Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 I would LOVE to have recipes for dog food (or cat food)!! I'm sure others would too; I dont think anyone would have a problem with them being posted here once, rather than you having to send individual emails. I think many health conscious people with pets also want their pets to eat well - should anyway. Like we say on my other group: Read the subject line; if it doesn't interest you, delete it LOL My plight with pet food started after I almost lost one of my girls to liver damage of an " unknown origin " . Even though she is a " toy " breed, she had been very healthy and quite muscular for her size (her best 4-legged friend is our German Shepherd and they grew up together and play HARD). When she got sick, my vet said she must have gotten into something toxic, but we turned the house upside down and inside out and the most " toxic " thing Tobi would have eaten was the contents of the litter box!!! LOL To make a long story short, she got better and I got lax. When she got sick again, she was totally jaundiced and her liver was almost non functional. About that time I accidentally stumbled across an article about what all kinds of poison go into the very same foods I have been feeding both dogs and our 3 cats. It really SCARED me!!! I gathered up every morsel of pet food in the house and put it in the trash - of course, while my 5 little girls stood around like " what are we going to eat NOW?? " All I could do is hold them and cry; I felt like I had been poisoning my babies!! Unfortunately, being unemployed, I cannot afford the best & really expensive pet foods, but I do my best & try to feed myself and my hubby cheaply to compensate. My canine girls love my gruel, but they do get tired of the same ol thing. One cat goes NUTS for it; the other 2 need more variety. And my hubby wont eat in the house while I cooking it, or after. I know I need to do better by them than I am, so any recipes & food tips would certainly be appreciated!! I try to get them to eat fresh fruits and veggies - someone recommended grapes, so I bought LOTS on sale - and the cats think they are toys, the dogs dont know what to think. Of course, Tobi is now on a daily dose of Milk Thistle (my vet consulted with a nutritionist to get the right " doggie dosage " ), something I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone who has pets that have been eating Purina, etc. It really isn't that expensive and is readily available with other herbal supplements. I have a couple of recipes, but not much variety, and no veg ones. I was using organ meats mixed with all the other " stuff " , but after almost burning my house down one night with a pot on the stove that just happened to have pork liver in it (cooking their " gruel " at 3 a.m.), I cant bring myself to do it too much anymore. Dont know if anyone has ever inhaled the stench and smoke from pork liver, but you wont soon forget it. Even after several months, I still think I smell it at times!! LOL Of course, NO pork liver will EVER cross this threshold again!! So, now that you know what a horribly negligent " mom " I am, any help you could send my way my girls will be most grateful!! LOL Thanks, Vivian ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Past Is History And The Future is a Mystery But Today Is a Gift... That's why they call it the PRESENT! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Vivian I don't know who you're replying to but I posted the recipe for Frosty Paws, but it's a treat, not regular food. I applaud you for doing the best for your furkids. I am attaching the Whole Dog Journal's list of top 10 foods plus the list of ingredients in dog food & what they are. I have researched dog food for 15 yrs. now & I concur with them. Vcw97 wrote: I would LOVE to have recipes for dog food (or cat food)!! I'm sure others would too; I dont think anyone would have a problem with them being posted here once, rather than you having to send individual emails. I think many health conscious people with pets also want their pets to eat well - should anyway. Like we say on my other group: Read the subject line; if it doesn't interest you, delete it LOL My plight with pet food started after I almost lost one of my girls to liver damage of an "unknown origin". Even though she is a "toy" breed, she had been very healthy and quite muscular for her size (her best 4-legged friend is our German Shepherd and they grew up together and play HARD). When she got sick, my vet said she must have gotten into something toxic, but we turned the house upside down and inside out and the most "toxic" thing Tobi would have eaten was the contents of the litter box!!! LOL To make a long story short, she got better and I got lax. When she got sick again, she was totally jaundiced and her liver was almost non functional. About that time I accidentally stumbled across an article about what all kinds of poison go into the very same foods I have been feeding both dogs and our 3 cats. It really SCARED me!!! I gathered up every morsel of pet food in the house and put it in the trash - of course, while my 5 little girls stood around like "what are we going to eat NOW??" All I could do is hold them and cry; I felt like I had been poisoning my babies!! Unfortunately, being unemployed, I cannot afford the best & really