anemia.
Onions are in the same family and are even much more deadly.
[and every dog has a different tolerance level]
Yeah, my home made meal is only on my dog’s birthday. She loves it. But no onions, ever! Growing up, my mom gave our dog Hershey kisses all the time. He never got sick. Those mutts are amazing!
This was done in the TV show “Providence.” Does anyone remember “Joanie’s Barkery?”....!!!!
Parasites seem to hate garlic. Back in the day, when we’d foster puppies, and if they had worms, grandma would give them one garlic oil pill. No more worms. LOL.
Don’t cook any bones. Always freeze them. I feed them to mine at bedtime and take them up when they are finished. I would advise against using pork, frozen or cooked. Most cooked bones splinter and that is what gets caught in the throat and makes them choke.
Sorry to hear you lost your dog...:((
We lived in our house since 1982 and never had mice until last fall. The only reason I have a cat is because I promised a friend who died that I would take care of his. The cat has been rather useful with the mouse problem, although my son would love it if I found it a new home. His girlfriend has severe allergies and he can’t even bring her here.
But when my kids were little, a stray destroyed our screen door in the middle of the winter until we finally gave in and let her in. My current mouse problem is nothing. That cat loved me so much that she’d drag in dead pigeons and fish she must have found in a dumpster someplace. I’d come home and find them in the middle of the dining room floor. Yuk. ;)
Grandma’s always know best. :)
Chocolate has varying degrees of toxicity, as well.
Milk chocolate [like in Kisses] is less toxic, dark chocolate more so and cocoa powder is really bad.
The dog was lucky that he never hit his personal ‘milligram-per-kilogram of body weight’ level, thank heaven.....:)
I can’t say I ever watched that show. The name of the shop is kinda cute though. And no, my name’s not Joanie. :)
We cook the bones and when we have lots of them we freeze them after they cool. You’re right that some bones are dangerous. The ones that can splinter are like feeding your dog steak knives.
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