Canned Salmon for dogs?
Our Corgis get kibble as their primary diet, but I do like to reduce their food by a couple tablespoons a few days a week and give them some yogurt, cottage cheese, or scrambled egg. I also sometimes mix in green beans or pumpkin, and if they are on a diet I'll sometimes toss in some made-for-people plain unflavored rice cakes. Once I had a slightly freezer-burned piece of salmon that I steamed for them and they loved that.
I was looking at some higher-end canned dog food as a topper, but then I was in the grocery store and noticed an almost one-pound can of human-grade canned pink salmon is only, like, $3. Cheaper than dog food and made for people.
Has anyone added canned salmon to their dogs' diet? This would be rotated in with the other toppers, not an everyday thing. I looked online and the general consensus seemed to be it's ok as a mix-in, though some said "Oh-my-gosh-the-mercury-will-kill-them!!!!"
I was also thinking of giving some to my cat on occasion. I give her primarily kibble but give her a half-can of wet food on most days as well. Again, there seems to be concern online about the mercury, but cat food has salmon or tuna in it all the time and I can't see what the difference would be.
I also read that sardines are excellent for dogs.
I would buy frozen salmon filets and steam them, to avoid the sodium in canned foods, but salmon is prohibitively expensive, and I also read that most filets are farmed whereas the canned stuff is wild salmon.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy & Keke on
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We do not have canned salmon in the supermarket here. So I do buy frozen salmon for her, steam or pan-fry.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I think you are right about the farm raised filets and I believe they also have even the higher mercury.I don't know why the canned wouldn't be ok. I have given my animals some occasionally. Hmmmm which makes me think about whether or not my salmon dog food has high mercury levels...
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Permalink Reply by Lawren and Teddy on
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I get these freezed dried wild salmon treats and both my cats and Teddy adore them. They smell to high heaven but they go nuts for them. The kibble I feed Teddy has salmon (and other fish) in it and there's no problem. And like you said, there's all that fish in cat food. I say go for it. They are going to love it.
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Human grade should be a plus!
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl Nickel on
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I do, on occassion, give my three dogs (human grade) canned salmon & sardines as a topper for their kibble......they love it & since it is not their main source of nutrition I am not concerned about the "mercury levels".
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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I wanted to update to say that last week I bought a can of sardines (only $1!!) and this week a can of pink salmon, and the dogs and cat both love it. The bones in both are safe to eat (the canning process leaves them powdery).
It's cheap by pet-food standards, considering I pay $1 for a tiny little can of high-quality catfood. I would not feed it as a staple, especially to the cat (cats have such sensitive systems), but as an occasional mix-in it's a winner.
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