Is It OK to Give a Dog Milk or Dairy Products?

Go with wellness just for puppy…a little pricey, but whats cost to the life of your puppy? Besides, it will save money in long run forbpreventive illnesses due to lack of proper protein and vitamins

Even something simple like kennel cough can turn serious, so it’s a good idea to have your vet tell you what signs to look for that an illness is getting worse.

I would get him to the vet. Has he been in a situation where he’s been around a lot of other dogs recently (dog park, obedience class, kennel, etc.?) or has he recently been vaccinated for kennel cough? It’s possible he could have picked up kennel cough through a vaccine or from another dog. It may be nothing but it would be best to get your vet’s opinion.

My dog also loves dairy products too. She will get moody with us if we forget to give her some milk late at night before we go to bed.
It is better to keep to a healthy amount for her size and general health (consult with your vet), but she shouldn’t be going hungry. Saying that, some dogs are just naturally really greedy – often seems to be linked with how dominant they were within the puppy litter.
As an idea from one dog lover to another, my dog’s favourite meal is fresh homemade meaty (with skin but boneless – sorry, that means you need to stick your hands in slimey chicken) chicken stock and cold over-cooked pasta. She is always satisfied after eating that.

are you mentally retarded ?

Hi DogLover5353 –

Please read the Dr. Mike’s detailed review on Purina One and research the ingredients: http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/purina-one-smartblend/ . Vets don’t always give the best nutritional advice. If you’re going to feed Purina one I’d suggest at least checking out Purina One Beyond.

Purina One! it works great and our vet recommended it for our puppy!

i noticed my dog really likes begging for cheese,milk, and ice cream….vanilla of course. everyone knows chocolate is poison to dogs!anyway, I also noticed she beggs for it more than other food, like chiken and other meats.when i give her milk she loves it. i pour it come back in a minute and its GONE. same with her food. its like she was starving! should i give her more or less food? i give her ice cream on special ocasions ONLY.

Obviously, driven by motives of profit and greed/palatal lusts, we are breaking the intent of Nature by stealing another creatures milk designed for their babies. And of course, Nature is not mocked, therefore milk of cows turns to poison in the body of man and canine. Regardless of what so called experts say, who have something to gain [if only the blinding of the people to base cruelties] we have full hospitals and mental illness. Consequences of actions, cause and effect.

Bet you would not like to be denied your first food substance from your mother. Do unto others ……

The land taken by these backwards practices deny us human foods.

Udderly ridiculous….

What nutrional benefit does dairy provide if the can tolerate it? Best stick to premium biscuits for nutrional benefit and dental assistance.

read the article again, and if you still don’t know give the dog away to someone with a 3-digit IQ.

Brendan, Not all dogs have the ability to digest all the things you say they eat. There’s a difference. My Boxer loves all the things you mentioned, plus stones (. This has presented him with some serious digestive issues. Your dogs should be watched and if after you give them anything new, dairy included and, their behavior, demeanor, temperament changes then STOP! It’s up to you, as the owner, to exercise good judgement in the absence of your dogs ability to do so.

Sugars are carbohydrates which are certainly nutrients.

I believe this article is right on the mark. Something kept making my little Westie sick and give her excessive diarrhea. Could not figure it out. Finally, I noticed this occurred every time I gave her I gave her Kong Puppy Paste in her Kong. I did not do it very often, so that’s why it did not occur to me. The first and main ingredient in that stuff is “milk”. Quite frankly, there are so many other items you can put in a Kong there is really no reason to use this product. That said, I will not be using this product in the future. People should be made aware of the fact that this products main ingredient is milk, then whey. It surprises me that they would do this knowing that lactose intolerance is a problem with many dogs.

I feed my buddy a milk and after that he suffered from a diarrhea. What should I do?? pls help me

Hi, Shawna;
It’s always nice to meet a fellow electricians wife. Well, you are not going to believe it, I was giving her a little of chocolate when I had some. Like brownies. That’s not all of course I made sure we always fed her Ceaser puppy food. We still do! I felt that that was a good choice for her. We had to feed her mother puppy food at the end of her pg., term My daughter has the mother and father and three of the siblines. She was telling me, oh, also my husband David that you are not suppose to feed dogs chocolate. I just thought that my daughter “was a know it all” and “my hubb didn’t was to share his brownies”. I know this sound so childish. But I never had a dog and I wanted to spoil her. Now I just want to make sure she don’t die on me or even suffer because she has a stup-it mommy. I’m glad I was able to meet you and appreciate what you and Hound Dog Mom has told us. Well, got to go, oh, by the way “I stoped giving her chocolate and anything with caffine”. She is doing better. By the way I am not sure how to pull up your pics., wished I could have seen your babbies. I will send you a picture of my baby girl soon. Bye for now and may “My God Jehovah bless you both”.

