Potatoes

[wolfsoul]

I'm not sure why, but I have a feeling that I might have read somewhere that potatoes aren't good for dogs. But they are in alot of dog foods :confused: Has anyone heard about potatoes being bad for dogs?

[slick]

I know of a dog, Max, that gets regular potatoes and sometimes sweet potatoes (cooked of course) in his food (he's on a raw food diet) and it never seems to do him any harm.

[binka_nugget]

I think I heard that too. When we went to buy Kai's food, the woman told us that we should avoid onions, grapes and potatoes.

[tomkatzid]

OH NO, we give our girls part of our baked potatoes all the time. Does any one know for sure????:confused:

[tomkatzid]

Seems to be 50/50 weather to feed them or not. I was trying to search and this is what I came up with. So for now, we will still give them some of ours.

http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/health-care.html
Vegetables
Many dogs appreciate vegetables. In particular if your dog is fond of munching on the grass, you can often alleviate this by feeding vegetables to your dog. Stick with fresh, raw foods: carrots, broccoli and cauliflower stems, apple cores, etc are popular. Stay away from potatoes and onions.


http://www.skansen.com/nutrition/diet.htm
RAW VEGETABLES
A raw grated carrot daily, broccoli stems, or any cooked vegetables like potatoes etc., are good too. Feed cauliflower, brussel sprouts, corn (never on the cob), pumpkin, squash, peas, beans, as well as brown rice, oat flakes, wheat germ, wheat bran and wholemeal bread.

http://www.vegetariandogs.com/Vegetables Vegetables are highly digestible by dogs after cooking. Baking is best for nutrient retention; but boiling is fine, if you also use the water in the food. Dogs love most cooked vegetables, but may prefer them cut into small pieces or pureed. Whole cooked potatoes make an excellent snack. Just fill a pan with potatoes and place in the oven for about an hour at 350 degrees. After cooling, store in the refrigerator and give as snacks. As much as 1/3 of the basic recipe can consist of "extra" vegetables without greatly altering the nutrient balance.

[KYS]

I did not know that.
When I make a pot roast, I usually give a little
bit of potatoe with the meat for taste.

(I new about the onions)

[wolfsoul]

Oh no, now I don't know what to believe! LOL I wonder what the backup info on not feeding potatoes is. :confused: Anyone know? I could probably find it if I wasn't so darn lazy lol.

[primabella]

I had bought one of those DogFancy calendars and on each page was a tip. One was saying how potatoes give a dog gas. So maybe they just upset the dog's stomach a bit?

[Kfamr]

Maybe it's the raw potatoes that are bad, Cooked- Good? Seeing that it says on that one site cooked in particular.

[Kfamr]

Taken from vegitariandogs.com Whole cooked potatoes make an excellent snack. Just fill a pan with potatoes and place in the oven for about an hour at 350 degrees. After cooling, store in the refrigerator and give as snacks.


Taken from Dog Diet (http://www.vetinfo.com/dogdiet.html) Dogs do not digest
raw potatoes efficiently and probably only use about 40% of the starch in these diets.


Now I'm pretty sure it's just raw potatoes that harm dogs. As it says on the last website, the starch in potatoes is hard for dogs to digest. Uncooked potatoes contain alot of starch. during the porcess of cooking, the starch is removed.