Is it ok to put beef or chicken broth on dry dog food for your dog?

Question

either can food or dry food with brooth is all my dog will eat.The vet says it is fine for dogs to have broth.

Answer 1

Why you asking us if the vet says it's okay. May make Pooch thirsty because broth is salty, but otherwise there's nothing in broth that's harmful to any of us.

Answer 2

I give my dog canned chicken all the time ( although i do feed him his kibble and wet food mixed in (not both at once either one or the other). For picky dogs ( if you dog decides she wants to turn her nose up at the current kibble, my dog did that a few times) Get Orijen (its a natural kibble as well) my dog wont eat anything else now. For wet food, try Prairie,avenger's and Merrick, i have had good luck with those, Right now my dog is deciding he only want people food, so I'm not giving him any "Wet" right now. Just a little cheese with the kibble. You dog should be fine with the diet you've said, i would however try a canned dog food every now and again, as it has vitamins etc in it. Although the kibble and chicken should be good. As long as it's more kibble then chicken (she still needs the vitamins,nutrients etc). Think of it this way people food, is much better then the "crappy" Grocery store/low quality dog foods :). Most high qualtiy dog foods are made with human grade ingrediants.

Answer 3

Vets don't study alot about nutrition in school. there is actually very little class time on this subject. Thats why they recommend junk like Science Diet. Very low ratings on dog food test &containing questionable carcenogens & cheap fillers for ingredients. There are much healthier alternatives. U can find alot of information by simply researching the internet. If u are going to use it, broth should DEF be salt free. It can & does, many times cause diahrrea, or at least a soft stool. I trust my vet completely on her advice, but I research food, for myself! Do your homework before deciding! Good Luck!

Answer 4

Find the low sodium kind or even the organic with no salt is best. Just a bit over the dry food is all it will need. It's more to get the dogs sence of smell going that it is for taste. OK

OH Yes get the chicken. The beef it just not a good thing for dogs. Thanks for the reminder ChiGirl! :)

Answer 5

A little broth for flavor (and smell !) is OK, but you don't need much. Use the minimum that you can get away with, so that yuo avoid giving the dog excess salt.

Answer 6

You don't trust your vet?Broth is fine but people food and any pork product is very bad for your dog.Also if the dog gets hugry enough he will get used to anything you must feed him to keep him healthy.

Answer 7

It shouldn't hurt, but if your dog is older and has heart problems, the high salt content of broth isn't good. If your dog is young and healthy, I guarantee you it will eat when it is hungry enough. Dogs are smart...they will wait until we give them something they want before eating if they can get away with it!

Answer 8

I had a wonderful dog that lived to be 17. I used to put water in the pan I cooked meat in and made a flour-less gravy that I dumped onto her dry dog food and then we both ate dinner. I always cleaned the pan I fried things in by adding water to the pan and simmering it and scraping the pan clean before washing it anyway, so why not dump the juices onto the dog's food? She liked it, and obviously it did her no harm.

Answer 9

Sure, but I would watch out for the beef broth as some dogs are allergic to beef.

Answer 10

stock would be healthier for your dog than broth, on an everyday basis, broth has way too much sodium and could lead to hypertension or other serious medical problems