Warning Spoiled Dog On Premisis

[Corgi_Lover]

Is all this healthy?
I felt like spoiling my pups, once a week i was going to make them this lunch, each of them will recieve:

1/3 scrambled egg
1/3 carrot
teaspoon of wet dog food
1/4 banana
teaspoon of rasberries
teaspoon of yogurt
teaspoon of cottage cheese
a couple of blueberries
1/4 piece of one slice of whole wheat bread
1 teaspoon of dryfood
I got most of this stuff from Dog and Puppy Information by DogChannel...

[fogebotom]

The key to any homemade diet is not just picking out things you think the dog might like, but making sure that it's balanced. Though adding a tidbit of something to their diet isn't all bad, too much of a good thing can be. I suggest that if you want to do more home cooking, that you use tried and true tested recipes that have nutritional content break downs, caloric counts and are ok'd by your vet.

Now that being said, my vet and I have had many discussions on what to feed, add, etc. Gone over certain supplements too. My dogs get yogurt a couple of times a week. Currently the ducks are laying like it's the end of the world, so when I have enough to feed the entire crew, everyone gets a raw egg for dinner. When the garden is going full force, they might get a slice of tomato, few greenbeans, peas, slice of beet or what ever is in season. But I don't do it everyday and in moderation.

Biggest thing is having a knowledgeable vet and an animal nutritionist to talk to.

[Corgi_Lover]

well i said once a week at the most so i mean i just didnt want to give them anything bad. so i just want to give them a treat. i was just woundering if it was healthy

[MyPemCharlie]

Each of those ingredients looks healthy enough (though to Cindy's point, probably not nutritionally complete). I'd be concerned that if I fed Charlie a homemade extra-yummy meal one time, he'd get really finnicky about eating his normal kibble for the next one to three days. I think he'd look at me like "Where's that good stuff you gave me earlier?" LOL (I'd also be a little concerned about the radical diet change giving him the runs.)

[fogebotom]

What I would do is just give them one of those items at a time, once or twice a week to make sure that it sits well with their system. If it does, it's a good item to continue with. My rescue GSD has horrible gastric issues if you even think about giving him anything but his dry kibble. He might get one or two small dog treats a week-that's it, otherwise you end up cleaning up after him for days.

Just recommending that you don't do all of that at once and spread it out over a few days instead of just one day a week.

[LaRogue]

I too, would be worried about how such a wide variety of foods in one feeding was going to come out. Every now and then, I add a small amount (probably between 1 teaspoon and 1 Tablespoon) fresh fruit, raw veggie, or maybe a piece of cooked meat or potato, without seasoning or anything added. I set aside a slice of whatever, store it in the fridge, and add it to his next meal. I only give him enough for a taste and don't do it on a such a regular basis that he might learn to expect it and refuse his regular dog food. Each Sat Pip gets a "special" dog treat, something like a lamb's ear, turkey wafer, beef lung square, something he doesn't get during the week.

I learned the hard way about teaching a dog to be a picky eater.

[Michael Romanos]

That looks and sounds like a great meal for a Corgi pup. I'd feed my Corgi pup that meal as a once a week healthy treat. I would perhaps forego the wet dog food for a tablespoon of AAFCO-approved dry food.

[glencorgi]

Your pups should enjoy it. Hope you don't mind cleaning up after them when it doesn't settle well with their digestive system.

Debbie

[Corgi_Lover]

Well i fed it to them...and just so you know, i gave it to them, they loved it. And there poo was normal if not harder than usuall so debbie, how bout you stop making me sound like i am a bad owner. so you can either help me or leave me alone because i know what i am doing even if you think i dont.

[glencorgi]

My dear, I in no way form or fashion intimated you were a bad owner. You may be overenthusiastic, you are definitely well-intentioned; but we've seen time and time again here and on any number of other forums/lists how some of the best intentions have led to bouts of gastritis and other GI tract upsets. It was just a warning, nothing more, nothing less.

Debbie

[Dillydoodle]

When someone asks a question " do you think this is healthy and ok to feed" You are asking for people's opinions.

For the majority of dogs, switching their diet up like this and giving them that many different things at once WOULD cause a serious gastric distress... Both of my dogs have suffered from diarrhea from getting food treats that were not part of their normal diet... so you can DO whatever you want to your dog, and glad that your dog didnt get the runs, but remember that is just your dog, others might try this recipe and end up with a sick dog which is why people were suggesting that this might not be the best way to spoil your dog.

When you open yourself up to asking for people's opinion on an public forum, don't get offended when they give it and it isn't what you want to hear.

and there is MY opinion...

Emilie

[KJohnson]

I think that although yes, he was asking for an opinion, the offense was taken in culmination of several other posts. It seems to me that glencorgi (Debbie) seems to be quite negative to whatever any one else is saying, myself included. I don't believe that people should be scared to post questions or opinions for fear that someone is going to berate or belittle their opinion. I find myself editing what I say on the forum because I don't want to be made to feel dumb or stupid. In my opinion, it is feelings like this that cause people to stop using these forums.

but that's just my opinion.