Carrots for dogs?

[Cookiebaker]

My two love their baby carrots -- whenever I make Mark's lunch (which isn't very often) they always come begging because they know that at the end there is a carrot handout when I am done.

[Jessika]

Oh of course! I give mine baby carrots sometimes as treats! They love them

[Muddy4paws]

Thanks everyone, Ive noticed everyone saying baby carrots the ones we buy are the big ones and i would cut it in half and give them half each is that ok?

I know this is going to sound so bad because I SHOULD know but is much starch bad? I dont puree them either I just chop them in half with the ends cut off and rinse them and feed them to the dogs

[areias]

Not too sure on the starch, but carrots are great as a low-calorie treat. I often recommend stuff like that to people with overweight pets as an alternative to high calorie beef bones and such.

[*future vet*]

Before we had Fuji, her owners said she loved to snack on carrots, I haven't tried them yet myself, though.

[elizabethann]

My Niece feeds one of her pugs carrots as a treat.

[Kater]

They are a good lo-cal treat. As whole, uncooked pieces they go through the GI pretty undigested (as others have said). So the dog enjoys a crunchy treat, but really does not get many calories out of it. The insoluble fiber (cellulose) prevents much starch absorption, so they are lo-cal for dogs. Now, the same is not true for say...rabbits....

Anyway, the vet I work with recommends them all the time for the pudgier canines. She also recommends unbuttered, unsalted, air-popped popcorn. Both are fine in moderation.

Big carrots cut in half are fine as long as they are chewed adequately.