expensive pet foods, but I do my best & try to feed myself and my hubby cheaply to compensate. My canine girls love my gruel, but they do get tired of the same ol thing. One cat goes NUTS for it; the other 2 need more variety. And my hubby wont eat in the house while I cooking it, or after. I know I need to do better by them than I am, so any recipes & food tips would certainly be appreciated!! I try to get them to eat fresh fruits and veggies - someone recommended grapes, so I bought LOTS on sale - and the cats think they are toys, the dogs dont know what to think. Of course, Tobi is now on a daily dose of Milk Thistle (my vet consulted with a nutritionist to get the right "doggie dosage"), something I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone who has pets that have been eating Purina, etc. It really isn't that expensive and is readily available with other herbal supplements. I have a couple of recipes, but not much variety, and no veg ones. I was using organ meats mixed with all the other "stuff", but after almost burning my house down one night with a pot on the stove that just happened to have pork liver in it (cooking their "gruel" at 3 a.m.), I cant bring myself to do it too much anymore. Dont know if anyone has ever inhaled the stench and smoke from pork liver, but you wont soon forget it. Even after several months, I still think I smell it at times!! LOL Of course, NO pork liver will EVER cross this threshold again!! So, now that you know what a horribly negligent "mom" I am, any help you could send my way my girls will be most grateful!! LOL Thanks, Vivian ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Past Is History And The Future is a Mystery But Today Is a Gift... That's why they call it the PRESENT! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 Just a FYI on the grapes. Be careful about quantities. Here's some info: Subject: [2pooches] Fwd: Re: [CKCshowdogs] WARNING!! Beware of excess Raisins andGrapes!! Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 14:55:25 -0700 Wendy >Re: [CKCshowdogs] WARNING!! Beware of excess Raisins andGrapes!! Here is the one I was waiting for - it was the next after yours. >Yes Wendy please go ahead..actually this wasn't my dog it happened too..I >got this >from a lady who had experienced this tragedy..with instructions to please >forward..to as many lists and people as I wanted too..in hopes of averting a >similar tradgedy..so go right ahead:>)) Darlene > >Wendy wrote: > > > At 04:13 PM 1/29/01 -0600, you wrote: > > > > May I have permission to forward the Raisin post on to someone on > another list? > > > > >McGee died of a RAISIN OVERDOSE. Three days ago, he ate 18 ounces of > > >raisins > > >which > > >were sitting on the > > >coffee table. He loved raisins, and he would sit politely waiting for > > >his turn > > >while > > >my two rabbits > > >begged for their raisin treats. The overdose caused renal (kidney) > > >failure > > >which in > > >turn caused an > > >unusually high concentration of calcium in his blood. The veterinarian > > >originally > > >suspected rat poison. > > >He vomited repeatedly and by the second day, he could not walk. He died > > > > > >at the > > >Metropolitan Emergency > > >Animal Clinic in Rockville, Maryland with me and one of his other human > > >housemates at > > >his side. > > > > > >MCGEE'S DEATH IS THE FIRST DOCUMENTED CASE OF RAISIN/GRAPE TOXICITY IN > > >MARYLAND. > > >Please help me to > > >spread the word!!!!. As much as veterinarians warn us about chocolate > > >and > > >anti-freeze, your veterinarian > > >MAY NOT KNOW about raisin and grape toxicity. Tell your fellow dog > > >owners > > >(especially those who keep > > >raisins for their rabbits), newsletters, breeders, pet food stores, > > >rescue > > >groups, > > >your veterinarian, and > > >anyone else you can think of. And if your dog eats a lot of raisins or > > >grapes > > >and > > >begins vomiting, get > > >him to the animal hospital IMMEDIATELY, and treat it like as seriously > > >as any > > >other > > >poison overdose. > > > > > >McGee's body has been donated to the National Center for Poison Control > > >for an > > >autopsy. I hope that his > > >sacrifice will help bring awareness to dog owners everywhere. I would > > >like to > > >thank > > >Doctor Carole Foster > > >and Doctor Deborah Weiss and the rest of the staff at the Metropolitan > > >Emergency > > >Animal Clinic for their > > >help and compassion during my friend's last days. > > > > > >I am forwarding this with permission..please read..My dogs love rasins > > >and grapes..but beware of too many!! Darlene > > > Wendy JJ wrote: > eat fresh fruits and veggies - someone recommended grapes, so I > bought LOTS > on sale - and the cats think they are toys, the dogs dont know > what to think. If you cut the grapes in half, they are less likely to play with them. I don't know why, but this seems to work for us! JJ contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 > eat fresh fruits and veggies - someone recommended grapes, so I > bought LOTS > on sale - and the cats think they are toys, the dogs dont know > what to think. If you cut the grapes in half, they are less likely to play with them. I don't know why, but this seems to work for us! JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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