Trick or treat? This dog wants all the treats we will give.
Some dogs will eat anything.
Our guy Sydney LOVES to eat! But what he loves changes, two healthy additions to his diet have been pumpkin and yams (in small quantities).
Do not overdo carrots, yams & pumpkin
Dogs get diabetes as we do. So go easy on sweet foods. Do NOT sugary foods, refined white bread, or other simple carbohydrates. With one exception, it is okay to feed white rice.
When one of my dogs became ill. The simple and easy food to digest for humans and dogs is cooked white rice. Add a little cottage cheese for protein. All of my dogs ate this simple food until they were back to full health.
Healthy cooked foods for dogs
- pumpkin
- yam
- carrots
Healthy raw foods for dogs
- fresh snap peas
- celery
- apple in small pieces
Some dogs are fussy eaters
Try small amounts and wait a few days to make sure your dog digests any new “healthy treats” because some dogs, older ones, for instance, take a while to adjust to any new food, no matter how healthy.
What healthy treats does your dog like to eat?
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Thanks for reading and caring about dogs.
My dogs love to eat carrots. I give little pieces as a treat or sometimes they get a whole carrot to chew on.
Thanks for sharing about what your dogs love as a healthy treat.
Wow, do you have big dogs? Our dog weighs 13lbs. so we have to make it less than 5 tiny bites.
Every once in a while, Sydney gets a corncob to chew. But we never let him eat it, he just chews then runs with it until we trade it for something even more yummy.
No, three of mine are small dogs and one is a medium dog. They just chew on the carrots as if they were a bone! It takes them a long time to get through a whole one!
I have also started to bake my own dog treats: http://fluffytufts.wordpress.com/category/for-dogs/
Feel free to send us any recipes you find!
Oh, I looked up your blog. Such a cute pack of big and little dogs.
Fluffy Tufts, I followed u on Twitter (please follow back) and posted a link on my Google+ to your “Meet the Gang” page.
I will look up your YouTube videos. Thanks for connecting on Dog Leader Mysteries.
Cottage cheese and white rice for upset tummies, I will be giving this a try. Thank you,
I will definately bare it in mind, thank you so much x