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Sep 29, 2013

Dogs like human food

Dakota has fully recovered from getting run over and has become a shadow again.
He has developed a taste fro spaghetti.
He kept nuzzling my elbow with an insistence so I put some in his food dish. Had it again this evening and he wouldn't leave me alone. He wouldn't touch his food in the dish.
So I gave him some spaghetti with meat sauce. He licked his bowl clean and came over and nuzzled me and wondered off to get his ball.
I know onions aren't good for dogs or possibly tomatoes too but it is cooked. Guess I better not let him have too much of it or too often.
Anything we eat he wants as preferred over any dog food. It's no wonder when you read the labels, even the most expensive ones.
Maybe I ought to can spaghetti and meat sauce for dogs, without onions.
Haven't bought Chef Boyardee in many years but it might be cheaper than dog food.

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  • Other problem foods......

    Raw bread dough....yeast will multiple causing an expanding mass of dough in their stomachs

    Grapes/raisins......kidney failure

    Chocolate....seizures/muscle tremors, irregular heart beats

    Macadamia Nuts.....weakness in rear legs, tremors, pain and fever
  • Onions and garlic in all forms -- powdered, raw, cooked, or dehydrated -- can destroy a dog's red blood cells, leading to anemia. That can happen even with the onion powder found in some baby food. An occasional small dose is probably OK. But just eating a large quantity once or eating smaller amounts regularly can cause poisoning. Symptoms of anemia include weakness, vomiting, little interest in food, dullness, and breathlessness.