yogurt??

[ozzysma]

i have been putting a bit of yogurt on stevie and ozzys food. while reading labels i noticed even the plain has grams of sugar??? what is with that?? does anyone add yogurt to the food and how much or what kind?? and about the pumpkin, is it just for runs or is it a good addition for everyday??

 

[nowhavethreebears]

I give pumpkin three or four times a week just because they love it. A tablespoon or so in the morning meal. I give Hannah and Gabe yogurt occasionally, but Sophie has an intolerance to dairy and it upsets her tummy. Again, a tablespoon or so. I use the plain unflavored kind.
Since it is a dairy product, yogurt has natural sugars.........

 

[Capri]

I read from a book that it's useless to give dairy products, because at the time the dogs are weened, they become lactose intolerant. (to encourage weening and encourage eating proper food). So that would mean that it's pointless to give any yogurts in that sense..

BUT I still give yogurt (the plain, fatty one, no additives) occasionally to ours. Usually we give it on trips when we can't get "proper food" for them anywhere. They enjoy it and their stomachs handle them well.

 

[Ginny]

I've read that up to 80% of dogs are allergic to dairy, so I'm not feeding it anymore, unless I have a specific need for it.

 

[mulenag]

Ebony gets yogurt on occasion. I put a big dollop on her morning kibble, probably ends up being 2 Tablespoons or so. She gets plain "all natural" dannon, that's the only non-flavored stuff our grocery store carries.

She also gets pumpkin daily. The extra fiber has completely resolved her anal gland issues. No more surprising odors at very inconvenient moments like we had before the addition of pumpkin! I probably could just give her metamucil or another fiber supplement, but she likes the pumpkin and it is working so if it's not broke, why fix it?

And the really silly thing...I give Ross a probiotic supplement, no yogurt and I give him metamucil for added fiber instead of pumpkin. What works for one may not for the other! :crazy:

 

[Joshua]

We have been giving yogurt to our boy every morning for two years. When he was a pup he would throw up every morning after eating. Our vet told us to try giving him one or two tablespoon with his food and he has never thrown up since. We use plain yogurt (grocery store brand) and have not seen any ill effects.

 

[Newfs Forever]

I don't use yogurt. I give Dex acidophilus (sp?) in a powder form. It is much more highly concentrated that way.

Some dogs can handle dairy, some can't.

If I ate yogurt myself, believe me, he would have some of it. He can handle yogurt.

And he LOVES cheese. hehehe, speaking of dairy.

 

[CMDRTED]

I have been feeding the hoard low fat (not no fat) vanilla since they were all puppers. No problems that I've noticed. Pumpkin about 3-4 times a week (100% Pumpkin). They are all doing great and are as regular as can be.

 

[ozzysma]

thanks for the info!! i am going to try the pumpkin also.

 

[R Taft]

I have read some studys that state that unpasturized milk products are less likely to cause lactose intolerance, these studies are from Sweden/Denmark and were very large extensive studies. They state hence the huge increase in lactose intolerence in the last decades, everyone now nearly has paturized milk. We have organic non-paturized milk from which we make our own yogurt, which is fed regulary to man and beast (horses and dogs) for the last thirty years with no ill effects. And it tends to sooth the collicky animals..............

 

[victoria1140]

hi we give our dogs pro biotic natural yoghurt as one of them has a form of irritable bowel and the other has had bad stomach's not long after rehoming him and I have found this helps

 

[zeroge]

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[JLStorm]

My vet gave me medication for one of my cats who has having constant runs several times a day for weeks that was the concentrated bacteria found in yogurt, but that had no actual yogurt, just the bacteria. It kills all the existing bacteria in the stomach replacing it with this new good bacteria. This might be an option for very bad runs. It was in a liquid form packed in one syringe for oral use per package. It is supposed to be a cure all for diarrhea that doesnt react to traditional medication, but it is available by perscription only. Unfortunately, it only worked for 24 hours on our cat who was later labeled as having IBS and is now onpredisone.

I wish I could remember the name, but I can not. It might be worth describing to your vet and seeing if he/she has heard of it and what they think.

 

[Piratebears]

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We give Minnie goats milk once a week after swimming - mainly as a treat,but also because she is still a puppy and is on adult food for low protein content,so we feel this goves her a little something back!

Every time our have the runs or sickness thay get pro biotic yoghurts ( human ) in their meals and it sorts out the tummy upset a treat!

 

[pawsx12]

My guys get one Tablespoon of yogurt every morning. I give pumpkin three times a week. No problems here, and have been doing it for 5 yrs.now.

 

[hanna2]

the gang here also gets yogurt

 

[NKlein]

We have been giving yogurt to our boy every morning for two years. When he was a pup he would throw up every morning after eating. Our vet told us to try giving him one or two tablespoon with his food and he has never thrown up since. We use plain yogurt (grocery store brand) and have not seen any ill effects.

We give Byron yogurt for the exact same reason. About 2 years ago he started vomitting after eating, nearly every day. Our vet suggested with give him Prilosec OTC to settle his stomach after meals and while we saw an iimprovement, he was still vomitting at least once a week. The owner of a a holistic food store where we sometimes buy Byron's food suggested plain yogurt and it's worked like a charm ever since--he hasn't vomitted once.