We are looking after my in-laws two dalmatians for a few days. My father-in-law feeds them either pasta, chicken & vegetables or rice, chicken-necks and vegetables in the evening, and pellets or pasta with wet dog food in the morning.
I am thinking that pasta can't be very nutriotional for them, as it is just empty carbohydrates, and that potatoes or sweet potatoes would be a better alternative.
Are there any nutrional experts out there, or someone who can...
A: there are alot of human foods that are toxic and can poison a dog...
here is a list of foods to avoid:
1. Pear pips, the kernels of plums, peaches and apricots, apple core pips (contain cyanogenic glycosides resulting in cyanide poisoning)
2.Potato peelings and green looking potatoes
3. Rhubarb leaves
4. Moldy/spoiled foods
5. Alcohol
6. Yeast dough
7. Coffee grounds, beans & tea (caffeine)
8. Hops (used in home brewing)
9....
Comments: 3
Only if you specially trained them. Dogs have natural instincts that let them hear and smell things that are far away. They would probably eat whatever they can find. Garbage, animals, nuts, or berries. Depends where you live. If you live near the woods, there might be bears and wolves that might attack the dog.
these dogs are great for finding food. I know a lady with abt 30 and she hardlys feeds them. they will eat anything they can. if the have a runt they eat that to.
i have seen deers, bears and cows around tghem and did nothing. good luck
Paintdr has been snifing fumes. that is mostly bad info. This breed was created in europe to guard cariages so they have great stamina and agressive traits. they couldn't be expected to last long in the wild but coyotes arn't a threat to any large dog as the willy coyote won't risk injury for food since his backstabing family won't waste food by sharing it with the injured.