is ice cream ok fpr dogs?

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7.February 2008 05:27

my dogs love ice cream . . .
everytime we eat ice cream
they uses their puppy eyes . . .
is it ok to feed them ice cream?

6.February 2008 22:40

many dogs are lactose intolerant so they can not eat ice cream but i read somewhere over the net that a leading dog food company and a major ice cream company are formulating an ice cream sandwich treat for dogs. It is dairy based and have the same texture of ice cream and contains only 1% lactose also it has added protein and no sugar. I just hope it will be available here in the Philippines

6.February 2008 23:06

i already did though, fortunately they seems okay...

6.February 2008 23:45 | changed 7.February 2008 06:46

Dogs are lactose intolerant, so feeding them icecream is not the best idea. Instead, give them a nice healthy dog treat, human food is for humans and Not for dogs, it can be potentially harmful to them so please don´t give in to those cute little puppy eyes, they´re better off with some dog food.

7.February 2008 00:03

what about the fruity ice sticks! rusty loves em!

he gives me puppy eyes and we sometimes give him his own and it has no affect on him. are they ok for dogs

7.February 2008 03:48

Our dogs used to love ice cubes I think it must be the coldness they like.

7.February 2008 06:15

well my dogs loves mcdonalds vanilla ice cream. they only eat like once a month .

7.February 2008 06:20

Is Ice Cream good for dogs.......Not in my house it´s not....if one of the little beggers so much as looks at my Ben and Jerry´s Caramel Chew Chew they get the evil eye from me.

Nobody, not even Phoebe, touches my ice cream

7.February 2008 06:25 | changed 7.February 2008 13:25

A friend, the owner of the Laborador Connie in Maizie´s photo, gives the dog her very own bucket (single serve) of ice cream when the family is having ice cream. I wouldn´t do this myself as my great-grandmother gave her dogs diabetes by giving them food high in sugar, but I guess if you do it as a very special treat. In another forum it´s mentioned that dogs aren´t built to handle a lot of fat in their food, but cats are, so...
Fortunately Triton isn´t interested in human food. He won´t touch chips, lollies & I have to hide veggies in meat. Much like a child who doesn´t like his veggies!

7.February 2008 06:28

some dogs love to eat ice cream,,but dont allow them to eat too much,small amount is ok.

7.February 2008 06:50

since we have owned laddy (8 months) he has had ice cream twice (only plain) as the chocolate is for me & me only, he will have at least 1 ice cube a day if he wants more he just looks at the freezer. I will let him as many ice cubes as he wants as it is only frozen water

8.February 2008 06:27

Personally i think a small amount of plain ice cream every now and then is ok. And by a small amount I mean, like one spoon full. I give Daph that as a treat, probably one a month at most, we don´t have ice cream often. I would never give her any type of flavoured stuff though, too much crap in it.

10.February 2008 07:05

i also give my puppies icecream but very rare..

18.May 2008 09:31

Madchen loves ice cream...she gets a puppy cup once a month or so.

18.May 2008 12:30

Happy loves to eat ice cream too^^ she like Mcdonald´s ice cream! I think is ok for giving the dogs eating ice cream!

18.May 2008 12:36

well my dogs love Ice Cream... nothing happened to them but tramp loves chocolates so much...is it bad to give dogs chocolates?

18.May 2008 12:40

couldn´t be worse! Don´t do it!

18.May 2008 13:04

I love ice cream but I´m lactose intolerant (granted I´m not a dog but..)... I really can understand how painful it is to eat a milk based product when your body can´t tolerate it, if you knew what it does you would never give your dog ice cream.

Chocolate like Rangoon said NO!!
...and like HairyMaclary said "Dog food for dogs human food for humans!" stick to this and you won´t go doing any damage.

18.May 2008 14:05

ive never thought it ice cream was dangerouse or not,my dogs love it but they dont get it often,once ina baloomoon.

18.May 2008 17:54

well my dogs loves mcdonalds vanilla ice cream. they only eat like once a month .
I remember treating my german shepherds mcdonalds plain sundaes before too and they really love it.

18.May 2008 18:15

James has very like ice-cream. When he was a puppy was having round ice-cream diarrhoea, now he adores it.