my bf feeds his dog pasta

[pastadog]

hi namechanged. i don’t live with my bf btw!
when i go round his house, i obviously see him feeding his dogs. most of the time, he has pots of uneaten pasta from the night before. this will usually have meat, tomato sauce etc on it. he puts a lot on top of their usual dog food, they seem healthy enough and i guess ‘back then’ people would feed their dogs their scraps, but this just seems a bit wrong?
not looking for advice etc just wanted to know if i’m right in thinking he shouldn’t do this?

It's what Italian dogs eat
My friend in the UK has 2 dogs and they've never had proper dog food. I think as long as you're not giving them the doggy equivalent of a KFC it's ok.
My cat's favourite foods used to be grated cheese and melon. (not together)

Do you not have much going on?

Nothing a bit more pressing than worrying a bloke pops a bit of pasta on top of the dog's dog food?

As long as they also eat dog food I don’t see what the issue is.

Dogs have evolved to digest carbs as part of the domestication process.

Isn’t that the bonus of having a dog?

(I feed ours to the hens)

@LuxOlente

Do you not have much going on?

Nothing a bit more pressing than worrying a bloke pops a bit of pasta on top of the dog's dog food?

lol, actually no i’m not doing much right now! baby asleep, bf asleep, not much else to do! i wouldn’t have a problem if it was a bit, but it’s huge amounts, like more than a large portion you would get in a restaurant

🤣🤣🤣

i also worry that it’s been left out open in the kitchen all night

Dogs have a shorter digestive tract so are less prone to food poisoning.

@Secondbellini

Dogs have a shorter digestive tract so are less prone to food poisoning.

ahh thank you

As long as there's no onion or spices in it then it's fine. A quick google will tell you so.

I don’t know much about dogs, but aren’t onions, which might be in the tomato sauce, poisonous to dogs? Or is that just when they are raw?

Given that dogs eat actual shit without much issue I think some pasta left out for a few hours really isn’t an issue

Dogs eat actual poo OP. Their tummies can cope with some slightly off bolognese.

@lastqueenofscotland

Given that dogs eat actual shit without much issue I think some pasta left out for a few hours really isn’t an issue

good point

Dogs eat shit and dead animals for fun, I think they'll be OK with some tepid pasta!

My dog leaves the pasta and veg on leftovers she does enjoy a bit of bolognese though

Haha @lastqueenofscotland

Mine eats actual shit, including from the cat litter tray, he once managed to snaffle some vomit on a walk, leftover pasta would be the least of my worries.

If your Boyf was feeding him chocolate, cheese, xylitol and grapes then I'd be concerned.

Pasta or rice is fine as an addition to dig food in moderation

My grandma used to feed her dog green bean soup. I am not joking, the poor dog would’ve probably loved the idea of pasta. With meat!

*dog food

We feed our dog raw meat and eggs instead of dog food, add the odd bit of leftover veg and pasta because why the hell not

Much like human packaged food, ready made dog food is super processed and really not the best for them anyway.

I just feed the dogs the way my grandparents and parents fed their dogs

My neighbour feeds his Great Dane boiled eggs, madness. You can imagine the stench

@NeedNewKnees
(I feed ours to the hens)
Please be careful. Its illegal in the UK to feed hens (livestock) scraps due to the high risk of disease passing back into the human food chain through their eggs. Cooked pasta can also cause crop compaction