I'd like to give my dog a piece of everything from our dinner and put it in her bowl. Is this stupid, bad for her, have you every done anything like that?
Not sure what to do or think so help me with some answers. 🙂
no, I dont give her presents either..... bloody mrs is lucky to get one tbh
No, I am even worse, my cat gets her own special christmas dinner on christmas day. Usually a nice bit of salmon. I'm such a softie..
I doubt that giving her all that you say once a year will hurt that much, very fatty mind !
And aren't dogs allergic to chocolate ??
its a well known fact that dogs explode if you give them cadburys. anything by galaxy is fine though.
The cats don't get a full dinner but they will be given some turkey in their bowls as a treat.
Cats, I have no idea about, so someone else will have to help you with that.
With dogs you need to apply some rules. Dogs will eat pretty much anything you put in front of them, as they are scavengers as well as hunters, [b]BUT[/b] that doesn't mean that everything is good for them.
Grapes and raisins, onions and garlic and chocolate are all poisonous to dogs so they can definitly stay on the banned list. Generally speaking anything that is full of salt, sugar or covered in any sort or rich sauce is bad for them as well. It plays havoc with their guts (which could be intersting Boxing Day morning) and it's not good for their kidneys.
Think plain. Plain turkey, beef, chicken and plain root veg, carrots, potatoe, cabbage all very good for dogs, and will dissappear in about 3 seconds flat. All well cooked as well, raw meat, contrary to belief, doesn't do their guts any good. The modern domesticated dog is a long way from their wild hunting ancestors.
Don't over do it either, otherwise they will want it everyday. Oh, and giblets as well. Dogs love giblets.
The dog will get spoiled rotten off my MIL and no doubt will get turkey will all the trimmings
Think plain. Plain turkey, beef, chicken and plain root veg, carrots, potatoe, cabbage all very good for dogs, and will dissappear in about 3 seconds flat
That's exactly what I was thinking. We never feed her in between meals anyway, except when we're training her so it will be a one off treat.
Our old cat used to eat the (cooked) turkey giblets in one epic sitting. I thought cats were supposed to self-regulate their eating but Conan didn't know that and after spending a good hour or two scoffing the lot he used to curl up and sleep for 48 hours.
Did it every year for 17 years I miss that cat 🙁
if we are having a roast the dog will get some, just don't put any gravy on as it's a too salty and for some reason our dog wont eat runner beans 😕 always left in the bowl at the end
my dogs both get a full xmas dinner. but no dessert. and chocolate is a def no no.
Got a great pic somewhere of our old dog peggy with a lone sprout in her bowl looking up at us with the expression "you expect me to eat that?" She'd eaten everything else, licked the gravy off the sprout and left it. She was a pig with her food and would scoff anything. This is reason enough never to touch sprouts.
My dog = dishwasher.
My dog = dishwasher.
That doesn't sound to hygenic 😉
Last Xmas was shared with my parents cat. He lay in a basket at the end of the table, not so quietly dying.
Even some turkey didn't tempt him to eat. Pigs in blanket failed too.
I did get our dog a Jumbone and she'll get some turkey as well.
I did get her a present: an Oinky Pig...bit of an impulse buy after watching a recent Mongrels episode 😀
Conan - most excellent Cat name !!
It's a myth that cats don't overeat, I have seen some well fat cats. Wee basket balls with little paws sticking out.
I have given up on buying my cat toys, the only thing she likes is the laser pointer, and I get bored with that way before she does.
Oh, and in case anyone is thinking about giving the dog a bone, please make sure it's the right one. Most bones are too soft for dogs and will simply crack and splinter, which will only end in an emergency trip to the vets. Not good for either of you. Roasted beef shin bones are good if you want to do them yourself, or just buy them from the pet store.
Alternatively, Jasper likes to drive everyone nuts, with his favourite toy, the fluffy squeeky bone.
EDIT : hmm..can't link from flickr. Help anyone ?
feed dog full of crap
take it for a walk on the nearest rugby pitch to ahem "unload"
let it chase cyclists all the way home
Since he has little or no concept of what christmas is our dog will get a few scraps of turkey in with his normal foor but that's it. He has got a lovely big rawhide bone as a present though, so he does get something. TBH if I let him poke at the decorations on the in-laws tree for 5 min he'll be happy...
