Commercial pet food should be at least 50% of your pet's diet

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Breads / Pastries

    (No chocolate!)
    rolls, bread or toast
    cookies
    sweet rolls, donuts
    cakes & frosting
    Twinkies, etc.

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Potatoes - butter ok

    mashed
    foiled
    french fries
    potato chips
    hash browns

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Popcorn - butter ok

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Vegetables

    cooked or raw

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Miscellaneous

    honey
    jam or jelly

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Fats

    fat trimmed from cooked meat
    cooked chicken skin - no meat

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Dairy Products

    (NO milk, yogurt, cheese or low fat anything)
    butter/margarine
    whipping cream
    high fat ice cream- small serving
    NO chocolate!

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No-No’s:  Do NOT Give These

    meats
    including jerky, bacon, chicken, steak, etc.
    anything containing chocolate or caffeine
    anything labeled low-fat
    eggs
    beans

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Note

Fried and high fat foods are better for our pets than for us because dogs and cats do not develop atherosclerosis, and their shorter life-span prevents many of the harmful effects we suffer from.   The only pets that need to avoid high fat and fried foods are those with pancreatitis or those that are obese.