Holiday Food and Your Dog

After every holiday the importance of being a pooper scooper is magnified. Sadly, it is not rare enough that some family dogs die a tragic death from overeating or eating the wrong things. I can pretty much tell you who fed their dogs turkey and sweet potatoes that week. Yards that are normally a breeze to clean up start taking two and three times as long. The poor dogs are suffering GI distress all week! Don't let those big eyes fool you, they do not need too much extra food. A few bits of turkey and rice will be fine, but lay off the skin, the gravies, the candied yams and all desserts! Gee, it sounds like my diet.

The really scary stuff we find in our customers yards has been tons of tinsel, long stream of ribbon, bits of left over teddy bear fur and a large amount of plastic, barely digested. Image that traveling through your dogs tummy.

Save yourself the grief and expense of a long night at the Veterinary ER. I have been very lucky with my dogs' digestive tracts...most of the time. The worst "accident" caused by over consumption of a drug in my house was when a squirrel came in through the opened back door and OPENED a bottle of benydryl and ate most of it.
He did not die, but he was not moving very quickly for a few days either.

So, keep those ribbons and bows tidied up, put away your socks and underwear and have a very Merry Christmas!