Peanut Butter and Cheese

KaddyKaddy
edited August 2008 in General
I've never fed Keiko anything other than her kibble and her liver treats... but for some reason when I eat peanut butter or cheese she goes absolutely nuts!!! We can have steak for dinner and she'll just ignore us and play with her toys, but as soon as I have peanut butter toast (which I admit is pretty darn tasty) she won't leave me alone. It's to the point that I just crate her up before I decide to eat PB or cheese.

My real question is - how safe are either of these things for a dog? I've found information saying that dairy can cause some digestive issues for dogs like it does in people, but I've found nothing about peanut butter.

I guess I just don't want her to get into something when I'm not paying attention and get sick. Plus I've heard of other dog owners using both of these as rewards or to get medicine down easier (and with the way she thinks she wants these foods, I can see why!). I've always been raised that dogs don't get any people food - ever, so I'm kinda in the dark :o)

*I did look at the sticky of harmful foods before I posted :o)

Comments

  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    I use a 1/4 of sliced cheese with Jazz when she has to take Benadryl - works like a charm. I've had no adverse reactions.
  • LeonbergerLeonberger
    edited November -1
    Peanut butter is usually safe. That's what we used to use with Kuma when we had to leave the house. We'd put some in his Kong and we would just forget about the whole world.
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    Just avoid sweetened peanut butter. Try to get the peanut butter that is just peanuts.
  • dlrobertsdlroberts
    edited November -1
    Like with most things, peanut butter or cheese can be fed to a dog in moderation. If you do choose to feed it, use it for training since she seems to be highly motivated by it. Make her perform something you ask of her before you let her have a lick.
  • KaddyKaddy
    edited November -1
    Jessica - that's what I prefer, so I guess I'm lucky there - yay for whole foods peanut butter :o)

    I'll think about it, but for now her liver treats are a lil less messy to reward her with ;o)
  • kektikekti
    edited November -1
    roxy has a fancy for cheesburgers, not hamburgers or cheese but cheeseburgers is that ok just in lil bites? as training insentives.
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    I would make teensy (like smaller than your pinky nail) bits as a super special treat. Like no more than one a month.
  • kektikekti
    edited November -1
    yes thats what we were thinking she was a very good girl on her ride up here *richmond VA* so she got a teensy bit of my moms cheese burger, and then she whined cause she wanted more....
  • SangmortSangmort
    edited November -1
    I know people like to put a bit of cheese or peanut butter in the tip of kongs to make a pup really go at it.

    As for giving them people food; I agree, giving them scraps from the table = not good. But something tiny like peanut butter every now & then I think is fine :)~
  • brandon_wbrandon_w
    edited November -1
    I fill the whole kong with peanut butter sometimes...

    Table scraps if they don't contain anything that dogs are allergic too can be fine for dogs too, such as some meat and potatoes, or steamed veggies if they will eat them.. Just put it in their bowl and don't feed them from the table. Also give them less kibble that day since they are getting food from a different source.


    You can mix peanut butter with plain yogurt and freeze it into a kong or ice cube trays and hand them out as treats to the dog too on hot days (or cold, they don't mind them then either).
  • tsukitsunetsukitsune
    edited November -1
    a thing about table scraps - we were advised of certain foods that were OK in moderation for the dogs by a nutritionist. Some of these foods did not fall into our prey-model diet in any category (raw bone, meat, organ) and so we were puzzled why she mentioned left over cooked veggies (orig. freezer or fresh, not canned and not onions) and can be slightly buttered, some very tiny bread pieces here or there, peanut butter, any processed organic unsweetened dairy product (cheese, yogurt), some fruits - smooshed, cooked but unseasoned meat, etc etc.

    These foods should all be human grade and in vary small portion if you are giving them to a dog, making the portions size appropriate to their weight and general food intake.
    Not all table scraps are bad, in moderation, and actually can coincide to what could be inadvertently species correct (cooked smooshy veggies or bread pieces might mimic [albeit loosely] what might be in the stomach of smaller prey) so I find nothing wrong with giving them SMART table scraps as treats in very small portions, in moderation.

    Kaddy - our dogs LOVE natural PB AND shredded colby jack cheese!!! :))
  • kwyldkwyld
    edited August 2008
    I use string cheese sticks for training and Taj goes through like 3-4 sticks of it by the time class is over. She is pretty sensitive to foods outside of what I normally feed her and does very well with cheese. Kohji's favorite treat it cheese. Heck, my favorite treat it cheese. They go gaga for peanut butter too and I load that in their Kong like Brandon does for Nemo, I just don't do it everyday.
  • KaddyKaddy
    edited November -1
    I had forgotten about ice cubes as summery treats! Gave Keiko her first one today after our walk - it's 100 here, so it was a very very short walk for both of us. She loved that thing til it 'disappeared', she was so confused that she was yelling and pawing at her water bowl trying to get it to make her a new one lol.
  • KaddyKaddy
    edited November -1
    ... apparently today she thought she REALLY wanted a pretzel... unfortunately her little temper tantrum eventually landed her in her crate

    (pretty bad quality video, but you can hear her 'yelling' at me)

  • StaticNfuzzStaticNfuzz
    edited November -1
    Does your pup blow bubbles in its water bowl? I have one that does that and them watchs the bubbles disperse.

    Snf
  • tsukitsunetsukitsune
    edited November -1
    tsuki whines too! i swear, they are as bad as toddlers when they want something - they are relentless!

    snf- lol! that must be funny to watch!
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