Healthy Holiday Eating For Your Dog

  Posted on November 8, 2012  by Joy of Living  No comments

We all tend to overindulge during the holiday, our dogs included.  There’s a tendency to give dogs a taste of this and that, but doing so can lead to digestive upset for them.  The November 2012 issue of Whole Dog Journal has a list of healthy holiday food substitutions for your dog.  Check some of them out below:

Feed This:

• Skinless turkey meat instead of turkey skin or drippings
• Green beans instead of green bean casserole with onions
• Berries instead of berry pie
• Canned pumpkin instead of pumpkin pie
• Plain yogurt instead of whipped cream or other milk products
• Apple slices instead of apple pie
• Plain mashed potatoes instead of potatoes with butter and/or sour cream
• Lean ham meat instead of fatty ham scraps
• Broccoli instead of broccoli casserole with cheese
• Low fat gravy instead of gravy made with drippings
• Unsweetened applesauce instead of applesauce with added sugar
• Cinnamon instead of nutmeg
• Giblets instead of cooked bones
• Plain sweet potato instead of candied yams with marshmallows