What human foods are safe for my dog to eat as occasional treats?

Ideally, a high-quality commercially-prepared diet should make up 90% of a dog’s diet, with nutritious treats making up no more than that last 10%. Commercially-prepared foods are formulated to provide proper balances of vitamins and minerals, fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Nutritional deficiencies or imbalances can lead to a host of health conditions. There are some dogs or pet parents who prefer home cooked diets over the commercially available options. In these cases, the recipe for the home cooked food must be carefully balanced to account for any lacking nutrients, and are best formulated by specialists in veterinary nutrition. Examples of such recipes can be found at www.balanceit.com. However, occasional treats of people foods, such as boiled white meat chicken, cooked sweet potatoes, turkey, green beans, or carrots are perfectly fine!

The best thing to make Moonlight healthy is to feed him only puppy food. Many human foods are toxic to dogs, and the rest should not be part of their daily diet. I would feed him a puppy food. Best of luck.

Great question! I will give you links to websites that list foods Oscar can never have, and food that he can have on occasion. It's not recommended to give him too much human food, as that can lead to obesity, which then leads to heart problems, diabetes, and joint problems. http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets http://www.akc.org/content/health/articles/fruits-vegetables-dogs-can-and-cant-eat/

Commercial diet of good quality (Royal Canin or Hill's puppy food) is the best option up to twelve months of age. Then you can switch to adult food. Feed her twice daily. As treats it would be ideal to use vegetables like carrots for example. These would be very healthy and not fat at all.

Banana is fine to give Buddy as an occasional treat, but I would not give it to him daily. It's most important that his diet consists of a puppy formulated food so he grows properly. I will put a link below that lists fruits that are safe to give him as an occasional treat (one or twice a week in small amounts). I hope this helps! http://www.akc.org/content/health/articles/fruits-vegetables-dogs-can-and-cant-eat/

Yes, homemade treats are fine. There are plenty of recipes you can find online on how to make homemade treats. All the ingredients you list are OK and there are MANY more. Just google some homemade treat recipes for dogs and go from there. Just be sure you are not feeding too many calories. A lot of treats are not good especially for small breed dogs. Here is one website for you to look at: https://www.cesarsway.com/dog-care/nutrition/recipes-for-quick-and-healthy-dog-treats Hope this helps!

Feeding from the table can make your puppy fat, and also there are several human foods that are toxic to dogs. Some dogs fed from the table begun to refuse to eat their regular dog food, which is nutritionally balanced for them (while table food is not). I would suggest following the advice of your vet for the best outcome for your puppy.