Hi all

This might sound like a stupid question - but does anyone know if there is any reason why dogs should not have pork?

I have never seen a commercially available dog food with Pork as the main ingredient but both ny boys love meat mixed in with their premium dry food. I usually give them Tuna, best roast beef joint!! or chicken. The old man loves pork and often does a joint for cold meat for sandwiches and the dogs go nuts over the aroma. I'd love to ba able to give it to them but just wonder if it is safe.

Thanks

Pam n the mad mutts

No reason at all they shouldn't have pork Pam.

Joan
take the rough with the smooth

i asked that question a while ago when someone saiod they fed there dog using minced pork, seemingly it was from when the pigs weren't wormed or something ,but its ok now, im like you. when i cook meat i give them bits here and there but refused to give them any pork---poor souls,

Is it because there is very little wasted from a pig used for human food, that the commercial dog food producers can't get by-products in large amounts, so don't use it? Don't know, mine eat it, but then they will eat anything. Jackie H

Pork is not a meat that dogs easily digest, it often makes them vomit, whether cooked or raw. We feed fresh flesh to our hounds, including cow, sheep & horse, but would never feed pork to them, they hate it! Sheep is very fatty & gives them the 'trots', and cattle carcass is by far the best food. Maybe just a bit of pork mince is ok mixed with biscuit, but I certainly wouldn't feed it myself.

Thanks for the advice chaps. I'll give them little bits of left over pork to keep them happy and see if it does upset their tums. Must admit - they do like their beef!! Wouldn;t they just - lol

Pam n the boys - all trimmed and bathed for next weekends show

Ithink you may have got this a bit mixed .now im not certain about this but i heard you may never feed a dog bacon or indeed any salt meat as it would cause skin problems loss of coat and its bad for their hearts but fresh meat is fine my dogs always look forward to their crackling .mari

Hi Marie, I think dogs are designed to eat what comes to hand, so don't feed your dogs pork or bacon and only pork or bacon. Just feed a mixed diet of ready made dog food, stop the worry and enjoy your dogs. Jackie H

Hi jackie . Owning four bullmastiffs and a collie would most certainly limit the amount of pork and bacon they would be likely to get .Iwould always give my dogs the leftover meat as treats, My main diet for my dogs is pedigree chum advanced +brown rice and rendered suet and veg.I rarely have feeding problems.its just as well with five grown up children and five grandchildrens and himself (.my beloved )there would be little left over anyway.Nice to hear common sense though .

Sorry Marie, I ment to type 'mixed diet OR ready made dog food', the F in place of the R does make it read very differently. Just shows you should mind your F's & R's as well as your P's & Q's. Jackie H

no bother jackie i know what you meant. mari

Well everyone, I hate to disagree with you about Pork, My vet suggested this diet when one of my dogs was not too well, I have been using minced pork, bought from Asda 99p for 500g, for about 6 months now, I cook this and add carrot, and sometimes a little potato, I bulk this up with boiled rice, but also give an odourless garlic tablet, cod liver oil tablet, and a multi vitamin tablet and Restore for the coat, both my dogs are now healthly and looking good, coats are coming in nicely, I am also feeding minced turkey bought from the same place, just to give a change a couple of times a week, neither dog has had "the runs" with these diets. Most of you will know that the reason for changing to this diet was my oldest dog developed a skin problem, which has been clear for ages now, so I will be sticking to this diet as I feel its more natural than tinned food or dried food. At least I know what is going into this food.

99 p for 500g & you think you know whats in it????!!!!!

Pork fit for human consumption I expect- surely that has to be better than tins, containing god knows what!! Why do you have to be so scathing always? Different things work for different dogs. You may not want to feed Pork to your dog, but it is obviously working for Irene's dog who is now 100% better than he was. Long may it continue.

My point is, that at that price, minced up pork is not exactly going to be the best quality! Fit for human consumption means a certain amount, but it doesn't mean its any good!!!! No doubt the stuff you buy in tescos etc is perfectly fit for human consumption.....but I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole! All our meat comes either from my own live-stock (I know exactly whats in it, unlike 99p/500g pork mince!!!) or it comes from my neighbouring beef farmer of the outdoor pig breeder a few miles away. Why do you have a problem with this?

Lucky you, wouldn't we all if we could.

wish I lived next door to you sam. MARI

Yes, I agree with Westie lover - meat bought at Supermarket's fit for human consumption will be highly preferable to tinned dog meat that could be cow one week and kangaroo the next !....wouldn't it be nice if we could all be in the position to eat meat from our own stock, reared in a way we thought fit and not fed additives? Unfortunately, most of us only have Tesco to rely upon !

I have been following this thread with interest. Thanks for all the comments. In the end, as no one could say there was any real problem giving roast pork, I gave it to them. Now for the interesting bit.

They always pester for a bit of the joint, and I usually give them a bit and have been doing this week- as you do:D. So, yesterday, I put some through the blender to grind it, just as I do for the roast beef. Mixed it their food - and - guess what? They wouldn't touch it!!! Little buggers don't like it ground up. So it was all a wasted effort!! They're as bad as kids.

Anyway - they love liver, so I just bought 5lbs (sorry, I'm an old fashioned girl for weghts and measures) of best Ox Liver for the princely sum of £1 - beat that for value.

kind regards

Pam n the mad boys who - have just had a riot in my laundry room courtesy of the familky leaving the door open. Have you any idea how far a big bag of rabbit bedding, a bottle of shampoo, a box of washing powder and a big crate of doggy goodies can go?