Hi Dav & Rock ~~ My hubby is an electrician too.  And we have 8 dogs total including 2 Poms, a Chihuahua and a Chihuahua/Poodle/Boston Terrier mix.

I agree with Hound Dog Mom!!  Not all “table scraps” are bad for dogs.  And a dogs intestines really aren’t that delicate.  They actually are much tougher then ours.. 

What types of food were you feeding her and was that in addition to a balanced dog food or instead of?

Below is a picture of several of my crew..

Help! I am a new mommy and my husband and I have falling in love with our new baby. She is half Pomeranian and Chiauhauh (?)-spelling on breed. Anyway Oh, my God I just found out that I was killing my baby because of my hard head. But I’m listening now. Please, help us learn to be as good of parents to her as we were to our daughter.

Question-how do we fix what I started. Feeding her off of my plate. I thought if it wont kill me it wont kill my baby. But now that we know that dogs intestines our so much more delicate than ours we want the best for her. I have this person tell me one thing and other tell me something else. How can I train her to eat what is best for her if there is so many different things to choose from?

Bad mommy

Plain, canned pumpkin is unique in that it helps both with constipation and loose stool. I give it to my dogs often… just because – it has lots of healthy nutrients. I always have several cans on hand . If you happen to have some already, it wouldn’t hurt just to get him a spoonful and let him lap it up. Otherwise, just give him A spoonful on top of his food. He’ll probably really like it and it’s amazing how much it helps.

What about TB?

My dogs all love raw milk and do just fine. I think the problem with milk and most dairy products – - for people and pets – - is when the milk is pasteurized. What you have is adulterated food after pasteurization. Pets should not be fed pasteurized milk. Feed raw milk only, straight from the cow or goat.

It’s hard to believe that a dog can eat the most vile of the vile – cat crap- but, can’t handle milk real good. My neighbours dog who is my buddy gets ice cream maybe once a week throughout the summer. I bite off some put it in my hand and she takes it from there ( I get 3 to her 1). Luckily, I guess, the amount she gets hasn’t produced any symptoms. I also found out through her initiative that she loved milk. I inadvertently held my glass down low while I was reading the paper. She pigged that like there was no tomorrow. She got about 3 oz., still no symptoms. She doesn’t get milk very often and it’s always just finishing what may be left in the glass.

I think dry dog food is good for the owners but so so for the dogs. It may say 30%+- protein but there should be a figure there that states % of usable protein. Rules state that for all animals, their food must have this amount of protein. It doesn’t stipulate that it all must be usable to the animal. Our dog gets raw meat regularly. A Canine isn’t a vegetarian although seeing ingredients on the dog food bags would make you think so.

I have a friend who has a St Bernard and after her search and study she makes her own dog food. If a person dedicates themselves, like she did, to finding out what a dog really needs, food wise, they’ll certainly look at the prepared dog food available now, in a different light.

My dog Koji loves drinking milk, I mean he loves it, everytime I make a cup of tea and he sees the milk he starts wagging his tail and licking his lips, I’d heard that most dogs were lactose intolerant and my dog has never showed any symptoms of this, but this has taken away some worry, since I’ve been told countless times that milk was bad and could hurt dogs. I give him a glass of milk in his bowl every 3 days or so, usually before he goes to bed, he seems to be calmer and cuddlier after his glass of milk

How bout lactose free milk? I hope no worries, cause Rollie just had about a quarter cup.

We have dairy cows and drink RAW milk. My wife was “lactose intolerant” until we started drinking our own milk (well… our cows’ milk) raw (“raw” = unpasteurized). In fact quite a number (every single person we know, in fact) that has severe reactions to processed/store-bought milk can drink raw milk without any problems.

Anyway, we have a large surplus of milk at times when we (my wife) are milking multiple cows. We give most of it away to family and friends, but our dogs get ~1-2 cups of raw milk, each, mixed in with their food at every feeding. We also put a raw egg (we have chickens, too) in each bowl as well. So, along with their dog food, they get raw milk and eggs. Each dog gets roughly one pint of raw milk and two raw eggs per day (one of the dogs steals her own eggs, so who knows how many she gets per day!).

We have experienced no issues with any of them, and we’re close to them. No bloating, no gas, no lethargy or other adverse reactions or behavior. Our vet says they’re perfectly healthy and to keep “doing what you’re doing.” Their coats are beautiful!

Granted, this is our experience, but our dogs are radically different breeds and ages and we have yet to experience any negative side effects from their *raw* milk consumption.

Perhaps it can be attributed to the same negative issue(s) surrounding human consumption of processed homogenized/pasteurized dairy products?

Hi Pshiffer,

Unfortunately, Dr. Harvey’s is a meatless premix dog food. So, due to the variability in the meat-based protein content unique to each custom mix, it’s impossible for me to assign a reliable rating to premix pet food products.

Thanks for taking the time to make this suggestion.

I can actually buy goat milk near me from the farm store (for people) that the dogs drink too but I also get Answers brand goat milk for the dogs sometimes.

My new puppy love a bit of milk with no bad reactions ,yet. Plan to check with vet at next visit. Thanks for your article..

 Ditto…

Dogs should never be given ice cream. And this on a website called “dogfoodadvisor” 

Hopefully no one is following this advice and giving their dogs ice cream and other foods that dogs have no business swallowing. 

I think that might be illegal.

punch your dad

My lab gets milk almost every day from my father and then she pukes green stuff it looks like Mt.Dew and he says oh it’s fine but I’m not stupid it’s bad I cry every time she pukes I just wish I could make her feel better!!!

Lactose is made of two pentoses!(glucose and sucrose, I think) It’s a disaccaride!!! ^_^

Is a slice of american cheese slices ok.  The kind that you would put on a grilled cheese sandwich

Try some canned pumpkin puree (two or three spoons) with his meals to firm it up.  Or psyllium powder.

no wonder my siberian has watery poop today… i gave him milk for 2 days now & i just notice today that its watery huhuhu ohmy what to do now…. 

grape is really bad for dogs. It is “toxic” to them. It can cause kidney disease.

You pup needs the protein. Yogurt is incomplete, as far as probiotics go. You’d be better off to give him a probiotic designed for dogs. The best one is on healthypets.mercola.com

IMO

Hi Kayaknal,

I completely agree with Shawna’s response to your question. So, because of the frequency of this type of issue, I hope you and Shawna don’t mind if I follow her comment with my own.

Chronic intestinal gas (flatulence) can be a problem for many dogs. And although gas can be a result of underlying disease states, most of the time it can be directly related to an animal’s diet.

Dogs are a lot like us humans. Each reacts to a specific food in its own unique way.

Thanks to an earlier contribution from one of our DFA regulars, one of the best peer-reviewed scientific articles on the subject I’ve come across was published in December 2001 in The Compendium by Dr. Phillip Roudebush from the Hill’s Science and Technology Center and is entitled, “Flatulence: Causes and Management Options”.

In this paper, the author concludes:

In general, aerophagia and dietary carbohydrate are the primary contributors to the volume of intestinal gas, whereas dietary protein contributes to the odoriferous gases.

In other words, swallowed air (aerophagia) and dietary carbs appear to cause excessive gas volume. And undigested protein is responsible for the “smelly” (rotten egg) kind of flatulence.

Hope this helps.

I was looking for an article on gas-producing ingredients in dry dog food, but this is the closest fit.  My situation: I have a 3-year-old male doberman that can clear a room fast with one of his gas bombs.  I feed him Taste of the Wild Wetlands formula dry food, and was wondering if there is/are any ingredients that could be contributing to this?  I am willing to switch dry foods as long as the protein and fat content is comparable to TOTW, because my dobie is high-energy and quickly burns off what he eats.

Hi Ms. Moore

Have you heard the warnings about grapes causing kidney disease?  (grapes and raisins that is)

There has been some mention that it is actually fluoride within the grapes that is the cause.  I don’t think however that they know for absolute sure what the cause is (its not the grape/raisin itself but something contaminating it).  So, some grapes may cause kd while others will not.  They do know that it can take ingesting only one contaminated grape however.

