Table Scraps and Dogs

My youngest dog gained 6 lbs this winter as we cut back her food. At the same time the older dogs turds (and rabbit) seem to mysteriously disappear from the yard. You do the math…

Stu, you are right about the change part. I believe they say the cause is a sudden increase in fat.

The other caveat to my story is Athena is over weight. She’s an 11 pound pom that should be about 8 pounds. I’m sure that doesn’t help.

she should be fine.pancreatitis is very treatable. the hardest problem as noted is changing the HUMAN behavior problem. one of the things i’ve noticed with letting the dogs freefeed on venison and calve carcasses is that if the dogs overfeed on one component of diet, they liquify the mis-feed and shoot it out. Diahretic (sp?) discharge seems to be natures safety valve. All is good until it happen inside the kennel instead of the airing yard!!! and if you think your flatulence issues are bad, i’ll give you a free one nite pass for here. you can smell it two stories away when they get into a smelly batch…

Suzuki, might want ti get a handle on the rabbit turd eating. That too causes a disease in canines.

Our same dog did the same thing. Not sure if she got the disease or it was just suspected, in any event we did learn of a disease rabbit turds can cause.

turd diseases

Had a Cane Corso growing up and when Dad started his garden the first few years the dogs coat was about as perty as any coats gonna get. Man he looked good. Dog loved his melons and cucumbers, and corners of the wood deck for some reason

Tough morning for a reformed bad papa. Usually the dogs get left over egg whites from the weekly Sunday big breakfast. Not today.

The good news is Athena is doing very well.

The vet bill is the greatest deterrent to making sure your dogs are healthy.