giving dogs leftovers - do you?

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My goldie eats a decent dog food but we often give her the leftovers from our dinner - last night she had a nice bit of plaice in her bowl and this morning, her clicker 'treats' were little pieces of bacon and leek quiche which she adores . Is this acceptable amongst doggy owners or should she just have her own food? Would add though that she is never fed from the table so doesn't hang around scrounging at meal times !!

I used to give my dog left-overs. I think it's fine as long as you lower the amount of dog food she has accordingly to prevent any weight-gain issues.

we give our dog left overs (although there are never very many !). I don't give him the sweet stuff. And reduce his other food accordingly.

Leftovers are just fine but not bones that have been cooked (they shatter), chocolate. lots of sugary things or egg white.

oh why the egg white beta?

didn't know about the egg white? A friend of mine often cracks an egg on the kitchen floor for her dog.

Have not given mine an egg but didn't know it was bad for them?

I sometimes accidentally cook an extra sausage or three for our dog .....he likes them crispy .

No. Unless it is meat/fatty meat left over from roast dinners.

He is allowed only meat, dog food and bones.

A few weeks ago he ate far too much of something he could not digest and spent a night throwing up constantly. DH who is a hypochondriac and prone to over exageration had me convinced the dog was going to die. I sat up most of the night crying.

I have no inclination to go through that again. So it's high quality dog food and meat, nothing else from now on.

Raw egg white binds to biotin in the gut which is a coenzyme used in many metabolic processes. Leads to skin problems and hameoraging.

Cooked egg white is OK.

We can't really give our dog leftovers as she seems to be allergic to wheat. She does have meat scraps occasionally.

I know onions, raisins, grapes and chocolates are a definite no no.

Knew about the chocolate but not the onions. She has just eaten bits of quiche with onions

Interesting thread. Panicked about the egg white as our dog gets a fried egg once a week. DS only every eats the yolk so she mostly gets white.

Ours gets vegetables left over from dinner. Maybe a bit of pasta. DS's crusts off his toast.

Not sure I knew about onions either. I know they can't have potato.

No potato and onions? Really? Don't think that I have ever given her potatoes, but onions in a spag bol or something. Why are they not allowed onions?

Daphne gets something from the table, mainly meat and a bit of pasta. We were at a neighbour for dinner recently and the dogs got the left over roast duck.

Happy doggies.

Actually a friend of mine only ever feeds her dogs leftovers. She scrapes all plates after every meal and her dogs get the scrapings. The also get a handful of nuts apparently.

What is the problem with onions? I'm a bit worried about this as my brown lab has been nicking onions from the veg rack, and though we've retrieved most of them from her, I suspect she's eaten one or two. She seems fine though - so far nothing she's eaten has ever made her sick, apart from a surfeit of bonios - and then she ate up the sick (boak).

No.

We have tried it, it just encourages her to try and get whatever food is out, but she is entirely motivated by food. (springer)

no.

The majority of the food we eat is just not suitable for dogs, the fact that most people on this thread seemed unaware of a lot of the things dogs shouldn't be eting is fairly clear indication that dogs shouldn't be being fed left-overs at all.

Pfft
We had a Springer. She was such a thief. She stole fish off the kitchen table, butter, cakes, selection boxes.

My Springer is totally unmotivated by food - I do give him some leftovers. Why can't they eat onions?

I copied this froma doggie website

Yes, bread is OK, but do not give it to him on a regular basis.

You can give him small pieces of unseasoned chicken or hamburger.

Fruits and veggies are good. Here is a list of what NOT to give him:

-Raisins and grapes: are the very worst! Recent studies have shown kidney failure and death in dogs.
-Chocolate
-Onions and garlic (raw, cooked, or powder): are not that healthy. Garlic can be fed in VERY, very small amounts in powdered form for dog food; but it is not a treat.
-Persimmons
-Pitted fruit: fine with seeds and pits removed
-Potato, rhubarb, and tomato leaves; potato and tomato stems: contain oxalates
Potato poisoning is rare, but it has occurred in both humans and dogs
-Citrus fruit: it causes vomiting
-Nuts: not a veggie or fruit but...
-Corn: It is unnecessary and not beneficial
-Most dried fruit
-Avocados
-Mushrooms: shitaki, maitake and reishi are considered safe, but be careful
-Anything with Xylitol, added Sugars, Corn Syrups, or artificial sweeteners
-Alcoholic beverages
-Bones from fish, poultry, or other meat sources
-Baby food
-Chocolate, coffee, tea, and other caffeine
-Hops
-Human vitamin supplements containing iron
-Large amounts of liver
-Milk and other dairy products
-Raw eggs
-Raw fish
-Salt
-Surgary foods
-Yeast dough

Vegetables are better, because fruit are more acidic. Green veggies are the best. Carrots are also awesome and most dogs LOVE them. Packaged frozen Green Beans, fresh Lettuce, and Yams are also very good.
Make sure to take off the skin of all fruit and some veggies. They cannot digest them.

Give human food in only small amounts. They need a balanced nutrition and lots of "scraps" can cause bloating and upset stomach.

Our dog will occasionally get plain cooked pasta or rice if there is any left over and raw meat scraps. He's had potato cooked as well. He loves carrots and green beans

foods you shouldn't feed your dog

although am at "maruana".

On the same site it said not to give your dog Red Bull or similar type drinks. do some poeple actually do that, give their pets Red Bull??

By the way cooked brown rice is very good for a dog that has a delicate digestive system that cannot handle normal dog food. We had an old dog that lived on it for 5 years.

my dog once stole a box of chocolates from under our christmas tree. (lounge door was shut, he pushed it open, unwrapped the only chocolates under there and ...

He had to go to the vet to be made to be sick. I know someone whose dog ate a bar of chocolate and within an hour he was dead.

Oh but my dog loves his daily hash fix . he won't be the same without it

Catfud may also be a problem. They quite often eat each others food, much to dd2's dismay. She gets very upset when Maxmush (cat) eats from Scuppy's (dog) bowl.

Is cat food really bad? How I can stop him eating it? They are already fed in different rooms, but with three children milling about the place closed doors are not closed for long.