Obviously you have a reliable source for your grapes.  Be cautious if you ever have to purchase a different source ..

It may be annoying to you, but have you ever considered the fact that some of us are not as literate in writing tecnique as you may be? Even having a degree in English Writing I sometimes make mistakes in spelling, capitalization, colons, comas, parenthesis, etc. To key faster people just don’t hit ‘shift’. so lightin’ up nd don b such a perfectionist…

I’ve given my dogs (4) dairy products since puppyhood. The idea is not to over do it. When any one of them developes gas (I mean leave the room gas), I give each a tablespoon or two, depending on weight, of plain low-fat yogurt. For a treat I give them a small slice of Cheddar once a week. Other times they get “Milk Bones” after their last meal of the day. All of them eat slices of apple, pears, raw carrots, grapes, and on occasion, lettuce.  I own a collie mix 13 yrs., an American Standard Bulldog 5 yrs., a Boston Terrirer 16 mths., and a Hybrid (half canine, half Wolf), 1 yr. The article above is correct as to what dairy products can do to some canines, also according to my Vet. Just be careful and keep a close eye on your pet the first time you give them a dairy product.

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it helps so much i love you for this thanks <3 <3 <3

Thank you very much my Kudos loves a slice of cheese every morning he waits by the refig and loves to lick the stick after we have ice cream and of course no chocolate

Thank you , kind soul. Your article was most helpful and my dog thanks you from the bottom of his heart. 

Michelle,

They are both an alias.. Both are names from the TV show “The Office”. Michael Scott is the character played by Steve Carell..

dwight schrute, who are you talking to? Also, it is really annoying when someone doesn’t capitalize their name!

Carl, the better question might be “why would anyone give a dog soy milk?”. lol

Really, though, there is no health benefit that a dog would glean from soy milk. And as Mike said above, at least dairy products have very usable animal fat as opposed to plant-based fats which are less productive in a carnivore.

Might I also paraphrase Lewis Black; there is no such thing as soy milk, because there is no soy teats. It’s soy juice. But they don’t call it that, because when you say “soy juice”, it kind of make you want to throw up a little.

is it ok to give dogs soy milk? the pure one thanks

Gabby – Yes, goat’s milk is also extremely favourable to human skin applied directly. I use natural plain unscented goat’s milk soap which has proven skin healing properties. I shower with it every day and it helped clear up some dermatitis I had over a period of weeks.

I would imagine that you may even benefit your dog by applying raw goat’s milk on a daily basis, directly on the areas of your dog’s skin that has allergies, and rub it over liberally, and see how that goes. You never know, it may just help.

Our local organic pet store had recommended goat’s milk as a remedy for dog food allergies. My bulldog had some pretty bad skin allergies and was thinking about trying it. Has anyone heard anything about goat’s milk and the effects it has on dogs?

I give my dog kefir milk from homemade kefir grain’s.he now has no problem with dairy although use semi skimmed pasturised milk. ;(

Why thank you Shameless. For that link that is. I’ve currently found an all organic yoghurt at a particular supermarket for me and my dogs, so I’ve not gone ahead yet to make kefir.

That is, if I can believe it is fully organic. The label and contents suggest so, but I’m always a little skeptical.

I could always buy some of that raw goats milk off that site, and bathe in it. Raw goats milk has an added bonus that it agrees with human skin and helps heel many human skin type allergies, including dermatitis.

Where to find RAW milk products:
USA – http://realmilk.com/where1.html
Other Countries – http://realmilk.com/where-other.html#aus

For Gordon – Nimbin Valley Dairy (Australia, north of Sydney) appears to have a Sydney distributor:
http://www.nimbinvalley.com.au/index.php?page=milk

Mark McAfee – Founder, Organic Pastures, writes “It may seem strange to say or claim this, but Mother Nature is right, her blue print is right on point. It is mankind that has added variables that cause much of the concern for pathogens in our current market systems. Our consumers are made ill by pasteurized milk products and the additives and processing methods.” and “As an American we can buy raw eggs, raw meat, raw fresh juices, so why not raw dairy products?”
http://www.realmilk.com/safety-raw-milk.html

Hey Shawna – GREAT MINDS think alike, and post comments within one minute of each other!

