advice please

happy Christmas to everyone

Stan is 5 months old now and we where going to give him a small amount of turkey ,but just been told that turkey is poisonous to dogs is this true ?

regards tonghamphil

It's not true. It stems from the fact that an unusually large amount of fat can make a dog sick if it's already predisposed for pancreatitis. Around the holidays many will give their dogs lots of turkey skin/gravy and so on and if it's already predisposed they can get very ill but a little is always fine and if the dog is used to fatty foods it's nothing to worry about at all (however too much fat can always give them cannon butt!).

thanks for your reply

we thought as much so we will give him a Christmas dinner

thanks tonghamphil

Moo has her own christmas dinner

Happy Christmas Xx

turkey is fine for your doggie..it is ham you have to be careful of feeding a dog.

Not that I give mine ham, but what is the worry with it Vanessa?

I think it is all the salt and preservatives in it..a vet was talking on the radio yesterday morning and said whatever you do, don't feed ham to your dog over xmas.

vanessa wrote:

I think it is all the salt and preservatives in it..a vet was talking on the radio yesterday morning and said whatever you do, don't feed ham to your dog over xmas.

That makes sense as it is very salty. I know processed ham is full of preservatives.

turkey and yorkshire puddings for our 2. did stan enjoy his turkey

he has just had his dinner did not touch the sides so i would say he loved it lol

Dogalogs88 wrote:

vanessa wrote:

I think it is all the salt and preservatives in it..a vet was talking on the radio yesterday morning and said whatever you do, don't feed ham to your dog over xmas.

That makes sense as it is very salty. I know processed ham is full of preservatives.

Yes, ham & bacon shouldn't be given to dogs, they're far too salty. A small amount I would think would be ok, but I personally don't give any at all.

Not much chance of that in our house anyway with a 23 year old stepson. I kept asking "what do you want for Xmas?" and I'd get "Ham" as the answer.
I kept getting visions in my head of a 23yr old out on the back lawn chewing his ham bone, at the same time Kita & Izzy were chewing their bones. Would have made a great photo

I gave ours the last few prawns as we'd all had enough, they didn't touch the sides either.

Turkeys a great meal for dogs, just dont give him all the trimming that come with it...

I didn't realis ham is bad for dogs. You learn something new everyday on here

Billy had his own Christmas dinner, he dosent like brussells

Tinkerbell also left her sprouts!

Thank goodness he smells enough already

my 2 loved their Christmas dinner, Bella inhales her turkey, blink and it's gone I didn't offer them any sprouts, even the thought of after effects from Bella made my eyes water

I had told the oh not to give her sprouts as she smells like a sewer anyway! But he sneaked them in, so glad tinkerbell left them though!

Tinkerbell and Billy should eat their greens!!

vanessa wrote:
Tinkerbell and Billy should eat their greens!!

Funnily enough she doesn't eat peas either, she eats around them in her bowl. Strange dog!!!

Dempsey loves sprouts - but raw only, he won't touch em if they're cooked!

maybe Dempsey and Jethro are related as Jethro LOVES raw broccolli..I am sure he would probably like sprouts then too!