Is it ok to add cottage cheese to my dogs dry food?

bushg · Sep 17, 2007, 06:02 AM

Ruby I was not reccommending any food, look at my post. I agree she needs to stick with 1 brand of food. For my dogs I use Iams in addition to a few other goodies that my vet has ok'd for my dogs.

RubyPitbull · Sep 17, 2007, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bushg

I can't see how a spoon of cottage cheese everyday is going to kill it. I have also given this link out before. The Aspca has had this on their site for a long time.

Honey, I am not bashing or arguing with you. The above is what I was referring to. I just don't think it is the wisest move, from a legal standpoint, to give out this particular page from their site. Although it comes back to the ASPCA if the dog's health is compromised, most lawyers when they are filing a lawsuit, will include everyone that has anything to do with recommending this advice. That would include you and AMHD. You just need to be very careful about what you choose to post as a reference source. CYA.

DogLover62 · Nov 20, 2007, 04:21 PM

I'm not sure what to say because I'm not a expert. It may fatten your dog and shorten the life span because its people food. And of course it's going to eat the food when it has cheese and vegtables on it because all dogs like people food better then there own food. If it gets hungry enough it will eat the dogfood. Don't quote me on any of this.

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micahdog · Jun 21, 2008, 04:07 PM

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I have a Golden-doodle about 1 1/2 yrs old. She is a wonderful companion and gives us so much pleasure. I feed her a high quality natural dry dogfood (many different brands), but she just picks at it all day, then usually leaves a lot of it. She will eat most of it if I add cottage cheese or sometimes leftover vegetables. I am concerned that the cottage cheese on a daily basis may be too much protein. I give her 4% milkfat cottage cheese. I add 2 heaping tbl spoons to her dry food. She weighs about 55 lbs and looks pretty good at that weight or maybe just a pound or so more. She is not a dog that will eat people food very well and doesn't beg usually. She will eat meat if offered, but other than that, not much. She just seems so picky and doesn't go after her food voratiously like so many other dogs I know. Thanks

June 20

Happened upon this post - I just joined this forum--

I had read various places that the reason dogs shouldn't have milk is because of Lactose intolerance which could result in intestinal discomfort (I think that is the only reason). Yet I find that humans who are lactose intolerant are not supposed to eat cottage cheese, so I wonder about the accuracy of the above response. It was very brief with no accompanying explanation. So I'm just curious.

Personally I have long wondered re the milk thing as for years I gave milk in the evening to my beagle as he loved it. Then I found out I shouldn't, but of course ol beagle-boy - now 14, is used to his "milkie" right before bed. So I compromised and give him about a teaspoon of milk in a dish with water-- hopefully not to do any horrible damage to the sweet thing.

Is it ok to add cottage cheese to my dogs dry food?

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