He used to destroy things - food, toys, rodents, birds, furniture - on a regular basis 🙂Conan - most excellent Cat name !!
feed dog full of crap
take it for a walk on the nearest rugby pitch to ahem "unload"
let it chase cyclists all the way home
As long as it's under control,.. [u]At all times[/u] that's fine... 😀
My dogs will.
They tend to get any left over veg from roasts anyway., with gravy.
just don't put any gravy on as it's a too salty
My gravy is completely home made and is not at all salty.
They love carrots with gravy, will eat most veg - sprouts, broccoli, runner beans but for some reason not keen on peas.
feed dog full of craptake it for a walk on the nearest rugby pitch to ahem "unload"
let it chase cyclists all the way home
Let it sniff Tandem Jeremy's giblets
My dear old Staffy Badger always used to get a roast meal on Sundays, meat and all the veg left on plates with a bit of gravy poured over the top. He would attack it with gusto, full on eating like he had been starved for a month. Then he would stop and carefully let all the peas fall out of his mouth around his bowl. Amazingly they were undamaged. No idea how he managed to do it. He would also get a collar of tinsel on Christmas Day. I really miss the old bugger.
No cooked bones though, they can splinter easily & are not properly digested.
Oinky Pig!
Dog gets a mini dinner from leftovers.
Doggy Menu
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roast spud
chipolata wrapped in bacon
cabbage
broccoli
sprout
bit of gravy
glass of Amarone in the water bowl
If we're not vigilant he helps himself. So no!
Only the dead ones who come back in spirit form.
I expect Finn (Chocolate Lab) will get a small sample of everything and he's got an "Oinky Pig" to look forward to as well 😀
My dogs Toynbee and Mandela will be having some vegetarian treats as usual this year. It's a common misconception that they reject veggie food, in fact the reverse is true. Mine simply can't resist the lentil and cous cous surprise we concoct for them. A few broadbeans and tofu thrown in for good measure and they're quite content.
Our cats eat anything and generally clean our plates after every meal. Mustard makes them sneeze a lot, but they still eat it!
Only the dead ones who come back in spirit form
😀
We always save a little bit of what we're having for the cats. Young Pablo will have a bit of pheasant on xmas day and a bit of goose on boxing day...........if he's a good boy!
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There he is, in his xmas pose complete with holly berries (and a satellite dish on his head :oops:)
our cats are fat enough, they might get an extra log on the fire, but that will be it.
We crack a can of Guinness into the horses feed on christmas.
Cats will generally get a nibble of the meat cut-offs. Not much more. Unless its salt n vinegar crisps ... they steal them out of my hand sometimes.
wierdo cats.
My dog loves veggie food too! If I have any vegetables, however cooked, or not cooked, she does a little tap dance in anticipation. She LOVES vegetables and I mean loves. Raw broocoli is her absolute fave, followed by cauliflower. I had a solstice veggie soup/stew thingy today, she devoured hers in two seconds flat.
She got a present too 😳
Gus takes Christmas seriously....
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Yes. Why not? Only once a year. 🙄
Our dog gets some chicken or beef every Sunday. She watches us eat ours and then gets the scraps afterwards. That's how dogs understand their place in the pack. No gravy or stuff, just plain meat.
The cats can suffer though. Evil, self-centred warlocks. Why should they have anything nice?
My dogs get the dinner table scraps but tbh they wolf it down so quickly I doubt they can taste any of it! 😆
Our dog got some turkey and veg with gravy last year. He loved it but left a row of green beans by the side of his bowl, all licked clean and lined up like soldiers.
[i]she'll get some turkey as well. I did get her a present: an Oinky Pig[/i]
:Update: She threw up the turkey overnight and Oinky Pig had his snout chewed off in under an hour and now lacks oink 🙁
My dogs get the dinner table scraps but tbh they wolf it down so quickly I doubt they can taste any of it!
I thought that too with our Lab ( he'll eat anything but lemons ) so I snook a piece of lemon in with everything else everything wolfed in 3seconds flat. Lemon wasn't touched.
They know 😉
Our Archie, gets Turkey and a bit of some 'Pigs in blankets'
oh and more pressies than me 🙁
Our dog gets some turkey, yorkshire puds, broccoli and gravy - he's very lean too, so a bit of turkey juice/fat/skin doesn't do him any harm either. He obviously loves turkey, but wolfes the broccoli down too - doesn't like carrots though.