Feeding scraps

[Skrowten]

I have rescue cross breed dog and feed the dry food recommended by the centre we rescued from. Just watching the Puppy programme on BBC and the dog trainer/expert seems to recommend feeding good quality scraps to one of the pups as what would have been done back in the day. My BIL swears by feeding scraps to his dog. What are everyone's thoughts?

It does depend on the sc scraps - bread, pasta, potatoes - no. Raw chicken carcasses, tripe, offal - yes. Never cooked bones, avoid grains but cooked/raw vegetable and fruit scraps are fine ( avoiding toxic stuff like grapes and onions).

My lurcher gets scraps to top up his dry food but they're not a main form of nourishment, just flavouring really. He has all our leftovers but does not like spicy food so I avoid that.

Tonight's leftovers include trout skins (no bones), spoonful of peas/carrots/sweetcorn and some gravy from last night.

His favourite leftovers are Sunday dinners especially the last bits of meat picked from a boiled chicken carcass.

I think it makes him feel part of the "pack" to have the same food as he's seen/smelled us eating.

I do but have stopped feeding scraps straight after we have eaten because my whippet has food ishoos.

I save them in the fridge until the next morning. Unless it's a roast in which case she has it after I have carved but before I have our plates out.

She knows she will get something when I am carving meat. But also knows she wont get anything after so stops her circling our legs under the table like a small, stripey landshark.

Scraps are ok for dogs as long as you mean actual property food scraps i.e meat, raw bones, fish, seafood, veg, fruit (a very small amount) etc. Anything that has been made rather than grown is a no no. So no biscuits, sausage rolls, chips etc

circling our legs under the table like a small, stripey landshark.
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I think that left overs from a roast dinner are ok but a lot food people have a daily basis are not (because of poisonous things like onion, spices, pasta, grains, etc that are often part of our food now. Plus dogs like mine can stomach cheese).

*like onion or other things like spices...

Mine get (in moderation) anything that's safe for them to eat so they end up getting all sorts but as there's four of them there's rarely enough to give them more than just a little taste.

There's currently a box of leftover chicken goujons in the fridge and they'll be getting one each with their tea tonight

My mum was a dog breeder, had a regional champion, always fed scraps alongside good quality dog food. Obviously there are things they can't have, but it varies their diet.

Mine are raw fed but get scraps and leftovers of anything we eat other than anything toxic like grapes and chocolate. I've had healthy dogs for 20 years with no stomach issues. I currently have a bitch who will eat absolutely anything put in front of her and a dog who takes so long to check we aren't poisoning him he often misses out because greedy bitch has finished hers and taken his

I love giving my dogs scraps. I think it brightens up their little lives and adds excitement and interest to their days. We call it a "taste sensation" and they always get so excited when they see me putting a little bite by for them. When the plates are cleared away they go to their bowls for their little taster of what we had. Nothing spicy or salty or dangerous of course.