Hi all,

I hope you don’t mind my adding my two cents about dairy — unfortunately, it’s not positive.

There are two issues with dairy and the digestive tract. The first is lactose intolerance which usually has symptoms appearing in the gut — pain, gas, bloating etc. When milk is pasteurized the heat damages the natural enzymes. Lactase is the enzyme naturally in raw milk that breaks down lactose. The other issue with dairy is an allergy or intolerance to the proteins in dairy (whey or casein — in all cases I’ve read about it was casein).

Dairy allergies/intolerances don’t always have symptoms that would be associated with the gut. I am intolerant of dairy and my first diagnosed symptom (which at the time was not attributed to the dairy) was iron deficiency anemia in my early 20s. Second symptoms was b12 deficiency anemia in mid 20s. Third symptoms was iodine deficiency hypothyroid in my early 30′s. Dairy can kill the little hairs in the digestive tract (villi) and cause malnutrition without any other symptoms. In my late 30′s I discovered lattes and a specific kind of parmesean and feta cheeses and had a cheese and a latte (no sweetener) every day. Over a years period of time I got sicker and sicker. I saw three doctors including an internal specialist – no diagnosis. I had alternating arthritis like inflammation in both knees, a blister rash off and on on my scalp, swelling of my extremeties, sinusitus, tinitis, rhinitis plus.. I was finally referred to a M.D. that is also a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and she immediately knew what was wrong and put me on an elimination diet.. Sure enough, dairy was the culprit….

The point I hope you take away from my story —- dairy is one of four foods that can cause digestive damage which can lead to malnutrition without digestive or other recognizable symptoms. If this is true for humans I imagine it is even worse in canines and felines. If you can get “raw” dairy then I say go for it but be very watchful when feeding pasteurized dairy products.

Dogtor J DVM has some GREAT (imo) info on dairy and other foods that can cause the issues I’ve experienced. http://dogtorj.com/

Sorry for the length of this…

Shameless – This thread has slipped out of the right recent comments list but I remembered that maybe you may have responded so I’ve checked, and thanks for the links.

Shameless – I’m thinking of “killing 2 birds with one stone and using goats milk, as its also agrees with human skin in healing certain itches, and minor dermatological skin issues. Great for a soothing bath.

Anyway, this is not my strong area of knowledge and am happy for any advice or tips, Shameless re kefir.

Anyway, I’ve got to go for now, so I’ll read your response tomorrow, is there is any. Cheers.

Gordon – You are “on the verge of making kefir” according to your comment today on the Brothers thread. (I thought I’d get the topic over to this more applicable page.)

How will you make your kefir? Kefir grains? Raw milk? Cow milk? Goat milk?

We have serious kefir’ers in our raw food co-op. My husband and I have learned a lot from the REAL FOOD purists.

Also, I’ve learned that the ‘lactose intolerant’ problem that many allude to (for dogs and humans) doesn’t typically apply to raw milk products. Pasteurization alters (adulterates) nutrients and therein lies most problems.

what are the common sickness of a puppy?

hi’i have 2 puppies and their both 1month old’i try to drink them a powdered milk everyday’my problem is’after 4 hours drinking their milk’ 1 of them was vomiting a worms and i think it a roundworms.i need you help…

My dog is now three. He has been fed Milk, Cheese, Yoghurt, Raw Eggs (though these do seem to give him a little wind, really smelly bad wind) and various other dairy products ever since he was old enough to be weaned from his mother. Never had any problems at all, period.

The only foodstuffs I have found make him a little loose is when we used to feed him the leftovers from curry night!!!! Made him smell pretty bad as well if I am going to be honest.

Rule of thumb I tend to go by, if it makes him ill, don’t give it him again. Kind of like small children in that respect!!

hi!
my dog is an adult dog and loves milk, he doesnt seem to have any problems with it but i know its not the best for him, could i feed him puppy formula milk, even tho he is an adult? i would quite like to give him milk every other day as he is only fed once a day in the evening and i feel that feeding him 2 meals a day would be too much for him. he is a small jack russell.
thanks

Hello …I give my dogs raw milk from grass fed cows. They also eat yogurt and kefir from the same source. Not being pasturized and being from organic grass fed cows none of the dogs have diarrhea or loose stools. Also get a raw egg from organic free range chickens on a daily basis. Thanks, just thought I would share.

