\u2018Food glorious food cold carrot and yoghurt\u2026\u2019 Mum tells me off if I sing too much and to be fair, Shadow is the real singer in the family. Anyway, given that Alfie is taking a break I thought I\u2019d talk about one of my favourite subjects \u2013 food. Now, I know we are often accused of eating anything and to be honest, it\u2019s fair comment, I do. However, it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s all good for us. Just like humans there are things that are better for us than others. I know most humans don\u2019t pay a lot of attention to what is actually good for them and Mum is a case in point! But she does try to consider what we eat in an attempt to keep us healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One thing it\u2019s important for any dog to get across to its human is that just because a food is ok for the human to eat does not mean it is ok for us. Oh I know Mum thinks of us as her children and the same goes for many of you, but we do actually digest some things differently. If you are ever considering giving us human food it\u2019s really important to check that it won\u2019t be toxic for us. I sometimes think maybe more dog than human as many of the things that are bad for us are toxic to her too, but that\u2019s another story. One of the common mistakes humans make is giving us things with onion in. Half the time they don\u2019t even realise. It\u2019s easy here as Mum is allergic to onion, but did you know that virtually all gravy, human sausages, and anything with stock in it (like soup) contains onion and can make us ill?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a more positive note, like humans there are foods that will do us good. Some of them are the same things that are good for you, which is nice, until we steal your food! The lovely people at topdogtips.com<\/a> have put together the infographic below to tell you about some of the things that are food for us. I\u2019ll leave you with it while I work out how to add things to Mum\u2019s shopping delivery order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just one point before I do. Please only give us yoghurt that does NOT contain the additive xylitol. That is a sweetener which can be fatal to us. If in doubt we\u2019ll skip the yoghurt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a great day<\/p>\n\n\n\n Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a9 2018 Rosemary J. Kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n All site content is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without written permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"19](\"https:\/\/topdogtips.com\/img\/Superfoods-for-Dogs.jpg\")
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