We adopted a 4 year old Pom from a disabled woman who could no longer care for him. Since she got him as a puppy, she only fed him human food. When we brought him home, he literally starved himself and wouldn't eat dog food. Unfortunately, he subsisted on dog treats for nearly a month before we finally got him to eat dog food. The dog treats we give our dogs are very limited ingredients. We feed them chicken jerky (only listed ingredients is chicken and glycerin) and beef jerky chips and strips (beef, glycerin and potato starch). The beef jerky treats are the Irish Rover brand and we buy them from Sam's Club.

Dogs are lactose intolerant, so consuming a lot of dairy will give them diarrhea. Xylitol is toxic to dogs and is often used to replace sugar in things like candy and peanut butter. Certain spices are also dangerous, and some packages simply put “natural spices” as an ingredient instead of listing them.

Just like with humans, occasional junk food is ok, but regularly it isn’t. There are plenty of resources available online with charts of what dogs can and can’t have, and there are plenty of fruits and veggies they’re allowed to eat. There are also things like dog ice cream if the family is hun up on including him in ice cream night.

They don’t want him to miss out, so you’ll probably get some pushback if you try to talk to them without providing a list of options and information on why certain other things aren’t good for him. Exploring dog-safe fruits to see which he likes can easily be turned into a fun game for the family that’s healthy for everyone. He can still be included, it just needs to be done while being mindful of his dietary needs and restrictions.

Thats a good was to give the dog pancreatitis! Some table scrap are fine, and can be healthy but junk food or greasy food will definitely cause issues for her pup. Other issues like obesity or accident ingesting something toxic can happen.

It’s not good, he’s gonna get fat as heck; possibly diabetes. Not to mention a whole mess of stuff that just might not settle with him

It really depends. Most ingredients in human food are safe for dogs but they're also are specific ingredients that aren't and the problem is human food is very complex so you can have a list of 50 ingredients in an item and one of them can be bad and then you have to ask if it's in a large enough quantity to be an issue. The two things that probably are most likely to endanger a dog because people don't realize they are in things Are alcohol sugars which are often used as artificial sweeteners and onions. I don't think people realize how many things have onion powder in them. Basically any store-bought baked good that has any savoriness to it, any crackers, biscuits, whatever, I have a significant chance of containing onion powder in the ingredients.

Generally speaking, human food is for humans and dog food is for dogs. I wouldn’t recommend a significant portion of your dogs diet to come from human food. However, to be used as treats or small occasional snacks, some items that are safe are:

• banana
• blueberry
• plain pumpkin
• non-fat plain Greek yogurt
• mango
• watermelon
• celery
• carrot
• apple
• plain unseasoned meats not cooked in excess fat (boiled chicken, ground beef, salmon)
• low fat mozzarella cheese

Onions and salt are not good for dogs. I wouldn't recommend giving this broth to your pup.

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/human-foods-dogs-can-and-cant-eat/

Apples (without seeds), oats, carrot, cucumber, watermelon, sweet potato, small amounts of cheese, broccoli, rice, peas, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, coconut, small amounts of cinnamon (great for oral health), tuna, unsmoked ham, cooked (never raw) salmon, bell pepper (not seeds), spinach, honey, organic xylotol free peanut butter.

IME dogs love popcorn. But you should only give them small amounts of plain, unsalted, air popped corn.

Running around and leaping to catch tossed corn is particularly exciting and fun.

Seconding the suggestion not to make your own food unless under close supervision by a vet, it's tricky to get the proper amount of vitamins and minerals. But you can definitely share some people foods with your dog as a treat! Here are some things my dogs like, they're all safe for dogs.

• Blueberries
• Plain boiled chicken
• Apples (don't let them eat the seeds, they're not safe)
• Carrots
• Green beans
• Sweet potatoes
• Pumpkin (plain canned pumpkin is fine!)
• Plain greek yogurt (if your pup can handle lactose)
• Watermelon
• Peanut butter (Not very healthy, but a small spoonful on occasion is a tasty treat! Check for xylitol in the ingredients, it's highly toxic.)
• Cucumber

I use a lot of these to stuff my puppy's Kong with, her favorite is plain chicken with yogurt or peanut butter and apples. Yogurt, peanut butter and pumpkin are great on licky mats for mental stimulation!

Obviously use caution and only give your dog a small amount to make sure it doesn't upset his stomach, but as long as he tolerates them, it's fine to give him small amounts as a snack. Just don't give him a whole cup of blueberries or anything 😅

I'd do pumpkin or banana. No seasonings, certainly not garlic - that is a doggie no-no.

i mix peanut butter and dog kibble and diced up carrots. then freeze it. my dog only gets them as treats since theres quite a bit of calories in that.

i dont try out to many things in it. dont need to discover my dog has allergies to something.

i woudn't put any seasoning in it. its a dog. they dont need it.