Personally, I don’t see any reason or benefit in feeding dogs any dairy products apart from yoghurt as a topping from time to time, which hasn’t caused any lactose intolerance to my dogs anyway.

I’ve also heard, that cottage cheese with its low lactose level is an excellent dairy product to feed a dog. I haven’t personally offered this to my dogs.

I think it’s all about using common sense. If your dog sees you putting some cottage cheese on toast for breakfast and it wags its tail, and its facial expression is one that would suggest heaving, with anticipation in getting some, then why not trial giving it some cottage cheese, with out the toast?

I doubt it would die, and if it had a negative reaction, then common sense would tell you, not to give it cottage cheese anymore.

We take care of several dogs. Three of them love milk and I have watched them carefully. My main concern was loose bowels, but if anything unusual had occurred, we would have noticed it and stopped. Our dogs are not lactose intolerant and one has thin bones and needs extra calcium.

I do not see how one can find out if his dog is lactose intolerant by stopping milk. If one wants to find out, I suggest one start with just a little and watch the dog for the symptoms of intolerance.

This is only speculation, but I would tend to think that dogs which have a genetic history of living on farms may not be lactose intolerant.

hi,
So after my dog eats his food i give him some milk and it looks like he enjoys drinking it but lately i have noticed that a couple hours later hes vomiting the food from earlier. i dont know if it is because of the milk or if there is something wrong with him but im not sure if milk can do that?

Hi

I have been giving my border collie soya milk .It has made im ”looser” and he hasnt been for days..Is this harming him in any way, like he might not be able to digest it..He loves licking my soya yogerts pots, and it seems ok, cos i been giving the yogert pots for ages now, and he has not symptoms..He is 14 years old, so perhaps thats got summat to do with him being off his food..He does eat a little if i put ham, plain pasta or bit of rice in his bowl,but he doesnt eat much.. He does drink loads of water and had no problems going for a wee.. Any ideas, thanks

Mike,
I have a 2 yr old Shih Tzu. We recently moved in with my husbands grandfather to help take care of him. He also has a dog that is severly obese. He has always fed animals whatever HE thinks they should eat. I have asked him repeatedly not to give my dog any food. Today he gave her 2 bowls of milk. Now she is walking around acting strange. she keeps acting like she wants to vomit but is not really gagging. I am assuming this means she lactose intolerant. What do i do? Does she need to go to the vet or will it pass on its own? any info would be great.
Toni

Hi Mike,

I am a first time dog owner and recently rescued a female 2-yr old chihuahua. The previous owners fed her only human food. It’s been just over a week and I’ve tried several different brands of dog food, but she refuses to eat. To top it all off, she has Lyme disease and must take antibiotics to quash it, so her starvation is becoming a serious concern. I’ve tried weaning her off human food but she just refuses to eat. Any suggestions?

I started giving my dog vanilla ice cream and he has been fine, german shepherd boarder collie mix. No diarrea, vomiting ect ect. I started giving him 1% milk, a good bit of it to see what would happen and again, his poo is normal, no vomiting no problem peeing or gas issues. Ive given him milk every other day and sometimes every day and he loves it and it dosent effect his bathroom breaks at all. Just wanted to know if my dog is superhuman, because everyone says dogs cant break it down, but I have yet to see any issues, and every time I bring milk out for a glass, he begs for some. I hope these signs show thats its okay for me to give him milk, expert opinion would be great in terms of long term side effects ect ect.. But he handles it quite well in my opinion!

Nikki – I agree with you about raw unpasteurized cow milk being different (better) than processed milk. Beneficial bacteria and enzymes are destroyed by the high-heat processing. I know people who WERE lactose-intolerant when they consumed pasteurized dairy; when they began consuming raw dairy, their lactose-intolerance *magically* disappeared, and they’ve not ever again had lactose problems! It’s amazing how the body knows what to do with Real Food. Dogs are similar in that they will thrive on Real Food.

I use raw unpasturized milk (from a reputable dairy farm) for me, my dogs, and my rescue dogs. They are a variety of mix breeds and we dont have issues. I feel that the processing of milk changes the chemical make up that helps contribute to the cause of intollerence.
For lactating dogs, we feed high quality puppy food, very often through out the day vs large amounts at once. Raw diet if we have it or soften the dry with water. Plus leave her dry kibble to snack on through the night.

