Dog Food

Sea-Squatch

My wife normally buys the dog food, but today I was shopping. When did pumpkin become become dog food? It's really a joke what they put in all of these dog foods.

:huh

mindyabiness

I'm not sure but I think pumpkin supports proper dew claw growth.

cadman

Pumpkin is good for dogs.

toomer

But only if it is organic

Finfinder

Sea-Squatch wrote: »

My wife normally buys the dog food, but today I was shopping. When did pumpkin become become dog food? It's really a joke what they put in all of these dog foods.

:huh

so they don't eat their poop

ncdead

I worked with this chick that bought a corgie...nothing but health issues. The vet had her convinced that he was allergic to everything except buffalo meat and sweet potatoes or some such. Ten thousand dollars later they still had him back at the vet with problems.....back in the day we gave our mutts dog food and table scaps and they seemed to turn out just fine.

BallaCoiPersici

Perhaps they are trying to get vegan dogs

Demere

I'm offended!

Tarpon65

If our dogs have diarrhea we give them a couple heaping tablespoons of canned pumpkin to help firm up their stools. It is also suppose to work as a laxative if they are constipated. 100% pure pumpkin, not any sweetened pie filling. We always have a couple of cans in the pantry.

mustang190

What about some **** cream to go with it??

PROFINITY

Here's some information I learned years ago, the expensive way, about dog food. I had a chocolate lab who developed an allergy. I took her to the University of Pennsylvania to see what they had to say. After several doctors (top shelf), we had a dermatology consultation. She had a skin assay performed to determine what she was allergic to. The dermatologist informed me the only KNOWN food that was non-allergic to ALL DOGS was sweet potatoes. He put her on a strict sweet potato diet. In her case, it turned out she tested positive to dust mites. The house was kept very clean, however, as the doctor explained, this is not a matter of replacing your house carpeting. Dust mites are there no matter what you do, you can not get rid of them. They live on all of us. In my dog's case, the cure was a Dyson vacuum. I researched vacuums and found Dyson had public support concerning allergies. I used two household vacuums with a new bag in each and thoroughly vacuumed the living room floor. Then I used a Dyson animal. There was significant grey dust collected. Within 24 hours, the dog had shown significant improvement. Two days later, she was no longer licking her paws and that issue was then forever remedied.

My two labs now eat dog food by Fromm and Orijen. The stuff is pricey, however, they like it and appear to be very healthy. The vet says you can't buy better dog food. I also make them cooked hamburger meat, chicken and vegetables. They look great and **** like rock stars.

Allergies are not necessarily food related and can be caused by environmental conditions. The only true way to determine what a dog is allergic to is to perform a skin test. If you suspect it is food, you can eliminate that specific food from the dog's diet and see what happens. If I ever encounter such a situation again, I would skin test the dog in a New York minute. The Dyson vacuum has been a fantastic tool and should not be discounted as BS. It has no bag. I did some drywall work a few years ago and used the Dyson to vacuum up the drywall dust. Drywall dust is extremely fine and when using a shop vac, you are supposed to use a liner in the collection bin that is specific when collecting drywall dust. Otherwise, you will have significant drywall dust particles in the air, etc. I used the Dyson (no bag) and collected a lot of drywall dust and did so with strong sunlight shining through a window. There were no particles whatsoever in the air, which was not the scenario using a shop vac even with a drywall dust liner. I have no affiliation with Dyson.

Tarpon65

Profinity, I recently switched my bulldog and the wife's lapdog over to Fromm's. Both dogs seem to like it and they are doing good on it, so it's worth the extra money to me as well.

BallaCoiPersici

Demere wrote: »

I'm offended!

:huh

Why ?

mustang190

Dogs around here enjoy a nice serving of cat every now and then.

Cyclist

My dog eats pretty much everything. Kale, lettuce mustard green stems, oranges and tangerines, loves squash and almonds and recently has developed a taste for mulberries. I take apples in the field hunting as his snack.

