What else can I feed my dog?

Question

I have two healthy Boston Terriers that I've been feeding home cooked rice and ground beef or chicken. I would like to include fruits and vegetable but I don't know which ones are good. Any recomendations?

Answer 1

Sweet potatoes are good, or regular potato if you can't get your hands on sweet potato, mix in some plain low fat yogurt for healthy digestion, kelp, alfalfa leaves, blueberries, cranberries, and throw in salmon or tuna oil so they get their omega 3. I would keep the fruits a veggies to about 1/4 of the ingredients.

Answer 2

A dog cannot "manipulate" someone. To suggest that he can is just plan freaking silly. The dog is spoiled, he is NOT manipulating the OP. Manipulation would be if the OP wanted to give the dog kibble and the dog decided he didn't want it, so PURPOSELY made himself look cute or something along such lines so he can get chicken. Dogs do NOT think like that. If you think they do, please read a freaking book about dogs. Dogs live in the moment. If you give a dog chicken and steak, he will eat chicken and steak. Plain and simple. If you give your dog chicken and steak every day, he will start to expect it every day. That is NOT manipulation and if you still think it is, open a dictionary. That is spoiled. This dog is obviously spoiled. A home cooked diet can be good for a dog IF you know what you are doing. It is not for the novice dog owner. Not just anyone can grill some chicken for their dog and call it dog food. A home prepared diet should consist of the right amount of meat, vegetables, supplements, etc. It is not just fruits, vegetables, peanut butter, and grilled meat. Is your Pomeranian getting some kind of supplement? Is his diet varied? Have you spoken to a nutritionist or at the very least your vet about this diet? (What do you mean "professional opinion" because I'm curious who would recommend feeding just chicken and steak. A GOOD home cooked diet is varied.) If not and if you can't be bothered to... then stop feeding him this diet. If you continue to, it will only spoil him further. Stop now. Feed him dog food. He will not eat it for a while, but a healthy dog won't starve himself. And also, stop hand feeding him. That seems a bit ridiculous. I hand feed my dogs sometimes but they will eat even if I don't. The hand feeding them is to prevent food aggression, not to spoil them rotten. ETA: @ the person who said Poms can't be over 7 lbs... get your facts straight. They used to be a much larger breed. They've been bred down in size. 7 lbs is standard, yes, but they can be much bigger and still not be overweight. I've known 14 lb Pomeranians. Not all of them are tiny dogs. They will sometimes "throw back" to their larger size. Seriously, don't assume her dog is overweight just because she said he's giant. She likely means he's just a larger Pom. It's incorrect to call them giants, but they do exist. Geeze idk why I come to YA sometimes.

Answer 3

I have a boston and a pug.
Bostons are great little guys arnt they.

Here is a list of food I feed my boys.
Peanutbutter, stuff it in a kong and they are happy for a hour at least.
Grean beans, Frozen or fresh
Carrots, They will make a mess unless you give them small pieces at a time
raw beef, YUMMY
bananas, Goopy and yummy, mash one up and shove it in a kong or just toss chunks to them

Just about any fruit and veggies are good just stay away from onyons, to much garlic, grapes, raisans, apple seeds, any seeds and nust, Avocado, Broccoli, Corn Cobs, Mushrooms, Potatoes, Tomatoes. Stay away from those fruits and veggies and your boston will be a happy man.
Rember NO nuts seeds or pits.

Diffrent people will say diffrent things, some say all people food is bad (NOT TRUE we eat the same things that are in there food) others will say only meat is goo (agin Not true dogs need fruit and veggies cats dont).

Good luck

Answer 4

Basically, ANY vegetable and/or fruit with one exception: onions. Onions are poison for dogs.

I cook for my dogs, too, (Cocker Spaniels) and I include peas, carrots, broccoli, and green beans. Sometimes I add sweet potatoes (better for them than regular potatoes).

You can also use other meats. Try lamb and veal. Use fish (great source of Omega 3). I get salmon (they inhale it!). You can also give them chicken hearts and liver. Those can be fed raw or boiled. They'll love it!

