Comments on: Is Your Dog Chewing Too Much?

By: hannah

hannah — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:13:57 +0000

hello there i have 2 and black labs one will never come back when you call them even with bic when i finsh the walk my dog play fights all the time at the end when we whant them to go though the gate .the over dog is a puppy and she will chewing do u no why

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:53:11 +0000

Hi Stephanie,

I too have heard that you should never give dogs people food. Having said that though, everything in my dog treat & food recipe ebooks is able to be eaten by humans. There is no special dog mix that humans can’t eat.

However, everytime I open the dog’s tin food, I never once think that I would like to eat that.

No wonder dogs are always jumping up on the kitchen table. (down boy, down)

Now, I am not a Vet and I have heard that dogs don’t digest certain foods very well. But just like any animal, including humans, if you eat the wrong foods and don’t exercise you will put on fat. Although I have always found it hard to find cellulite under all that fur.

My recommendation Stephanie always is that you should speak to your Vet. However I personally feed my dog the pizza crusts. I always make sure that Fred’s deposits are normal and not too runny. And I always make sure he is getting lots of excercise.

Best of luck and keep on cooking up yummy dog food rather than that boring old tin food.

By: STEPHANIE TURNER

STEPHANIE TURNER — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:29:06 +0000

My friend has a German Shepherd. He was told not to give it any people food. The dog is around 8months old. Should he never give it people food such as pizza crust? Let me know.

I have a sheltie that is 8 yrs. old. She now has fat deposits. Is there anyway to help her from getting more? Thanks

By: Lynette

Lynette — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:00:45 +0000

My trainer suggested Deep Heat. It works a dream, my puppy now knows that the smell means a bad taste. The only difficulty is you need to reapply on a regular basis, every couple of days.

By: Lisa Pallardy

Lisa Pallardy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:16:23 +0000

Great info, Justin!

Woof!
~Lisa
http://www.Barktalk.com

By: Laura B.

Laura B. — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:04:48 +0000

I know how it is to have an anxious and chewing dog. I adopted one from a rescue group. The poor dog had a severe case of separation anxiety but she would also go and chew on electrical cords in another room when I was on the computer or doing other things. She was also one of those dogs that didn’t mind the bitter apple or tobasco. She actually seemed to like very spicy things, to my consternation and the delight of my husband who, though he would never admit it, loves to spoil animals by dropping tidbits from the table or throwing them and encouraging the dog to catch them in midair. (That’s a great game but not with our dinner!!) Anyway, we finally found a product that worked. I think it was called Bitter End. Whatever was in that stuff was awful! Being insatiably curious, my husband and I had to take just the tiniest taste of it. Big mistake! Guess the dog thought so too. She never chewed our things again. Even the possibility of having that nasty stuff again must have been enough to make her decide that toys really were better to chew on than our phone cords and cords to our electrical appliances.

I think there is some controversy about the whole rawhide thing. I was told by my guide dog trainers that giving my dogs rawhide could cause diarrhea. But when a friend gave one of my dogs a rawhide chew as a Christmas gift one year, I decided to risk it. This particular dog had an iron stomach anyway, which is almost a prerequisite for any living creature in Texas. But I was wondering if others had had that trouble with diarrhea related to rawhide?

Thanks for reading. I wish the best for all of you and your dogs.

Laura