Can Dairy Products Really harm a Pit Bull

[caretaker]

My question is if dairy products can really make a pit bull sick >?

[catcher T]

I could be wrong, but, I don't see how dairy would make any dog breed more sick than another. I would imagine if the dog was not used to dairy at first he might get some diarreha or throw it up. Other than that I just don't know. All the authorities that want to ban this breed say they like, small dogs, cats and children stick with those.:D ( I'm sorry, I have dark humor)

[lakota]

wouldn't mothers milk be dairy....

[rocksteady]

a couple tablespoons of yogurt helps with digestion, ..Ive fed them cottage cheese, too ..but not alot of it..

[Suki]

Personally, I wouldn't recommend it, but, here's some brief info:

Quite simply, no dairy product is a species-specific food. No where in the wild canine/feline world would there be milk/cheese/cottage cheese to eat. True, once in a great while they might get a hold of a lactating
mother or milk-fed baby, but that would be a rare occurance and there isn't that much milk in them anyway (nothing like the 100 or so pounds of milk per day from a milking Holstein cow). Also, neither cats nor dogs
have the enzyme, lactase, that is needed to breakdown lactose, the sugar in milk. Some individuals are able to tolerate dairy products, but it certainly isn't good for them. Humans have varying levels of lactase.

If you aren't able to get organically-produced milk, are you aware of what is IN milk? Pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics and other various assorted chemicals all given to the cow can come through in the milk. I have heard that 1/2 of all children's exposure to antibitics comes from MILK, not an actual prescription. Scary thought. BGH, a hormone used to increase milk production, is linked to cancer formation, and comes through in milk.

Many pets with allergies have allergies to dairy products (this includes yogurt, which is usually mis-labeled as being nutritious). If they aren't allergic to the foreign things in milk like the proteins, chemicals and hormones, then the dairy triggers allergies to other things. So avoiding any dairy not only helps your animal not be allergic to it, it helps decrease other allergies. If you yourself have allergies try dropping all dairy and grains from your diet and see if that doesn't help your allergies tremendously.

Calcium isn't even that absorbable from milk. Humans and dogs/cats alike can all get great levels of calcium from vegetables. Dogs/cats can get even more through bones (raw of course).

[caretaker]

thank you everybody for your input I really appreciate it. Finally I could prove my mom wrong.(LOL) So thanks again to everyone.

[Luigi]

I give my dogs the occassional left-over from my cereal bowl, and the worse that ever happens is a little loose stool, if they had too much . . .

I resuce cats, too, and out of the six, only one or two seems to have any issue with milk, so my guess is lactose intolerance---just like you see in people.

(No cat jokes, all you dogmen)! :)

[Miles]

Oh dear.... We give him the left over milk in the cereal bowl... Why haven't you told me about this ages ago! And I wonder why he hasn't been pooping right!

[Miles]

Just look how hard he has to concentrate, it's written all over his face...

http://andy.oplink.net/poo.gif

[Luigi]

Oh dear.... We give him the left over milk in the cereal bowl... Why haven't you told me about this ages ago! And I wonder why he hasn't been pooping right!
Loose stool, right? : (

Well, if that's him in the photo, he looks quite fine to me. :) (Moto as in "moto"cycle you say? I use to dirtbike ride).

[Luigi]

Just look how hard he has to concentrate, it's written all over his face...

http://andy.oplink.net/poo.gif
Stool looks o.k. to me. He just seems like he takes things too serious, lol . . .

[Miles]

Well he will finish that turd and run around for about 30 seconds and then poos some really loose stuff... Not watery..

And yes Moto as in Motorcycle or MotoGP... I ride a crotch rocket on weekends.

[Luigi]

Well he will finish that turd and run around for about 30 seconds and then poos some really loose stuff... Not watery..

And yes Moto as in Motorcycle or MotoGP... I ride a crotch rocket on weekends.
I'm not sure, but I've always assumed the dropping of the looser stuff around the yard was some type of marking---but I could be wrong . . . just my guess . . .

(My brother is into those bikes . . . I've only been a passenger).

[Miles]

Whatever happend to sprinkling some urine...

(You should learn to be the driver... Much fun)

[Luigi]

Whatever happend to sprinkling some urine...

(You should learn to be the driver... Much fun)
Well, like I said, I'm not sure about stool being a "marker," but maybe someone else has some insight.

(lol---never saw too many girls who rode those things---atleast not back when I rode.) :)

[SEAL]

yeah no they pee to mark lol. poop is poop is poop. i try not to give my dogs milk even though they get cheese with their meds on occasion but i have been using peanut butter instead.

Moto looks like hes concentrating "squuuueeeezzzzzeeee and relax ahhh now SQuuuueeeeze and relax ah"

maybe he doesnt want to see anyone watching him poo he could be poop shy lmao. if i close my eyes then they arent there.

[Luigi]

He is a really handsome dog. Is he a rescue?

[chinasmom]

I have fed eggs, cottage cheese and regular cheese to my pregnant dogs. Suppose to give them extra calcium and protein. Not to mention the gas. LOL

[14rock]

I think this all stems from the idea that choclate can and will kill dogs, and choclate being a dairy product, makes people assume its the dairy. Could be wrong but theres a diffrence between a dog knocking over a glass of milk and sipping half cup and feeding your dog a hersheys bar when he wakes up :D

[pitbulllvr25]

Just look how hard he has to concentrate, it's written all over his face...

http://andy.oplink.net/poo.gif
That face is priceless! .....lol

[missybee16]

Looks like he's concentrating on it. Cuttie pie.

[Rocky H. Balboa]

I give my dog diluted milk. Sometimes 1 part milk 1 part water, other times, 2 parts milk 1 part water. I have not had an issue yet and they love it just the same!

[SouthernDixie]

My boyfriend let one of ours lick the bowl after dinner (yea yea I know - not a good idea - but I wasn't present at the time to hit him in the head for it). Well dinner was some kind of cheesy chicken thing and it also contained milk.

Well that night we had an allergic reaction. Her eyes swelled shut, she was delirious, and she sat up in bed with me all night - not sleeping until about 11am the next day. She was panting and acting very odd. I'd lay her down, she'd sit right back up. Pretty scary. But now we believe it was the milk, or the fake cheese in the dinner.

I also had a yorkie when I was a little girl that I fed a cheeto - the fake cheese on those almost killed it.