Fruits and Veggies- pulp for Raw diet

wanna start beefing up my raw feeding program with more antioxidants, and I read in APBT bible that the by-produced fruit and vegetable pulp from CA Jacks personal juicer is used to add to his homemade raw formula. I recently bought a power juicer for my family, and it produces pulp like a son of a gun.. so I figured I'd put it to some use by adding it to my feed program in small portions for now. But I want to make sure that I don't feed anything that is not able to be digested by canines. I've heard that grapes are not good for dogs, but I don't know how much truth there is to that. I DO know that the antioxidant properties of grapes and their seeds and stems are very beneficial for a human diet.

anyway, if folks could lend me a hand with any input on specific veggies or fruits to stays away from in adding them to a raw meat diet, AND WHY, it would GREATLY appreciated. Thanks

 

Good question. I would like to know more about grapes too

 

Found an answer. You should not feed your dog grapes or raisins. It is toxic to your dog.

http://www.brighthub.com/health/diet-nutrition/articles/36237.aspx

 

good thread, im all ears and eyes!!!!

 

Carrots are good, what else apples,i heard they help digestion of raw, like a slice in there meal....

a lot of this is new to me so i'm not much help, but would like to learn anyway.....

 

blueberries, apples, bananas, carrots, celery, pumpkin and broccoli are good.

grapes and raisins are toxic as are avocados and cherries.

When giving fruits make sure you remove the seeds, they contain cyanide

 

never new that either!:o

but how do you de-seed blueberrys ???

 

My dogs eat, bananas, apples, pears, oranges and melon.
I dont add it to their food, but I use fruit as treats for them......they love fruit.
In their meals I add vegetables, like broccoli, brussell sprouts, cabbage, carrots and baby spinach. We have in the past let our dogs eat the pulp from a juicer and they love it. Obviously we keep our dogs away from Grapes as Ive heard the toxicity level is the same as in chocolate.

An excellent book and guy to speak to about all these kind of concerns is Dan Scott, he has just released a book called Real Food For Dogs. Excellent read.

His website is: The Video Enhanced Guide 'Real Food for Dogs' by Dan Scott

 

I just give the blueberries but with fruit like apple i remove the core.
Pumpkin seeds have many benefits though.

How Do Pumpkin Seeds Kill Dog Tapeworms? - Pit Bull Forums

 

Thanks Naustroms!

 

this is rather interesting I have heard of apple being a benefit but I have never included it until this day, I only give my girl broccoli and carrots I never considered fruit to be quiet honest. Since the prey model seems to be more of the chosen course, I know it's very controversial about supplementing veggies, yogurt, cottage cheese and anything else that's not specifically meat and poultry because of the whole concept of the prey model so I would like to hear so opinions as well? I know it's not a harm to give these when feeding raw but why is it that some people are more against anything that's not an animal carcass, bones, and meat when choosing raw? does it really benefit to give these fruits and veggies? I am just as curious barkada :dogstare:

 

who know a wolf don't pick up the odd apple in a deers gut when feeding, they would have a good advantage to catching a deer with a gut full of apples in the fall!

and eat it vie. Tripe and intestine and its nutrients passed on threw the deer.

 

I was gonna come in and tell yall about apple,cherry, peach, and apricot pits (seeds) that contain amygdalin a cyanide sugar compound that degrades into hydrogen cyanide when metabolized, but we have some knowledgeable folks that have already covered that. ^^^^^^Great information guys!

 

this some useful information right thurr

 

Now, I'm not going to disagree too strongly here, however anyone who has ever seen the coat on a dog that eats avocados might disagree with you on that count. No seeds or peels, but when the avocados start to turn in this house, they get divvied up for the dogs. But, that is just my own personal experience.

 

My dog won't eat the seeds from apples. She spits them out on her own.

But she eats just about anything else.
She loves bananas, oranges, strawberries, cantaloupe, blueberries, apricots (dried as I snack on them), and what else...
Oh! She loves pumpkin seeds.

 

i feed mine sweet patatoes, spinach , carrots, peas , bananas

 

Is the sweet patatoe and carrots raw or cooked? I have never tried this but I want to get into it, so sorry if the question seems stupid. I am starting a garden soon and will be using most of the yield for my dogs

 

i put the sweet patatoe in the microwave so i can mush it up with ther liver , eggs, gizzards, salmon cottage cheeseor whatever it is i am feeding them that doesnt have bone. and the carrots i lets sit in water and mash em up and do the same with the sweet patatoe

 

I love using an odd avocado here and there! Great for weight gain, skin, coat, hypoallergenic. There is even a kibble called Avo-Derm. Have no idea how good it is, but it's there. Just like HighCoast said, no pits or skins, only flesh and ripe flesh at that.