Protein-Chicken, Tukey, Hard boiled eggs

Veggies-Sweet potato, pumpkin (you can find canned sweet potato & pumpkin) green peas, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, brussel sprouts, kale, spinach

Fruits-pear, blueberry, banana, strawberries, raspberries, apple

Maybe you can try to make a homemade mixture kinda like meal prep. You can add a meat, egg, rice, one type of veggie and/or one type of fruit. You can try making a different recipe every week

Example for week 1 combine chicken,rice, hard boiled egg, canned pumpkin, a few blueberries

Week 2 turkey, rice, hard boiled egg, sweet potato, some green peas and smashed banana

You can buy “toppers” or broths from a pet food store and mix the kibble in it to stuff the Kong.

My dogs love sweet potatoes, peanut butter (just check it doesn’t have xylitol)

Dogs can’t have garlic so I’d assume garlic powder is still toxic for them.

I don't have a dog, please do your research next time.

Doggo gets small portion of everything I eat. No onion or things that will upset him tho. I feel he doesn't have much to look forward to living in a city so I treat him the best I can. I get him a kids cheeseburger when I go to McChokes.

sardines

eggs

bananas

Humans

Honestly anything I'm eating as long as it's safe for them. My late dogs loved Wendy's spicy nuggets and Jack Links beef jerky specifically.

Scraps of whatever we're eating

We have a bag of frozen blueberries and they both get one each whenever I get something out the freezer

My little girl likes to nick whatever sandwiches I make to take to work for my lunch.

While cooking or eating she has to be confined to her crate otherwise she'll be trying to steal anything from the plate

Yes! We love to do lick mats with greek yogurt, peanut butter, apple sauce, and blueberries :)

Carrots

Our Norman is on a raw food diet, everything natural, no dairy (as dogs are lactose intolerant). The Only thing we add are frozen greenbeans.

Also please note to check your peanut butter to ensure it doesn't contain xylitol!

My pittie loves watermelon.

got one for cats?

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i use chatgpt’s help to know how many grams of food per serving based on my dog’s weight.. mixed meat (pork/chicken/beef) + liver (eto minimal lang dapat) + veggies. yung supplements based sa need ng dog, prescribed ng vet (like yung shihpoo ko for the heart and need i-diet, shih na may allergies so pure dog food, and pomeranian na morning kibbles, gabi homemade food)

yung meat and veggies, iba iba per week. i do batch cooking every sunday then freeze lang. food na sya for one week.

I used to make my dog's own food, bago ko nalaman na allergic sila sa lahat ng meats kaya ngayon pure kibbles na sila.

I ensure their food has 1 meat, 1 organ, 1 vegetable high in fiber, then malunggay powder, turmeric powder, tawa tawa powder. Nirorotate ko na lang yung meat, organ at vegetable.

Ako po I mix kibble tsaka homemade recipes kase super sawain nila at maaarte haha. An ginawa ko po nagcheck ako nun recipe ng nutritionist ng dogs tpos ginaya ko lang recipe nya. Yun meat lang madalas an pinapalitan ko. May 3 recipe ako na sinusundan tpos minsan nimi-mix and match ko yun veg ng 3 recipes n yun.

Example: chicken, liver, egg, apple, brocolli, moringa, flaxseed, egg shell, coconut oil.

Goods yan, OP! Maybe add a pump or two (depende sa size) ng salmon oil sa food niya.

Blueberry is a healthy snack din.

Their own poop? I mean, I don't know that it's deadly to us but I can't imagine you'd be feeling to great after eating it.😅

Dogs are more likely to be fine from eating spoiled meat than you, but it's still better not to risk. They're not obligate scavengers.

I dont know if its real or artificial but most commercial dog foods have carrion (dead animals) additives, dogs are very attracted to that scent.

I dont know if its bad for humans but i wouldnt want to eat it, cant be good

Poop. Raw meat and chicken. Bones.

Raw meat

Honestly, whatever he will eat that won't make him feel bad. Ground turkey? Fruits, cheese, veggies, whatever. Make it fun (as fun as it can be, given the circumstances) and just give him little bits of everything for him to try.

I put my dog down on Monday, and that whole weekend he got yogurt with blueberries and PB frozen together, cheese, pretzels, watermelon, bananas (he wasn't a fan lol), and cream cheese. At the vet, they gave me Hershey's kisses to give him right before.

I'm sorry about your baby. They do not ever live long enough.

My dogs favorite treat besides the expensive Dental Sticks are the frozen slow feeder treats I make them (frozen wet food, bacon bits, carrots, salmon oil, sometimes chicken or tuna). They spend an hour at least on those. In addition, they love potato chips too.

Anything that isn't on the toxicity list.
https://doglistener.co.uk/food-dangerous-dogs-poster/

I found myself giving my pups lots of hamburger and steak as the end approached. On their final day (when I was able to schedule that last day...) I gave them chocolate because "No dog should go to heaven without tasting chocolate"

My boys LOVE baby carrots. Broccoli is also good. Adding broth to kibble can be a treat. Boiled chicken? If they could eat anything it would be everything fish related.

My dog enjoyed driving to McDonald’s.

I told them I wanted a McDouble minus everything but the patties because it was for my dog.

They even priced it accordingly.

He loved riding in the car. The burgers were a bonus.