posted 12-31-2003 04:33 AM         

The first time we took Charllotte and Smokey for a ride into town, we stoped at McDonalds for a cheese burger. Well we bought the dogs plain meat, cheese, buns. Now, everytime we go anywhere where they can see the arch, Charllotte gets soooo happy, jumps around in the back seat, whines, barks, and goes plain nuts until we stop. If we don't, she sulks in the back seat and looks sooooo depresses and sad, that we have to stop.

Itsn't it awful!!! They are like kids. Thank goodness they aren't in it for the toys!

As for your case, I would gradually wean them off of the human food, but, meats and veggies are good for dogs so you aren't harming them at all. I feed dry dog food in a self feeder at all times, and in the evenings they get a helping of whatever we are having. They eat both, at first they didn't they only prefered our food, but they came around. They snack on the dry food during the day and eat some for breakfast.

posted 01-03-2004 11:59 AM         

I am now COOKING FOR HER. Made her great snacks with the recipes on this board and added and revised my own plan too. She lovesssssss Applesauce rounds...and chicken and real carrots disk.

She got 2 of those this morning, with a scrambled egg. For lunch, she had summer sausage, cheese and another applesauce snack.

Can you believe it ? We give her the same meat we have every night. Like chicken breast...she gets her own...bacon this morning...she got her own. We are finding ourselves just adding another portion to our meals for her.

It doesn't bother me except she isn't POOPING as much. Maybe twice a day sometimes....but usually only once. AND, she doesn't move that easily. I can give her her favorite snack of apples and peanut butter and in 20 minutes she's gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, so I do that often.

I do seem to have myself in a jam here....I don't know what she'll ever do when we board her again. She is some spoiled rotten with this eating thing and I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF !!