Carrots for 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.

[Karen]

Our first St. Bernard, Freckles, adored cooked carrots. If we had them with our dinner, she'd park herself at my right elbow and give me her saddest, droopiest eyes until I gave in.

[Muddy4paws]

Our first St. Bernard, Freckles, adored cooked carrots. If we had them with our dinner, she'd park herself at my right elbow and give me her saddest, droopiest eyes until I gave in.

I would of handed over my plate lol

Thanks everyone!

[BC_MoM]

Mickey will do ANYTHING for a carrot!!
Molly would too, but she can't chew them.