Do you feed your pets vegetables?

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Monday, September 6, 2004 14:19
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SUCCATASH

Friday, September 3, 2004 4:31 AM

Lately, I have started feeding my two boxer dogs vegetables. Pieces of carrot, broccoli, and cauliflower. They seem to love it.

My dogs act so hungry between their regular meals - Science Diet Large Breed Adult - and I want to give them a snack. I figure it's better than crappy supermarket dog biscuits.

Haven't found much online about this. Does anyone else feed their dog veggies?

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

NEEDLESEYE

Friday, September 3, 2004 4:54 AM

I had a sheltie mutt once who would eat lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, watermelon, and pumkin.
She would steal my jack-o-lanterns at Halloween and devour them.

My current dog a Belgian shepherd is a carnivore through and through. If its not dog food, it better be raw or cooked flesh of some sort.

If your dogs like it, its certainly good for them. It's no different than if they ate grass.
Roughage keeps 'em regular.

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

SUCCATASH

Friday, September 3, 2004 5:11 AM

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Originally posted by needleseye:
It's no different than if they ate grass.

I've always heard that dogs eat grass to make themselves throw up, because they feel sick.

Sometimes my friends come over for dinner and they feed my dogs scraps of meat under the table. My dogs always get the Hershey Milkshake Squirts from greasy people food. But the veggies don't make them sick at all.

Sorry for the visual. But I'm starting to believe that a crunchy carrot is the best dog biscuit money can buy.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

NEEDLESEYE

Friday, September 3, 2004 5:48 AM

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I've always heard that dogs eat grass to make themselves throw up, because they feel sick.

This link sorta covers it. No one knows exactly since you can't ask the dog why. Well, maybe if you're psychic?
http://www.thepetprofessor.com/secArticles/dog/Why_do_dogs_eat_grass.a
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Squirts from greasy people food.

HEHE! Well, no greasy people food for your dogs! Only non-greasy people food. Like lean beef and chicken. Not processed stuff.
My dog was on this diet in the begining that breeders like to give their dogs called the BARF diet. (Nice name, huh?) It's all raw food.

Here's a link that has some stuff about BARF for beginners! hehehe, Ignore the cheese factor of the site and read the questions. They're pretty funny.
http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

SUCCATASH

Saturday, September 4, 2004 4:18 AM

Thanks, that's a really cool website, despite the name BARF.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

PIRATEJENNY

Saturday, September 4, 2004 4:43 AM

I do alot of my shopping at the natural Food stores and they have plenty of dog and cat foods made from mostly all vegetable protein..and supplaments there's one called green barley that has the taste dogs really love...

I got that line straight off the label..

so I'm guessing its fine to feed your dogs veggies..espeically if they like'em

NEEDLESEYE

Saturday, September 4, 2004 5:01 AM

I hope you find it useful if not amusing.
At least you can get your dogs to eat Science Diet.
My dog should be named Picky. He'd rather eat the cat food than anything that says dog food on the bag. Of course, he'd eat out of the cat box too if I let him! :P
He's completely spoiled!

Cat box snacks anyone?

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

GINOBIFFARONI

Saturday, September 4, 2004 5:19 AM

I once had a Hungarian Visla which would dig up beets from the garden and eat them...

Kinda scary the first time they ran in with a purple muzzle... and cleaning him up...

" If I going to get killed for a word....
Then my word is Poon-Tang "

SUCCATASH

Saturday, September 4, 2004 5:26 AM

LOL, I can picture in slow motion -- your dog running in, beet juice dripping down it's chin. The theme of Psycho playing in the background. Scary!

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

MALICIOUS

Saturday, September 4, 2004 11:14 PM

Sounds more like Cujo!

My dog LOVES red, green and yellow bell peppers. He will beg for them like it's liver, or something else yucky that dogs like. He wanted to try a grape the other day, but lost interest after rolling it around on the floor like a ball.

Mal-licious

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