is vegetable oil or butter bad for my dog?

Question

i made a recipe for dogs food and it says half a cup of vegetable oil to 5lb of mince beef is this amount harmfull? or is it bad to give him butter?

Answer 1

YES. Any Human food is bad for dogs. CHOCOLATE can Kill a Dog.

Answer 2

Peanut butter is not like gum and can be easily digested. It has good nutrients but it's important realize that it's 80% fat. If you read the label you'll see that one tablespoon has 100 calories and 8 grams of fat. That's almost the same as oil. The rat hair limit someone wrote about is a myth. There are health standards for peanut butter just as there are for any other food, and none of them allow any amount of rat hair.

Answer 3

If that's what the recipe calls for I would tend to believe it's safe for your dog.
After all if it's 5 pounds of lean beef, it sounds like the proportion is right.

Answer 4

butter or oil isnt really harmful. It gives them a very shiny coat. I had a dog who would steal butter off the counter for years. and some show handlers give their dogs oil to improve the look of the coat.

Answer 5

Butter is not good for your dog but vegetable oil is fine - it's good for their skin and coat, most especially in cold winters when the air is very dry.

Answer 6

Both are good for you, each fruit/vegetable has different vitamins. Therefore as more variety, as better. Vegetables have generally less sugar than fruits.

Answer 7

I only know that if you put a tsp. of vegetable oil in a dog's dry food it will help keep their coat healthy & shiny!!!

Answer 8

No it isn't bad for them, however if fed in large amounts it can cause diarreha and in some dogs excess fats in the diet all at one time can cause pancreatitis.

Answer 9

if its a recipe for dogs it should be ok. but i heard chocolates are harmful to dogs.

Answer 10

Not if you don't mind cleaning up runny poop?