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Topic Dog Boards / Feeding / fruit & veg preperation
- By muzzavilla [gb] Date 13.05.10 13:10 UTC
any ideas on how to feed my dog fruit and veg and also which are the best to feed them  (do they need to be cooked )
- By Tarimoor [gb] Date 13.05.10 13:25 UTC
If you're feeding a complete food, you don't need to supplement with fruit and vegetables. 

I raw feed, and do believe they can gain good nutrients from vegetables, so blend them and freeze in batches, lifting a portion out as I need to so that it is freshly defrosted.  The reason for this is that once you process them in any way, blending or cooking, they start to break down rapidly, and you loose the nutrients you want to try and give them in the first place.  I blend a mix of different vegetables, and sometimes fruit, so they get a good range of leafy, root and pulse vegetables, not always the same ones.  I don't often give them much fruit, although during the Autumn, they graze from bilberries and blackberries. 

There's no reason why you can't give your dog a chunk of carrot, or the occasional ripe tomato (not the leaves though), or other bits of fruit and veg as healthy treats, you will probably see it come out the other end pretty much undigested int his state though.  Things to avoid are onions, broccolli, and members of the nightshade family, so potatoes, avocados, and (as mentioned) the green parts of tomatoes, including the unripe fruit. 
- By dogs a babe Date 13.05.10 14:20 UTC
I raw feed too and whilst I don't think the dogs really need large amounts of fruit and veg, mine show a real preference for it so I keep it in their diet.  Like SleepingLion I blitz it in the food processor and freeze in small amounts, it's a good way of using up cleanish peelings too.  The only veg I buy specifically for them is frozen spinach as it's easier to store and serve.

If you Google lists of fruit and veg you'll find a few oddities.  App 50% say no broccolli but the rest say it's ok - I give mine the stalk, divided between them as chew/treat.  Garlic is another curious one as it's from the same family as onions which a big no-no, however garlic in small amounts is good for a variety of things but don't give too much.  Dorwest Herbs offer supplements with garlic and give guidance on correct amounts.

One of my dogs is far more inclined to beg for vegetables when he sees me chopping and peeling than he ever would for meat.  Although maybe it's because he's learnt that the odd bit of carrot is far more likely to head in his direction than a bit of steak!!  He'll also follow my mother in law around when she eats an apple as she will generally share.
- By Whistler [gb] Date 13.05.10 14:54 UTC
My cocker has the odd carrot and brussel raw. BC will not touch anything that looks like a veggie or fruit.
- By Sawheaties [gb] Date 13.05.10 16:16 UTC
I blitz my veg but do not freeze it as I only do a smallish amount at a time , I am pro brocolli but only feed a small amount. My girl will go beserk if she sees you pick up an apple to eat and is transfixed on you until you give it to her (not the pips though)

People are divided between veg or no veg, I give a heaped tablespoon for mine.
- By crazyblond53 Date 13.05.10 22:02 UTC
My dogs love fruit and veg as a bit of a treat. They like apple (I wash the skin and then cut the apple into slices discarding the core and the pips) bananas, melon and carrots. They like veg cooked or raw.
- By MsTemeraire Date 13.05.10 22:05 UTC
Mine has a real passion for raw carrots and is inclined to steal them from the veg rack when he fancies a snack! Great chew toy, and good for teeth cleaning. They usually appear at the other end undigested, giving interesting neon orange poos.
- By cb87 [gb] Date 15.05.10 19:37 UTC Edited 15.05.10 19:41 UTC
i cook for my dogs, they usually have rice, pasta or potato (whats wrong with potato?) and brocolli (whats wrong with this?), cabage, carrots, parsnips, coliflower, peas, sweetcorn, and either raw chicken wings, cooked mince, or tuna

i mainly cook for them as one of my dogs has a food intolarence (sp) where he has very runny poos on dry food and the vets food was costing a fortune, but i have to say he has been very much solid since i started cooking for them, so if he is happy then im happy, and i cook every day fresh food for them :)
- By BarkingMad16 [gb] Date 16.05.10 20:12 UTC
My 3 are all fed raw and i give them blended veg with some fruit a few times a week.  I feed small amounts of brocolli as too much is dangerous, also use potato peelings, parsnip peeling and lots of green leafy veg.  I love spinach and use that alot, with garlic, cucumber & mint all from the garden.  Basically, anything goes apart from grapes, onions & mushrooms.
Everything they have is raw including meat and bones and fish.
- By Tarimoor [gb] Date 16.05.10 20:16 UTC
Nothing wrong with potato's, they are a member of the nightshade family, which you are supposed to avoid for dogs that have arthritis.  Although in the case of tomatoes, which are also a member of the nightshade family, they contain something called lycopene, which is a phytochemical, and thought to be a good anticarcinogen.  I always use the phrase everything in moderation.......
- By Daisy [gb] Date 16.05.10 20:21 UTC Edited 16.05.10 20:24 UTC
My dogs have apple cores with the pips :) They would have to eat an awful lot of pips for it to be dangerous :) :) :)

>I always use the phrase everything in moderation


Exactly :) :)

I blitz raw carrot together with raw liver - my dogs much prefer the liver this way :)

Daisy
- By Tarimoor [gb] Date 16.05.10 20:22 UTC
Apparently, apple pips contain cyanide, in minute quantities, but the brown casing contains an antidote, don't know if that's true or not, like you, I think they'd have to consume a helluva lot of apple cores before they suffered ill effect!
- By dogs a babe Date 16.05.10 22:22 UTC
Now I thought that dogs should only be fed potato COOKED not raw - and they should avoid green potato skins due to solanine.  Not good for humans either but worse for dogs I heard.

Sometimes the internet is a right nuisance - you can find as many articles that say YES as those that say NO !!  Also you can never tell just where the 'facts' have come from or if it's misinformation gaining credence by frequent repetition...

As others have said - everything in moderation is sensible idea :)
- By trishm [gb] Date 17.05.10 16:27 UTC
I give my dog blended raw veg in with his mince and offal - he is on a raw diet. He has fruit separately - apple, banana, strawberry, plum and pear are his favourites. It is a real problem stopping him scoffing too many from our orchard in season, particularly the windfalls. He will also very delicately choose a pear while it is still on the tree and pull it off. If it won't come easily he moves on to another one!
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