What dog treats are safe for humans?

Question

Since I eat only fruits a veggies, and white breast chicken meat rice and a couple pastas, my dog eats what I eat, but, I do keep dog treats for her. However, I have have eaten a few of them, and to tell you the truth they are pretty good. But, my question, which ones are safe for humans? Both Gracie and I eat pupperoni, Milkbones, Beggin Strips, Doggey Jerky, and Rawhide bones(Not the flakey ones) but, what ones do you not suggest for both of us?

Gracie is a 5 month old Shih Tzu, she and I get two miles of walking every day(One mile in the morning and one at sunset) and she has her vet's approval that she's a very, very healthy dog.

Answer 1

All dog treats are safe for humans but if you eat puppy treats it will load you down with protein. Adult dog treats will pretty much be the better because they have a lower amount of protein.

If you want something really tasty, see if any of your sellers sell Bill Jac Frozen Dog Treats. They taste like ice cream literally (I try everything before I let my dog eat it). The only place I've found is a Kroger here but it's only at 1 out of like 30 Krogers that sells them.

Answer 2

Safe Dog Treats

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Oh I wouldn't advise eating any pupperoni, beggin Strips or Doggy Jerky or rawhide bones for you or your dog. The dyes and crud put in the pupperoni and beggin strips give the dogs some bad gas and aren't healthy. The Jerky- well, there have been multiple recalls of dog jerky because of salmonella contamination. Rawhide bones are full of chemicals and preservatives that are often very toxic, like formaldehyde. White ones are often soaked in BLEACH.
So, do you and your dog a favor and make your own treats or buy ones that are organic at least and stay away from rawhides and dog jerky.
Also, you might want to sprinkle some Brewer's Yeast over that food your dog eats and add a bit of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, or half flaxseed oil and half norwegian cod liver oil. Just a tad for a small dog, a few tablespoonfuls for a very large dog.
Some good brand dog treats: Newman's Own Organics, yogurt drops (made in Germany), freeze dried liver (dogs only!) There is so much good stuff for animals and people but what you need in your diet and what your dog needs in hers are very different.
There are lots of good recipes for dog biscuits on the net, and if you make your own you know exactly what is in it and you can avoid toxic preservatives and contaminants.

Answer 5

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/J27jk

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 6

Personally I do not suggest that you eat any commercial dog treat regularly. Dog treats are often labeled "not for human consumption" for a reason. Ingredients that go into dog treats are often not of a high enough quality to go into human foods (ie, they wouldn't pass inspection). Not only that, but aside from the rawhide and possibly the doggy jerky those treats all include dubious ingredients like beef bone meal, by products, and artificial coloring and preservatives that are either known or have shown strong potential to be carcinogenic. They are also often loaded with junk like sugar and salt. I personally don't feed any of those products to my dogs (although I also won't get upset if someone else wants to feed them to my dogs). Even the rawhide and jerky products (dried meat sold specifically for dogs without any other ingredients or preservatives) are more likely to carry salmonella or other bacteria than dried meat products intedned for human consumption.

Answer 7

The only dog treats I would eat are those I made at home from human quality ingredients. I would not eat dog treats or feed too many of them to my dog either.

The human food industry is frightening enough but I wouldn't trust pet food for ingredients, processing, handling or storage. Why risk it?

Answer 8

Eating those is a BAD idea! they have stuff that will harm humans in them as they are byproducts and preservatives! I suggest you buy ORGANIC treats! I found several places on etsy so there would be a good place to look,but eating dog treats from the store is a bad idea unless it says there organic otherwise then dont,you can even make your own,but as said ONLY eat the ORGANIC dog treats! otherwise you may end up very sick

Answer 9

you can make dog treats on your own also. i think those are the kinds that are safe for dogs and humans.(cause you know what is in the food. no mystery ingredients..)

i dont suggest everything other than the rawhide bones. rawhide is a part of the skin in beef, pork, etc depending on what animal it came from. but all the other foods like pupperoni, milkbones, beggin strips, you really don't know whats in the food. (you read the ingredients, but it most of the times don't make sense. )
the less they put in the food, the better.
the treats i give my dog is dehydrated chicken jerky. they sell a large bag at costco and its only chicken. no flavoring or weird colorings and mumbo jumbo crap. he likes it a lot and its a great treat.

Answer 10

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