Comments on: Pup-peroni dog treats.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:35:14 +0000

Thanks Darcie, Did you want me to send an email to Jill? Sorry I was so spastic in my first email. I was pretty nutso after getting the news about my little boy. Especially after already knowing about his mother. I would be interested in hearing about the tea from the vet in Kansas City! Let me know if you were trying to tell me to send the email. Sometimes I just don’t get the message! heeheehee Thanks, Karen

Dear Karen, Yes, go ahead and email Jill. She’s quite a gal. – Darcie

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:51:53 +0000

Darcie If you are still doing your website, I have a question. We recently found out that one of our Miniature Pinschers has Kidney Disease. It is pretty severe and we do not know what is causing it. The doctors don’t know either. We have not done an ultrasound yet or a biopsy but we have done multiple blood test. After reading some of your follower’s emails, I agree with making my kids food for them especially after the problem that occurred with the wheat gluten from China a few years ago. We stopped buying dog food right then and there. But we continued to give our kids treats when they used the litter box to encourage them. The treats were Pup-peroni’s. Now I am concerned because we just found out that one of our other kids has Kidney Disease. I am beside myself. A little over a year ago, the third kid came to live with us and he was eating what was supposed to be the best food on the market. It is Green Cow. He ate it mixed with another good food, Solid Gold Mini Bites. So I decided to feed the other kids the same thing. They all enjoyed it. So I gave them the Green Cow mixed with Mini Bites, brown rice and a third of a hamburger, that I “George Forman” grilled every night. Then about 6 months ago is when we found out the oldest kid, which is the actual Mom of the other 2 kids, had Kidney Disease. I don’t know what to feed them any more. The Mom is eating Science Diet K/D food now and is on severe meds but after last night her test results were worse. I don’t want to loose any one of my kids but one of them we have had since he was born and I will be a basket case if I loose him because I could not find the problem and fix it. We know where all the other children are from the original birth so we are going to call them and have them do a test on the kids to make sure they do not have Kidney Disease since it can be genetic. But does anyone have any experience with this disease and know what might be the problem or what I can do? Please!!! Karen,

Dear Karen, If your dogs were mine, they would be eating raw food. I haven’t looked at Green Cow, I don’t carry the other brands you mentioned. Processed foods generally cause this disease and the lower the quality like some brands you’ve named…it gets proven over and over again. There is a vet in Kansas City (sorry, I haven’t met her yet and don’t know her name, she’s holistic) uses a tea for dogs who have kidney disease. The dogs are getting well on better quality foods and her tea. Let me plug a friend of mine, she might know this vet.

Jill at Prairie Skies http://www.prairiek9.com/

Good luck and if you find something, tell us! Thanks. – Darcie

By: Lina

Lina — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:28:01 +0000

I finally got the message across to our family members that the crappy treats listed above are not allowed for our dogs. Myself growing up on. “farm” if you will, have way more experience and knowledge of dogs and just animals in general compared to people who have very little dog exposure so it was hard to get them to understand why allllll the grocery store items were bad. I am very glad to be a part of this blog and thank you all for the tios and insight.
Lina

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:41:49 +0000

When that dog food scare came out that killing all these dogs, I got on the internet and started researching…I ask my vet about what I was feeding my dogs and how healthy it was for them…him being a nutritionist said most shelf dog foods and treats were no good for your animals regardless of who made it…like Sue said if you can’t eat it then why feed it to something you love so much…I found it less money and heatlhier for my dogs if I cook their food and treats…my vet said that they put so much crap in the food and treats until it would make your pet sick..I told him what I was cooking for them and he said it was better for them..he gave me several things to add to it…as far as minerals and vitamins…my dogs never have allergies or hair loss…seizures and their poop doesn’t even smell…you want to know how bad your dog food is smell their poop if it stinks it isn’t any good for them… Cooking for your dogs is also a way to get a lot of veggies in their diet…plus minerals they need..I have a toy poodle that constantly had yeast infections in her ears regardless of the meds I put in them..my vet said add a tablespoon of plain lowfat yogurt to her food..to cleared up the ears and also the eye seepage…I wish I could encourage more people to cook for their animals..you would have less vet bills…. Rebecca

Dear Readers, I’ve been saying it for years. Read all about it right here at The Dish by Darcie. – Darcie

By: Sue Clarke

Sue Clarke — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:40:44 +0000

Hi Darcy,
I went to the animal shelter last July, and got a labradane, 1/2 lab 1/2 great dane. When we got him home I started to do a lot of reserch on dog food and treats. The reason, I bought some so called premium dog food at the store, his coat dulled and he would throw up his food shortly after eating. Now, I cook for Barky and make his cookie treats myself. I don’t buy dog food or treats. My saying is “If I can’t eat it, neither can my dog” My plea is that you get more people to read the lables, tell them what they are feeding their pets! Thank you for all your work.
Best Regards,
Sue Clarke Barky too

By: C Crowley

C Crowley — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:09:10 +0000

All this sort of stuff is why I went to a raw diet 10 years ago. IMO, if it’s not ‘fit for human consumption’ then it’s not good for my dogs either. I also try to make their dog cookies myself, although when things get busy, sometimes I can’t keep up. But there are good commercial treats available for those times!