What are you feeding your Dogs?

[Gregjam]

Usually, ours get biscuits (kibble?) mixed with some dog food of the type that has a gravy. Mix it up a bit, sometimes the more pricey stuff when the wife gets it or cheap when I do. Never had any problems with them eating it, should one not eat it all the other sorts it out. If they don't eat they go hungry until the next day.

[huahin4ever]

I recommend reading here:
https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/

Find a good one they also sell in Thailand and try that one. I myself normally buy "Taste of the Wild". I buy it at the pet shop at Macro.

YNWA

[STEVE G]

Our Thai mutts get local brand dried biscuits mixed with a small amount of tinned food. We have two cats as well and they don't seem to care whether it's cat or dog food.
If they don't eat that I try the sticks of barbecued chicken from the market and if that doesn't work it's time to visit the vet because they must be really ill!

[Big Boy]

sticks of barbecued chicken from the market

Now you're talking - our 3 used to love it, but the stuff they coat the chicken in is not suitable for a diabetic dog. I'm sure if our dogs could buy their own food, they would never buy anything else.

[STEVE G]

sticks of barbecued chicken from the market

Now you're talking - our 3 used to love it, but the stuff they coat the chicken in is not suitable for a diabetic dog. I'm sure if our dogs could buy their own food, they would never buy anything else.

My partner used to have a dog in Issan that used to go to the weekly village market by itself, she used to come back from Hua Hin and the barbecue chicken woman would tell her how many sticks the dog had eaten the week before!

[buksida]

The Retriever gets the Pedigree dry food biscuits which come in a big bag (same as DB posted earlier in this thread) mixed up with tinned stuff or any household food we have left over. Our older Thai dog is getting a bit fussy now but will usually eat if he knows it gets snapped up if he doesn't.

I know not much help to you Pete, but there is a good pet shop next to Makro that has all kinds of food and a promo on local brand tinned food, 3 for 100 baht I think.

[HHTel]

You should also try Pet Land on the left before Makro. I've been using this shop for years and never been disappointed. It sells pretty much everything pet related including food, cages, toys, etc.
I've always bought dog food, cat food and various bird seeds there. It appears bigger than the one at Makro.

https://www.facebook.com/petlandhuahin16

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Petla ... gIgARICCAI

[STEVE G]

You should also try Pet Land on the left before Makro. I've been using this shop for years and never been disappointed. It sells pretty much everything pet related including food, cages, toys, etc.
I've always bought dog food, cat food and various bird seeds there. It appears bigger than the one at Makro.

https://www.facebook.com/petlandhuahin16

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Petla ... gIgARICCAI

That's the one at the end of Soi 16, I only discovered it recently. I was surprised how large it was inside and how many different brands of pet food they stock.

[HHTel]

Yes it is deceiving. Goes back a long way with a 'warehouse' facility at the back. I often judge a business by it's longevity and this particular shop has been around for years. Must be doing something right.

[migrant]

Yes it is deceiving. Goes back a long way with a 'warehouse' facility at the back. I often judge a business by it's longevity and this particular shop has been around for years. Must be doing something right.

They always seem very busy.

[Big Boy]

I tried the shop for the first time today for my small dog's specialist food. They had quite a variety of specialist stuff there, including what I was looking for. I buy the stuff by the boxload, and at 10฿/tin cheaper than anywhere else local, this shop will remain on my go-to list. Quite a saving thank you to whoever mentioned it.

[Nereus]

Dog owners warned of 'deadly' switch in popular pet treat

https://au.news.yahoo.com/urgent-warnin ... 56526.html

Tara Meakins
Tara Meakins·News Reporter
Fri, 22 July 2022 at 2:46 pm·3-min read
It’s often used to reward good behaviour or keep canines still at bath time, but vets have issued an urgent warning that peanut butter can kill.

With more healthier alternatives on supermarket shelves than ever before, a switch to a low-sugar peanut butter option could be detrimental to four-legged family members.

“A new type of peanut butter (and other nut butters) is being sold with less sugar, but now includes xylitol as a sweetener,” The Mobile Vet Nurse wrote in a Facebook post which has since gone viral.

“This is what is used in sugarless gum and it can be deadly to dogs.”

“Many people use peanut butter as a dog treat or to fill a Kong or disguise medications.

“If they now use the type with xylitol it could be very dangerous.”

The vet warns that poisoning by xylitol, which may also be referred to as wood sugar, birch sugar or birch bark extract, can start within 20 minutes.

“Xylitol poisoning can KILL your dog,” the clinic wrote.

“Every second counts!”

The Facebook post has since been shared more than 12,000 times, with hundreds of users responding in alarm that they didn’t know of the danger.

A deadly dose of insulin
“Xylitol stimulates an insulin release in dogs which means the more xylitol the dog gets, the greater their blood sugar will drop,” Dr Tim Hopkins from the Small Animal Specialist Hospital told Yahoo News Australia.

“It is like getting an overdose of insulin.

“And just like in a diabetic patient, that could make them very, very sick and send them into a coma or even die.”

While the level of toxicity would depend on how much a dog ate and its weight, Dr Hopkins warned that as little as 75 milligrams per kilogram would have an effect.

And if a dog consumed enough xylitol, it could die within half an hour.

“If it was in something palatable and easily digestible like peanut butter then it would occur quickly so within about 30 minutes,” he said.

“Initially you might see signs of weakness or wobbliness but vomiting can also be seen prior to central nervous system depression and then seizures and coma eventually".

Seek help ASAP

Dr Hopkins says anyone whose dog eats a product with xylitol in it should get to their local vet or a veterinarian emergency centre immediately.

He also advises calling the Australian Animal Poison Centre while on the way.

Xylitol can also be found in sugar-free gum, mints, desserts and jams, as well as personal hygiene products such as mouthwashes, oral rinses, toothpastes.

[Big Boy]

Not only human food. I've been buying packs of imitation dog bones (5 pig skin bones) at Lotus's for 160฿ for ages. This morning they are 280฿. That is a 75% increase

[buksida]

I mentioned pet food prices in Thailand skyrocketing a while back but was told something opposite.

[Big Boy]

Well, I was talking exact like for like. It was cheaper today to buy individual bones, which haven't been subjected to the same price hike.