Posted by headachequeen on October 11, 2004, at 17:46:45
In reply to Re: ham skin....and a box of dead hair, posted by Larry Hoover on October 11, 2004, at 16:29:34
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> The issue is the salt and fat that we humans tend to crave. Neither is good for a dog.
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> If you've ever had wild game, you know that there is precious little fat. Fat really irritates a dog's digestive tract, and can trigger pancreatitis because the fat puts the pancreas into overdrive producing digestive enzymes. The enzymes end up digesting the dog's own pancreas. Salt just puts a dog into physiological stress. The combination can make him sick.
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> You're right that occasional treats aren't likely to do harm. Just watch that the size of the treat itself is not too large.
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> Larabsolutely and amen... if treats of the ham or other fatty meats are small they should not harm the dog...
in my case, I gave my favourite, remembering all my dogs are equal LOL, a meal of turkey with no skin of course remembering all the warnings from the nutritional experts, and he was so ill just hours later...
as a result he ended up with what I can only remember now, thank you all you idiot doctors who keep cutting back on the anti-seizure meds because you think it is too much never thinking about the agonies that the victim has to live with, as chronic pancreatitis...
and it is vicious...
it almost killed him a couple of times...led me to some research through the agriculture Canada sites and then I found out that what I thought was a diet food was anything but...
all that sodium and fat...
dear heaven...
might as well eat chocolate bars and be done with it sigh....
kat
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