Foods not suitable for Dogs?

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

I came across this q & answer on Y!A and decided that it may or may not be of interest to some of the viewers in this section, so here goes:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4032249AALjwi4

The answerer goes on to list that certain nuts, vegetables and fruits may be toxic or detrimental to dogs.

Please read.

I don't own a dog, but I would like to know what people think of it, was it helpful? Does anyone agree and/or disagree? Not looking for a debate, so much as to see if I could help anyone!

-Alva-

[glamazon]

Thanks for sharing the link. I used to go to a holistic vet in NV but haven't found one on this coast. The canned food she sold was Spot's Stew and it had lots of veg in it. I juice celery, carrot, beet and cucumber and give to my baby at few times a week. She has collapsing trachea so she sometimes struggles with getting enough air...I truly believe the juice helps get more oxygen to her cells.

I have been reading about BARF but I'm not sure about making that big of a change now that she is already 15 and has helath issues along with not the greatest teeth. I am going to get some free range chicken tomo and see if she likes it and if I notice a difference in her or not. IDK what will be best for her. I know she loves sauteed chicken. When she wasn't eating at one point long back, my vet had told me to give her brown rice with ground ground turkey or low sodium cottage cheese for a couple of days.

I have been buying INNOVA dry food and wellness canned food for a long time...they both have healthy proteins, fruit and veg, along with minerals and fats. But like our diet I'm sure there is alot of misconceptions and half truths...as it is a money maker too!!

I too am interested to hear from others about their pet's feeding regimens.

[circle]

dogs can't digest anything with fiber in it. fruits and veggies are not good for dogs. notice when you feed them it they poop it out and it looks the same as when it went in. it's not ideal for carnivores.

raw flesh is ideal.

[glamazon]

Actually no...her stool does NOT look like undigested anything...when she eats sweet potatoes and oats and does green juice her stool has no odor and she doesn't struggle to go either. So I'm not really understanding your comment cirlce.

[rockstar135]

Fruits and veggies in moderation are good for dogs. What's bad for dogs are grains. Whole, raw flesh is best.

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

dogs can't digest anything with fiber in it. fruits and veggies are not good for dogs. notice when you feed them it they poop it out and it looks the same as when it went in. it's not ideal for carnivores.

raw flesh is ideal.

That's the first time that I have heard that, have you tried it with a/your dog?

How come so many dogs live healthfully on a diet of raw fruits and veggies?

[circle]

dogs have a different digestive system then humans do, different teeth, and no opposing thumbs. in nature, naturally humans would eat fruits and veggies. our bodies are designed for it. in nature, a dog wouldn't really be picking fruits and veggies off a tree or peeling a banana or something. lol. their digestive systems are much shorter as opposed to humans, and they do not have expandable stomachs for fiber foods like humans do. their teeth are jaggie not flat like humans so they don't chew their foods they just kind of chomp and swallow. they have a higher stomach acid content then humans do, so for a dog, it would be ideal to eat flesh. for a human on the other hand, since a human's digestive tract is too short it would go bad in a human's stomach.

i used to feed my dog raw veggies. my dog had mange. as soon as i switched him over to 811 raw food meal plan (meaning 80% raw meat, 10% raw organs, 10% raw bones in a ratio according to his weight), he pretty much immediately got better. I was a little weirded out by it at first. i joined this yahoo group, and read everything i could about raw flesh for dogs over and over again. just everything i could (as a vegan for 6+ yrs and raw vegan for 4+ yrs) possibly get my hands on for info. Of course I did not want to handle meat. My dog made the switch about a year ago, and we have never looked back. I'm so happy we made the switch.

I don't know why so many dogs live okay on a diet of fruits and veg. my grama is very old and she lives off of cake and cookies, and seems to be perfectly healthy. I don't know why that is, but it is.

I know you're not going to change your mind, but i thought i'd put the info out there for you. From my research, as a stubborn vegan, I found for my loved one that flesh is the best for him and his body. Sometimes I think things are better for other individuals just cuz they are the best for me. sometimes that's not always the most justified way to think.

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

dogs have a different digestive system then humans do, different teeth, and no opposing thumbs. in nature, naturally humans would eat fruits and veggies. our bodies are designed for it. in nature, a dog wouldn't really be picking fruits and veggies off a tree or peeling a banana or something. lol. their digestive systems are much shorter as opposed to humans, and they do not have expandable stomachs for fiber foods like humans do. their teeth are jaggie not flat like humans so they don't chew their foods they just kind of chomp and swallow. they have a higher stomach acid content then humans do, so for a dog, it would be ideal to eat flesh. for a human on the other hand, since a human's digestive tract is too short it would go bad in a human's stomach.

i used to feed my dog raw veggies. my dog had mange. as soon as i switched him over to 811 raw food meal plan (meaning 80% raw meat, 10% raw organs, 10% raw bones in a ratio according to his weight), he pretty much immediately got better. I was a little weirded out by it at first. i joined this yahoo group, and read everything i could about raw flesh for dogs over and over again. just everything i could (as a vegan for 6+ yrs and raw vegan for 4+ yrs) possibly get my hands on for info. Of course I did not want to handle meat. My dog made the switch about a year ago, and we have never looked back. I'm so happy we made the switch.

I don't know why so many dogs live okay on a diet of fruits and veg. my grama is very old and she lives off of cake and cookies, and seems to be perfectly healthy. I don't know why that is, but it is.

I know you're not going to change your mind, but i thought i'd put the info out there for you. From my research, as a stubborn vegan, I found for my loved one that flesh is the best for him and his body. Sometimes I think things are better for other individuals just cuz they are the best for me. sometimes that's not always the most justified way to think.

Well, I will definitely keep an open mind on the subject, and see what else I learn. Thanks for the info :) I really do see where you're coming from and I will take it all on board.

alva

[lost]

dogs have a different digestive system then humans do, different teeth, and no opposing thumbs. in nature, naturally humans would eat fruits and veggies. our bodies are designed for it. in nature, a dog wouldn't really be picking fruits and veggies off a tree or peeling a banana or something. lol. their digestive systems are much shorter as opposed to humans, and they do not have expandable stomachs for fiber foods like humans do. their teeth are jaggie not flat like humans so they don't chew their foods they just kind of chomp and swallow. they have a higher stomach acid content then humans do, so for a dog, it would be ideal to eat flesh. for a human on the other hand, since a human's digestive tract is too short it would go bad in a human's stomach.

i used to feed my dog raw veggies. my dog had mange. as soon as i switched him over to 811 raw food meal plan (meaning 80% raw meat, 10% raw organs, 10% raw bones in a ratio according to his weight), he pretty much immediately got better. I was a little weirded out by it at first. i joined this yahoo group, and read everything i could about raw flesh for dogs over and over again. just everything i could (as a vegan for 6+ yrs and raw vegan for 4+ yrs) possibly get my hands on for info. Of course I did not want to handle meat. My dog made the switch about a year ago, and we have never looked back. I'm so happy we made the switch.

I don't know why so many dogs live okay on a diet of fruits and veg. my grama is very old and she lives off of cake and cookies, and seems to be perfectly healthy. I don't know why that is, but it is.

I know you're not going to change your mind, but i thought i'd put the info out there for you. From my research, as a stubborn vegan, I found for my loved one that flesh is the best for him and his body. Sometimes I think things are better for other individuals just cuz they are the best for me. sometimes that's not always the most justified way to think.

^^ This is very true, also dogs cannot digest fruit and veg unless it is mashed into a pulp as they have different digestive symptoms. In the wild dogs get their necessary nutrients through eating the contents of the stomach of vegetable eating mammals they kill.