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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2006, 12:37:58 AM »
Hello all, yes, I shall take this with a pince of salt - or not, who knows?
Like they say, everything in moderation.
My setter had quite a penchant for apple cores and more so for lemon calipos, yes lemon calipos. She would go from the most docile, placid pup to a dog posessed  >:D  she lived to a ripe old age!
Anyone one with any left over roasties, send them my way!
Seriously, I shell keep it in check. Thankyou for the input all.
Aside, when we got the setter we also had a nanny goat who not only loved cigarette butts so much she would steal them out of your hand still burning, but was mad on eating apple tree leaves. For about a year the pup thought she was a goat and could regularly be seen nibbeling at apple tree leaves.
They were both just fine.
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #31 on: March 30, 2006, 11:28:14 AM »
I think that the issue is that it "can" be dangerous to "some" dogs - and you won't know unless you try it  ;)
If they were foods that were essential to a dogs diet/wellbeing, then I could understand the reasons for "trying it" - but its not difficult ot avoid a lot of these foods, really, and I'd prefer not to take the risk  ;)
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #32 on: March 30, 2006, 12:05:22 PM »
Hi all, just dug out all my notes from a  short course I did a few years ago "Natural Therapies for Companion Pets
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 Foods to avoid : Chocolate (give dried liver as a treat)
                        Onions
                        Cows milk - use buttermilk instead - helps remove worms
                        Butter
                        Pork??
                        Nightshade family ( potato tomato,eggplant, capsicum)

Fish add one small can of salmon or sardines weekly to diet
add 1-2 cloves of garlic to food daily
add 1-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar to water or food daily (blood cleanser)
sesame - sesa,e seed (tahini) can be mixed in with food twice weekly. It contains calcium and magnesium.

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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #33 on: March 30, 2006, 12:22:20 PM »
                        Pork??
                       
Ahah! So it is bad for  dogs then. any idea why?
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #34 on: March 30, 2006, 12:39:52 PM »
                        Pork??
                       
Ahah! So it is bad for  dogs then. any idea why?


I have always been taught that you dont give any pork to dogs as it has a bacteria that they cannot digest. 
Also humans are not meant to eat pork either for the same reason! 
I must admit whenever i eat pork i am still burping it for hours after ive eaten :005:

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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #35 on: March 30, 2006, 02:46:58 PM »

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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2006, 03:15:49 PM »
                        Pork??
                       
Ahah! So it is bad for  dogs then. any idea why?


I have always been taught that you dont give any pork to dogs as it has a bacteria that they cannot digest. 
Also humans are not meant to eat pork either for the same reason! 
I must admit whenever i eat pork i am still burping it for hours after ive eaten :005:
Thanks Nikki.  :D Vindicated at last, re my 'is pork bad for dogs?' post of last week under health. I was beginning to think I was imagining things! :005:
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #37 on: March 30, 2006, 04:14:35 PM »
Potatoes??

is that just raw or cooked as well?  barney quite often has some plain boiled potatoes - i will stop immediately if it is a problem for them!!!!
Defo not raw they are poisonous. Re cooked, I wish I knew. Suspect it may be a weight issue as it was mentioned by my vet at the same time as she spoke to OH about the biccies  ::)

Cooked is fine---I give mine cooked white fish and mashed potato if they're ill (as a bland diet after starving for 24h)
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #38 on: March 30, 2006, 04:45:33 PM »
                        Pork??
                       
Ahah! So it is bad for  dogs then. any idea why?

I thought the issue with pork was Trichinellosis - which is a type of worm  ;) The cysts are killed by freezing though - so unless the pork you feed is fresh from the slaughterhouse to the dog, then its unlikely to be infected, I would have thought   :-\
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #39 on: March 30, 2006, 05:55:40 PM »
                        Pork??
                       
Ahah! So it is bad for  dogs then. any idea why?

I thought the issue with pork was Trichinellosis - which is a type of worm  ;) The cysts are killed by freezing though - so unless the pork you feed is fresh from the slaughterhouse to the dog, then its unlikely to be infected, I would have thought   :-\

It is and its far safer these days than it used to be
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #40 on: March 30, 2006, 08:48:39 PM »
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #41 on: March 30, 2006, 10:09:46 PM »
Ohhh for heaven's sakes - my English setter eats pork EVERY day and has done for over a year - it's virtually the only meat she isnt allergic to.... my other dogs all eat it without any problem too.........
Pork is NOT bad for dogs.

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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #42 on: March 30, 2006, 10:27:15 PM »
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #43 on: March 31, 2006, 07:44:37 AM »
Re the pork thing, I have given mine pork bones raw this was just what was on the handout sheet at the course, for my dogs it is an occasional extra, I agree with what has already been said everything is fine in moderation, if we eat just chicken or all takeaway foods its not good for us but pizza or what ever is fine when we are too tired to cook like Friday night :005: My cat loves pizza, donuts, BBQ shape biscutes, Indi loves watermelon, apples, well to be honest I can't think of anything she doesn't eat :lol: and Kody well, he has no idea what he is eating it just goes down way to fast, like a vaccum cleaner. My previous dogs used to eat everything apple cores I'd give them the apples that came home from school all bruised at the bottom of the school bags they turned into airport beagles and could sniff out fruit or anything ediable :005: they also used to get leftover spag Bol and casseroles occasionaly which have cooked onions  :o they were fine and lived to ages of eleven and thirteen not bad for Airedales, they lived on chicken backs, lamb necks, mixed veg. pasta, rice and a can sardines each per week, oh forgot they loved their porridge for breakfast made with the green water from the vegs the night before mmmm yum, and of course their piece of vegemite toast or peanut butter mmm nice when stuck to your beard/moustace would last them hours dont try this not a good look on a cockers ears  :lol:  found out the hard way
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Re: What foods should you never give a dog?
« Reply #44 on: March 31, 2006, 06:32:20 PM »
my 13wk old puppy likes a bit of raw carrot occassionaly he cot some when i was chopping them and a piece fell on the floor