Fruits & Vegetables

[Puma]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

I have also seen her once trying to taste canabies leaves straight from the plant

Hi all,

today Ottokar has had a taste of an apple ... or should i say a lick of an apple. From the weird look that he gave me, seems like he doesn't like it at all! And he doesn't like cooked fench beans also.
So far what interest him are only cooked carrots..

Grapes and raisins are toxic/harmful/lethal to dogs. We were told that greens should be cooked and not fed raw.

Food for thought. I was reading through some of these articles which were interesting.

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/grapeandraisin.htm

http://www.starbreezes.com/11/foodsafe.html

[saschia]

So I managed to find a veterinary article on grapes and raisins causing renal failure in dogs and all cases had exposure of at least 3 g dry matter per 1 kg dog body weight, that means around 100g of raisins or 500g of grapes for 30 kg wolfdog. So if your dog eats a pack of raisins or big chunk of grapes take it to the vet. I think one or two grape berries once in a while are safe.
Good to know, especially for apartment living dogs.

[Rona]

Tina used to like all sorts of vegetables and fruit, including cucumbers, berries, melons, certain kind of grass, etc. Lorelei too, is fond of apples carrots, parsnip, courgettes, cooked leeks, tomatoes, nuts... She likes even bananas and red peppers - naturally just bits from time to time. But I was most surprised when I found out that my pup loves... bread and butter!

Margo says that wolfdogs tend to like the same kind of food their owners do, and it seems to be true

BTW Does anybody know if it's OK if the dog eats a piece of orange from time to time?

[tikaani]

Originally Posted by Rona

Tina used to like all sorts of vegetables and fruit, including cucumbers, berries, melons, certain kind of grass, etc. Lorelei too, is fond of apples carrots, parsnip, courgettes, cooked leeks, tomatoes, nuts... She likes even bananas and red peppers - naturally just bits from time to time. But I was most surprised when I found out that my pup loves... bread and butter!

Margo says that wolfdogs tend to like the same kind of food their owners do, and it seems to be true

BTW Does anybody know if it's OK if the dog eats a piece of orange from time to time?

kaya always steels small oranges/ tangerines when were not looking and whole tubs of butter, shes beter now shes older, cheeky little thing

[Vaiva]

Oh, butter... I have to be very careful, Brukne allways tries to steel some, also sour cream. I give her curd and sour milk sometimes and she loves it! (it is funny, because there is a Lithuanian proverb, saying, that a starving dog eats even curd, but Brukne sometimes would rather eat curd than raw meet ). She also sometimes asks for bread, especially home baked, dark, made of rye

Emm, and are these dogs, who like vegies so much eating dry food ar meet?

[saschia]

Frei eats normally raw meat, liver and bones. She is now on granules, but she likes them too. She eats everything.

And things from milk are a chapter in themselves, Kei loved them, but had diarrhea, so it was forbidden to her (she stole it anyway). Frei loves them and can eat them, so she is happy. Now for lunch she has granules with sour milk, for enhancing her own milk production.

[Rona]

Originally Posted by saschia

Frei eats normally raw meat, liver and bones. She is now on granules, but she likes them too. She eats everything.

Just like Lorelei She eats one solid meal of raw meat and bones, and another of quality dry food + some cheese (or fish, oil, vegetables or just remains of our dinner...) PLUS treats at trainings!

[Rona]

Originally Posted by tikaani

kaya always steels small oranges/ tangerines when were not looking

And she survived? Good news for Lorka then!

[miihar]

Originally Posted by Rona

And she survived? Good news for Lorka then!

Alaska seems also well and fit despite eating some tangerins / mandarins every now and then . Please check my post above...

[Nebulosa]

Jezebeth don't like fruits, but as educate girl she acept it when we gave her a piece, so she hide the piece we gave quickly and comes as who say "did you see? I eat it!", i can say that in truth she likes animal protein and italian food, cheese, milk, cheese, meat, cheese, pasta, cheese, pizza, cheese... I already said cheese?
But something I cant cope is with the face she do when we try gave her something new or what she don't like, is a face that can be translated as "completly disgusting" so, she takes it with the point of the incisive, and let it fall in the floor, when get away of it.

Well, belinha (my undeath beagle) loves citric fruits, she is miraculously with 6 years old and eating citric fruits all winter, we only take care for took out the seed.

[Rona]

Originally Posted by miihar

Alaska seems also well and fit despite eating some tangerins / mandarins every now and then . Please check my post above...

I saw it but was just wondering if this wasn't harmful, like grapes

Jezebeth don't like fruits,

I remember Jezzi begging for apples in my kitchen..., but probably it was when she was competing for them with Juvart and Alistair...

[Puma]

Originally Posted by Rona

Tina used to like all sorts of vegetables and fruit, including cucumbers, berries, melons, certain kind of grass, etc. Lorelei too, is fond of apples carrots, parsnip, courgettes, cooked leeks, tomatoes, nuts... She likes even bananas and red peppers - naturally just bits from time to time. But I was most surprised when I found out that my pup loves... bread and butter!

Margo says that wolfdogs tend to like the same kind of food their owners do, and it seems to be true

BTW Does anybody know if it's OK if the dog eats a piece of orange from time to time?

Might be true, i don't really like apples that much. One thing though, when our cat gets Whiting fish, Otto gets some too. He likes it.

There is an article/guide to find out about species of fish for human ,dogs and cats consumption that contain from the lowest to highest mercury level. The least mercury level being considered safe.

Maybe i'm a bit paranoid, reading too many articles

Btw, Vaiva, Otto eats dry food most of the time, except for fish and tripe once in a while.

[Angelika]

Originally Posted by Rona

Margo says that wolfdogs tend to like the same kind of food their owners do, and it seems to be true

Margo is right: I don´t like vegetables, neither do my dogs