Hi. I Have Given My Dog 2% Milk And She Hasn’t Had Any “Effects” Is That Normal?

Hi there.

I made my dog pumpkin treats. pumpkin,cream of wheat, and powdered milk. I found after she had some of these, the next day she was vomiting and had diahria. she seems fine now, she is on the barf diet. Is it
possible the dry milk powder, is a problem for her.

Hi Mike,
I have a 1yo, lab huskie mix. My concern is not about milk.. I understand it is bad so im no longer giving it to him. However I saw that meat fats were no good.. I eat alot of meat and always give him the scraps. (fat) Are the bad affects long term or pretty rapid? Because I have not seen any problems off the bat in stool or otherwise, I woulnt feel commfy giving him anymore if there is going to be long term affects. Please let me know asap because i cant take those puppie dog eyes if i dont know it will really hurt him.
Thank you so much Kayla and Debo. (My dog)

Hi Mike, I just discovered your website and I was hoping to get some advice. My 6 year old Labrador just gave birth to 13 puppies! I know she needs all the help she can get to keep up with such a large litter. She seems very hungry and I would like to know what you would suggest? Any specific dog food or household food?

Also, how soon could I get her spayed?

Thank You

Dear Mike,

After reading your interesting informations about lactose intolerance in dogs, I am wondering if there are some dog breeds that are lactose tolerant, even if most of them clearly are not. If such a thing exists, the genetics behind it would be of great interest.
Thanks in advance for any help.

I love the look on the dog’s face in the picture. He’s got the “crazy eyes” for that soft-serve… lol

My 3-yr old Whippet seems to have allergies and haven’t found a food that eliminates her itching. She really only scratches around her mouth – severely. About 1 yr ago, a specialist diagnosed a fungus/bacteria; treated with antibiotics, prednisone, topical cream. All helped but it still comes back. Of course the Vets always prescribe Hills Z/D. I am still not confortable with quality of that food. What are your thoughts. (I always purchase Super Premium foods for her — still itches). (p.s. itching is not as bad as it was at first).

I have been looking into a lot of home made natural dog treats and meal recipes online, and a lot of them contain some ingredients that I am not sure are safe for dogs. I have been doing lots of research online, but the opinions are very contradictory. I need to know if milk is safe for dogs, lots say go lactose free, some suggest rice milk, which I drink, but I know that has a lot of sugars, some say soy is good others say soy is terrible for them, some mentioned goats milk, I also drink coconut milk which is low sugar, I don’t know if that is a good option and then some of the recipes call for non fat powdered milk, and I am also having the same problem as far as yogurt is concerned, i know non fat and unsweetened is best but do i go with regular, rice or soy? thank you sorry for all the questions I just can’t seem to get a clear answer anywhere

I am wondering if nutrition has an affect on the lawn! I have a 1 year old golden doodle sweet girl but is driving me crazy with the brown spots on the lawn. I have just seen Iams is not the best food, (even though the vet suggested that) so I would like to see if changing her food has an affect on this problem. She’s had very loose poops with the Iams, so is clearly not digesting it so well.
What do you suggest? Thank you!

Hi,

My Teacup Pomeranian absolutly loves the leftover milk from my cereal. She begs and begs for it until i finally give in and give it to her. I’ve been giving it to her for about 2 months now (not everyday, like once every two weeks) and there doesnt seem to be a problem, but i dont want to be giving her anythng harmful or not healthy. Can you tell me what i should do….give her the milk every now and then? Or not at all?
Thanks

Hi Mike,
first of all thank you for your care.About the pediree of my dogs,i
have different lines URSUS,DUX VALCUVIA & PAKROS.
best regards,
mohamed

hi,
i am a small (german shepherd) breeder in Egypt.Here we used to import dogs from Germany mainly & all around the world.Me & my wife we noticed that the puppies which come from abroad are much bigger & have exteremly big bones than those we breed here,by time we knew that the cause of this is the kind of food.for us to buy company foods it will be very very costy.So i would like to know from you what kind of food can we give to our dogs to be so large.We can affort meat,milk,vegetables and all fresh foods.
best regards,
mohamed.