Pumpkin and yogurt
 

I wonderd if you feed your dogs plain yogurt and/or canned (unsweetened) pumpkin. Ranger was having a little trouble switching foods so the woman that runs the pet store I go to recommended pumpkin. I tried it and it worked great and both dogs love it. Both dogs have good solid poop when they eat pumpkin. Problem is I am not sure how much to give them or whether it can be a long term thing.

I have also heard that plain yogurt is good as well but I don't know how much or whether lowfat is okay. I buy the quarts of plain lowfat for myself, but often can't finish the whole quart in a reasonable amount of time so I would love to share the leftovers if they are safe for the dogs.

Both of my dogs are about 70 lbs.

Thanks for any advice.

Yes..all my dogs love both pumpkin(canned 100% pumpkin) and yogurt(plain). They will take that over meat:confused: Dehydrated sweet potatoes and cottage cheese are other choices.

I often give my two a dollop of pumpkin and/or yogurt. (A dollop is probably 2 tablespoons:)) I use plain greek yogurt since that is what I usually have in the house.

How much do you feed them?

I hadn't thought of sweet potato. Good idea. Do you bake it or boil it?

Barnyard, thanks for the info. The woman at the pet store recommended giving Ranger a fair amount to accompany his new food to prevent lose stool. I figured that was not a long term recommendation, but it worked so well I decided that both my dogs could benefit from a maintenance dose.

I also give a dollop of pumpkin with the kibble. A few times a week I'll add yogurt too, I buy the plain with probiotics.

Mine get plain yogurt, and 100% pumpkin through out the week. I do about 2 tablespoons of each (sometimes they get one, sometimes both, sometimes none... depends, I switch it up). If my dog is having a hard time with tummy issues (switching food, or SIBO issues with Zira), I do pumpkin every day for about a week or so. This helps sooth their stomach.

Sweet potato is great for treats. I use that at training when they are in their crates for a bit. I also have used it on their food... but not as common as the others.

I feed a couple of tablespoons of pumpkin most nights.

Interesting with the yogurt-- I finally figured out that Hans is violently sensitive to it.

He hadn't had any in a very long time.
I was eating some and gave him a teaspoon, and two minutes later he does the hurka gurka and barfs all over the kitchen floor.
NO more yogurt for him...ever.

I use the canned unsweetened pumpkin and freeze them into cubes in an ice tray. :) He gets one cube every day because he loves to chew on himself and groom constantly and pukes up his fur -.-'. So to prevent it we give him a cube of pumpkin a day :) .

We give 1 teaspoon of pumpkin and plain no fat yogurt daily per our vet =) Zeus is doing so much better!