Here's a quick recipe for an "all natural" treat. Slice raw liver (doesn't matter which kind, though I prefer chicken liver) into bite-sized pieces, sprinkle with garlic salt, and bake them in a 350 degree oven for about an hour (check from time to time to be sure they're not being burned!).

When they are cooled off, you can give one or two to your dogs. The rest can be wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in a plastic airproof bag or container. It will last a long time and your dogs will LOVE you for it!

Bon appetit!

Answer 5

I make a doggie stew for my babies. 1 part beef or chicken stock, 2 parts water, carrots, celery and green beans. Then I add ground chiken or beef little meatballs. I also add barley, but in a small amount because too much they get gassy. Puppy farts are bad, bad. I also add fish oil and glycosomean to their food. I have a 3 month old Golden, and she is nearing 35 pounds. But is no way fat. Just muscular (I walk her every day in our pasture). I also give the puppy organic milk and an egg from my chickens. She loves it when I leave the gg whole.. she slurps up the yolk with their tail wagging! They do get dry mixed in with the stew, but I only feed them organic dry now after the scare recently with the poisoned dog food. Merrick and Hunde-n-Flockin are two really good natural foods to give them. The fish oil is for the Omega 3 group, critically important as commercial dog food does not have nearly enough and the glycosomean is for their joints. Good luck! And yes, my babies are very spoiled. As for my older Aussie, she has arthritus and the glycosomean has helped ALOT! Soryy if the spelling of glycosomean is wrong.

Answer 6

It's easier for me to tell you what not to feed your dog.

Here is a list of what NOT to feed your dog.
http://mooreshaven.com/pets/dogs/safety/badfoodslist.html

There are quite a few fruits and veggies on the list that are poison to a dog. Anything not on that list should be good and healthy.

Hope I helped!

Answer 7

Your dogs are missing out on a LOT of nutrition with what you are feeding currently. Cooking foods takes out much of the nutrition they need and rice is of no real value to a dog. Fruits and veggies do not provide anything for your dog either unless it is ground to a pulp. Their teeth are not designed to break open the cellulose to get the nutrition out because they are carnivores. I suggest that you stop cooking the burger and add in egg with the shell crushed up a couple times a week. They will get a lot of nutrition from the shell (calcium) for one thing which is totally void in the diet you are feeding now.
Why not just go RAW? There is a ton of info available on this diet. My web site might help you also. eastwooddanes.com
You can also look at the page I have of vitamins A to Z and the raw foods they come from. There are fruits and veg listed there even though we do not feed any to our dogs. If you insist on feeding fruits and veg you will have to grind them up in a processor.
Please take a look at that page so you can see all the things your dogs are lacking in their diet now. If you would like help switching to RAW.. send me a message. I'd be glad to assist.

Answer 8

Carrot is very good for dogs and most enjoy the taste. Serve it grated, in with the rice and meat. Mine will even chew on raw carrot chunks! Cooked potatoes are ok too.
My dogs like apples, but I would avoid anything that was from the citrus family as that could upset them.
I don't know what other veggies to include but I have read not to feed them corn as they can cause stomach upsets in your dog.
And onions can make them sick, it does something to their blood.

Answer 9

Fruits/veggies that my dog gets on occasion are baby carrots, apple slices, oranges, romaine lettuce, dried seaweed (like used in sushi), bits of fresh parsley, etc..

You can use almost any fruit or vegetable, but avoid using onions, broccoli, and grapes/raisins, as they have toxins for dogs. (It's best to do a quick search online before you feed a fruit or vegetable that you haven't before to make sure it's okay.) Also make sure the dog does not eat seeds to any fruits and vegetables, as some of the seeds/pits are toxic to dogs as well.

Answer 10

My dogs really enjoy some chopped carrots in their food. Never put onion, though, because it is dangerous. I also feed them apples and bananas (but one dog thinks that bananas are disgusting, and is surprised that they aren't crunchy every time).