Dog Food Rant-

[dukedogsmom]

Of the dogs/cats that come in to our hospital with diabetes and pancreatitis 99% of them are fed table scraps. Just ask our 2 most recent clients who lost their dogs to pancreatitis from feeding table scraps just ONE TIME! Type of food and fequency does make a serious difference.

Duke almost died from it. He spent a week at the vet. After that, no more table scraps. I guess it depends on what they're being fed, too. This was gravy from meat.

[Glacier]

I guess it depends on what they're being fed, too. This was gravy from meat.

Sometimes food is irrelavant in pancreatitis. Preacher had two near fatal bouts with it; Paxil and Earle both had life threatening acute attacks that have settled into chronic pancreatitis. None of them had eaten anything high fat or outside of their normal diet preceeding the initial attack. It can just happen. Heyoka has counter-surfed whole pounds of butter and never developed anything negative!

[jackie]

borzoimom,

How you say something is as important as what you say.

Your first post might have had loads of information, but I can't get beyond the first 4 or 5 points. The all-caps and bolded words make it read like a chain email, and distracts from what you are say.

Not a bash, just for future reference.

[borzoimom]

borzoimom,

How you say something is as important as what you say.

Your first post might have had loads of information, but I can't get beyond the first 4 or 5 points. The all-caps and bolded words make it read like a chain email, and distracts from what you are say.

Not a bash, just for future reference.

Its my writing and triggered by something I do not care to discuss right now. And yes I know- not a bash. Hopefully I will not have another episode that triggered this one. .. It was just that- a rant..

[lizbud]

borzoimom,

How you say something is as important as what you say.

Your first post might have had loads of information, but I can't get beyond the first 4 or 5 points. The all-caps and bolded words make it read like a chain email, and distracts from what you are say.

Not a bash, just for future reference.

The initial post makes little sense. People in a wild rage never make good
sense. It's been called "going postal", I think. The build up to this rant was
created in another thread.

[borzoimom]

The initial post makes little sense. People in a wild rage never make good
sense. It's been called "going postal", I think. The build up to this rant was
created in another thread.

No- it didn't come from another thread- .. It came from an event- two of them actually during my day.

[critter crazy]

All I know is that just because people do things differently does not make them wrong! It also does not mean that they love their pets any less. You cannot just attack people just because you think they are wrong. to each their own! I dont understand why this has to be such a huge argument! Just because some people choose to feed their dogs kibble does not make them a horrible pet owner. I dont understand why people just cannot accept this.

[caseysmom]

All I know is that just because people do things differently does not make them wrong! It also does not mean that they love their pets any less. You cannot just attack people just because you think they are wrong. to each their own! I dont understand why this has to be such a huge argument! Just because some people choose to feed their dogs kibble does not make them a horrible pet owner. I dont understand why people just cannot accept this.

Amen!

[borzoimom]

All I know is that just because people do things differently does not make them wrong! It also does not mean that they love their pets any less. You cannot just attack people just because you think they are wrong. to each their own! I dont understand why this has to be such a huge argument! Just because some people choose to feed their dogs kibble does not make them a horrible pet owner. I dont understand why people just cannot accept this.

I am not saying do not feed kibble- I am saying know what you are feeding etc.And do your own research.

[Ceph]

hey....werent we drinking last time I was here?

[NicoleLJ]

All I know is that just because people do things differently does not make them wrong! It also does not mean that they love their pets any less. You cannot just attack people just because you think they are wrong. to each their own! I dont understand why this has to be such a huge argument! Just because some people choose to feed their dogs kibble does not make them a horrible pet owner. I dont understand why people just cannot accept this.

Exactly what I posted and my feelings exactly.
Nicole

[Ceph]

I would love some....I had mmmm good college dining hall food.....

[pitc9]

Heyoka has counter-surfed whole pounds of butter and never developed anything negative!

Ewwww!!! BUTTER!! Crazy Dog! Go for the Meat!! The MEAT I tell you!

I feed Pro Plan Sensitive Skin & Stomach, after trying TONS of foods this was the one that worked for Sierra. (I figured out it was a poultry allergy)
Then along came Buddy and he gets the same thing.
It's not the best food in the world but
#1 I could be feeding them Gravy Train
#2 it works for my dogs & they are healthy

Over the years my parents GSD mix Toby has polished off the following with out suffering major consequences:
Entire box of choclate covererd cherries
1 pound bag peanut M&M's
2 pound summer sausage (plastic shrink wrap and all)
Boxes of cookies that my dad left in the living room
And she will be 13 years old on April 1st.

[dukedogsmom]

Ewwww!!! BUTTER!! Crazy Dog! Go for the Meat!! The MEAT I tell you!

I agree. That's one crazy dog! You know, I had originally typed in that I thought it depended on the dog, too. Dasher gets a little people food. Though it's evident that whomever had him before fed it to him all the time. He loves to share my popcorn

[IRescue452]

Autumn's eaten a whole pound bag of m&m's as well. Thankfully she made it outside before throwing up. I'll never forget the smell of m&m puke. She threw up pretty much the whole pound. She got into a metal container and open the sealed plastic bag to get them.