Soda Popinski

Our dog goes nuts over sweet potatoes and pumpkin, i had no idea until recently that it was good for him. He eats an adult formula food from Tractor supply, and any time we switch his food up he gets an upset stomach so we never switch from it but the sweet potato and pumpkin dog snacks he absolutely loves.

cadman

mustang190 wrote: »

Dogs around here enjoy a nice serving of cat every now and then.

You do a raw food diet?

mindyabiness

Cyclist wrote: »

My dog eats pretty much everything. Kale, lettuce mustard green stems, oranges and tangerines, loves squash and almonds and recently has developed a taste for mulberries. I take apples in the field hunting as his snack.

Next time you have rutabagas....flip the dog a piece, raw. My dogs love them. They smell them and start sitting and staring at me.
I don't think they would go for citrus fruit but I have seen dogs eat oranges before.
They get carrots every morning with breakfast, they eat just about anything green and even like grapes.

ncdead

I hear grapes are not good for dogs but cannot vouch for that from personal experience. Take that with a pinch of salt.

Cyclist

mindyabiness wrote: »

Next time you have rutabagas....flip the dog a piece, raw. My dogs love them. They smell them and start sitting and staring at me.
I don't think they would go for citrus fruit but I have seen dogs eat oranges before.
They get carrots every morning with breakfast, they eat just about anything green and even like grapes.

I'll give rutabagas a try. My dog loves carrots too. Watch out with the grapes (ncdead is correct), they are known to be toxic to dogs and cats, not sure whats in them. My coonhound would eat grapes off the vine and never seemed to bother him.

My GSP will nearly take your hand off for a juicy tangerine plug.

TampaTarpon5

God daaaaaaamn millennials!!!! Get your hands off my dogs food!!!!

mindyabiness

Cyclist wrote: »

I'll give rutabagas a try. My dog loves carrots too. Watch out with the grapes (ncdead is correct), they are known to be toxic to dogs and cats, not sure whats in them. My coonhound would eat grapes off the vine and never seemed to bother him.

My GSP will nearly take your hand off for a juicy tangerine plug.

I recently learned that onions are really bad. I guess they can kill a dog, even after being cooked.

mplspug

Careful with table scraps. Our dog when through a bout of pancreatitis. Apparently vets see an influx of dogs with it during holidays because they get fed fatty table scraps which their bodies aren't used to.

Our dogs get Blue Buffalo. One trip we ran out of dog food and we couldn't find anyone that carried it. We picked up some fancy organic dry food for them and that stuff smelled so good I wanted to eat it. It had oregano and a who bunch of other herbs, veggies and fruit, besides the meat.

I started giving them the raw treats. I am kind of regretting that since now I can't open up the fridge without them storming me like the Seminole on Major Dade.

stc1993

Yep no onions & no pork fat. Pancreatitis is bad on a dog. They can die from it & vet bills are $800-$1000 for IV fluids.

mplspug

stc1993 wrote: »

Yep no onions & no pork fat. Pancreatitis is bad on a dog. They can die from it & vet bills are $800-$1000 for IV fluids.

Yep, that was what it cost us and she had to stay at the vet over the weekend.

TampaTarpon5

mplspug wrote: »

Yep, that was what it cost us and she had to stay at the vet over the weekend.

I see you're not getting as emotional in this thread.

mplspug

TampaTarpon5 wrote: »

I see you're not getting as emotional in this thread.

I appreciate your concern. When noting my replies, please be assured that nothing on Florida Sportsman gets me emotional.

TampaTarpon5

mplspug wrote: »

I appreciate your concern. When noting my replies, please be assured that nothing on Florida Sportsman gets me emotional.

mplspug

:blowkiss

Flash

Tarpon65 wrote: »

If our dogs have diarrhea we give them a couple heaping tablespoons of canned pumpkin to help firm up their stools. It is also suppose to work as a laxative if they are constipated. 100% pure pumpkin, not any sweetened pie filling. We always have a couple of cans in the pantry.

That's what its all about.

mplspug

#5

It's worth a shot, but my pug really, really likes poop. And with 3 dogs, it's hard not to miss some.

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