Sweet potato?

[GreyhoundGirl]

Are sweet potato slices (raw) good for dogs? Jenny seems to like them and eats them everytime we make them, but I was thinking, it isn't something a dog would eat in the wild, is it? All these natural diets.

Stanly Coren has mentioned carrots and hard veggies being good for dogs... But would sweet potatos fall under that category? They do clean her teeth really well.

Oh, and the most she has in a sitting is half a medium sweet potato, cut into thirds. (she's about 30 lbs)

[borzoimom]

Sweet pototoes are excellent for dogs. Mine also like yellow squash. And green beans. Rich in beta caratine etc... I am glad she likes them!! Good choice!

[pitc9]

The night before Thanksgiving I was making Sweet Potato Casserole and had left over mashed sweet potatoes so I mixed some in the pup's food. Buddy took a big mouth full of food and spit it out! Sierra never came near it!

[borzoimom]

If that had been my group, they would have dived at it- asking where is the raw egg mom??? lol..

[GreyhoundGirl]

The night before Thanksgiving I was making Sweet Potato Casserole and had left over mashed sweet potatoes so I mixed some in the pup's food. Buddy took a big mouth full of food and spit it out! Sierra never came near it!

Wow, guess they are an aquired taste. Nah, Jenny's liked them since the first day she tried them. She'd eat anything, though

[Santo Domingo]

Hmm I didnt know they were good for dogs. I wonder if Santo would like them? He does eat ANYTHING.

[Taz_Zoee]

As I read all these posts about giving dog people food, I have to wonder why I have always been under the impression you should not give your dog people food? The only people food we give Zoee is carrots. Am I missing something?

[Taz_Zoee]

Thank you Kfamr and borzoimom. I will check it out.
Sorry to interrupt your thread GreyhoundGirl.

[borzoimom]

Thank you Kfamr and borzoimom. I will check it out.
Sorry to interrupt your thread GreyhoundGirl.

Thats okay- without knowing about a raw diet, you would not have known this is a good veggie for dogs. ( actually one of the best..)

[GreyhoundGirl]

Feel free to interrupt, I've gotten all the info I need now. Thanks everyone.

P.S. and she'll take you up on "eat on Jenny"

[ramanth]

Wellness Dog Food makes a Fish and Sweet Potato. So my guess would be that raw sweet potatoes would be okay.

Kia loves most fresh fruits and veggies. I haven't really had a chance to see what Chipper would or would not like. He did refuse a carrot though!

[borzoimom]

My guys love the baby carrots- to Hottie they are better than pototoe chips.. lol.

[Santo Domingo]

I'm sure I could find one somewhere, but I'm a tad bit lazy. Anyone know of a good site for raw diet? I'm just curious about what kinds of foods, treats, etc. it involves and the reasoning, if any, behind it.

[Kfamr]

I'm sure I could find one somewhere, but I'm a tad bit lazy. Anyone know of a good site for raw diet? I'm just curious about what kinds of foods, treats, etc. it involves and the reasoning, if any, behind it.

Dave, here are two of my favorite raw websites...

http://www.rawfeddogs.net/
http://www.rawlearning.com/


Feel free to ask any questions. I'm fairly new to raw and haven't been able to feed raw in a while due to lack of time, but If I can't answer I am sure someone else could.

By the way, you MUST post some pictures of your Presa!

Kay

[borzoimom]

I'm sure I could find one somewhere, but I'm a tad bit lazy. Anyone know of a good site for raw diet? I'm just curious about what kinds of foods, treats, etc. it involves and the reasoning, if any, behind it.

http://www.barfworld.com/ Here is another good site. It explains the process. I have been feeding raw ( BARF ) for 19 years. I am only on a commercial kibble diet for a month because of health reasons, and making it easier to prepare for care takers of my dogs.
I can set up a diet if you wish. However I need to do this off line as it has to do with the age of the dogs, the weight, the type of breed etc. There are rules of thumb here- adults 2 percent body weight broken over two meals and puppies meaning not full grown at 5 percent then down to 3 percent to 2 percent body weight. It sounds complicated at first, but I am pretty sure I could set you up with a raw diet that is not hard to do.