Oh my! While I was writing that, my dogs just ate a banana peel! Should I worry? Are they going to throw up now? Its supper time... can I feed them?

Sigh. ;-)

Don't you just love how dogs eat something, THEN determine if it was in fact edible?

In my experience, if it won't go down, it will come back up. I think they'll be just fine, especially if they chewed the banana peel a bit. I think you can go ahead and feed them dinner. Just watch for any signs of obstruction---which would be an inability to keep anything at all down.

 Quote: sue houston

So would you recommend I wait for the E and Oil until they are eating, beef and other meats first?

What about vitamin C. I read in that book that it can irritate their stomachs. Is that one of the last things to add?

I hope someone else will offer their suggestion here, but if it were me, I'd make salmon oil the next new ingredient to add and get it into the diet sooner rather than later (it's such a nutritionally valuable supplement). Since you've already started the beef, get that into regular rotation, then start introducing the salmon oil, followed by the vit e. There are some threads here concerning dogs not dealing well with the introduction of both oil and e, but it usually has to do with incorrect (too large) dosing amounts - if you start slow/small and make sure you know what the correct target dosage for your dogs should be, you likely won't have any problems.

Regarding C - I actually don't feed C as a supplement by itself, favoring instead to include fruits and veggies in my dog's diet (so he gets C in "raw" form). Just like in people, I believe it's useful in higher doses when necessary to boost the immune system during sickness or stress (I have the powdered version Leerburg sells in the cabinet, just in case), but in an otherwise healthy dog, it isn't as critical to supplement as the salmon oil and vit e.

And the banana peel... well, not the most ideal chew toy, but it's really just a massive blob of fiber - as long as they chewed it up and didn't one of them swallow it whole, it's probably not an obstruction risk, though definitely watch them carefully tonight, and make sure they have normal bowel movements tomorrow. I'd still feed them their dinner, maybe just a little less than normal. A bit of food in their gut will encourage the peel to move it's way through...

~Natalya

 Quote: Natalya Zahn

if it were me, I'd make salmon oil the next new ingredient to add and get it into the diet sooner rather than later

Me too.:smile:

 Quote: sue houston

Oh my! While I was writing that, my dogs just ate a banana peel! Should I worry? Are they going to throw up now? Its supper time... can I feed them?

Sigh. ;-)

At least they didn't smoke it.

Maybe someone else can chime in on the Vit C question. I have read that, unlike humans, dogs manufacture their own. Giving Vit C regularly and over an extended period of time, actually causes them to shut down their own production, thus becoming dependent on the supplement. I have no idea if this is true. All the literature I've read does make an exception claiming it's useful in times of stress, illness, or recovery. I have no idea if this is true or not.