Dog Food Rant-

[Catlady711]

Let me see if I have this correct, they fed their dog table scraps one time and it died? What table scaps did the dog get?

I just don't get it. What did they feed the dog for it to just die like that?

That poor dog and that poor family. They must have felt guilty.

Both dogs didn't die immediately after eating this stuff, they got sick and just went downhill fast. All the lab work kept looking worse and worse every day.

In the case of the one dog it was fed sausage, I can't remember if it was raw or cooked though.

In the case of the second dog I wasn't there the day it came in for diagnosis, I'm unsure if it was fed table food, or got into the garbage with the table food.

Since I've worked there I've seen the following foods cause pancreatitis...
Sausage
Pizza
Turkey with gravy
Hamburger (like fast food kind)
basically anything spicy or fatty.

And yes just one time of feeding some of these things can cause pancreatitis, although not all pets die from this.

As for the diabetes most of those animals are overweight and have a diet high in fat, or many treats (including table scraps except for raw veggies).

Here are some links on pancreatitis that go into more detail about it.

Pancreatitis

CVM (College of Veterinary Medicine) - pancreatitis

Vetinfo.com - pancreatitis

[borzoimom]

ouch- sausage???? wow.. not good..

[elizabethann]

Yikes! I've fed Fenway pizza, turkey (without the gravy) and McDonald's burgers before!

Basically, he gets a pretty good diet but once in a great while, I will share some of my food (like the above).