Here Are The Top 10 Thanksgiving Foods You Shouldn’t Give Your Dog
If your dog is like ours, she or he is very food motivated. And no time in the year is more food heavy than Thanksgiving. Here are the top 10 Thanksgiving foods you shouldn’t give your dog.
Nobody knows better than the American Kennel Club. They have released a list of the foods on the good list and the foods on the naughty list around the Thanksgiving holiday. It is no surprise there is an uptick in visits to the Vet. It is just so tempting to give your best friend a little slice of this or that. Which this and that should we avoid.
1) Ham. Ham is high is salt and can cause kidney damage
2) Turkey fat and skin. I am guilty of giving Winnie the skin. Seems safe but isn’t. It can lead to pancreatitis and stomach issues.
3) Foods with bone attached. Not even a big leg bone is safe.
4) Butter. Just like for us, butter is high in fat
5) Seasonings with salt and pepper
6) Greasy sides like mashed potatoes. That can give tummy aches fast
7) Stuffing. Those spices are not good for your little one
8) Gravy. So much salt and fat.
9) Chocolate desserts. Absolutely toxic for dogs
10) Alcohol. If you think this is funny, it is not. It can cause severe health problems in dogs.
Here are the top 10 Thanksgiving foods you shouldn’t give your dog. Our source for this is the American Kennel Club. They also list foods that are ok to give your dog at Thanksgiving. Get the whole list right here.
5 Of The Nation's Top Dog Friendly Restaurants Are In North Carolina
Five of the most dog-friendly restaurants in America are in North Carolina. Listen I love dogs. I really do. And I’m on board (if your dog can handle it and is happy) for taking dogs to places like breweries. Perhaps even somewhere with an outdoor patio to eat. But I’m a little more hazy on that one. But what I saw this weekend in Blowing Rock, was two different dogs one in a stroller and the other just laying under the table, inside in a restaurant. I’m sorry the line has to be drawn somewhere. Your dog will be ok at home for an hour by themselves. These were not service animals, just dogs that were accompanying their owners to dine inside a sit-down restaurant.
I get it. When my dog was alive I did wish I could take him everywhere. He loved to go to the drive threw, the bank, or a pet-friendly store like Petsmart. But I never took him into a general store and certainly never to a restaurant. And in all honesty, he would have been miserable at a restaurant. He hated sitting still in a new place, would have been trying to eat everyone’s food, and the heat outside would have bothered him as well. But despite my personal feelings about taking your dog out to eat, numerous people do it. This is what led Yelp to create a list of the most dog-friendly restaurants in America. And not one, not two, but 5 North Carolina restaurants made the list.
Here’s how Yelp says the list was curated: “We identified businesses in the restaurants and food categories with a large concentration of reviews mentioning “dog friendly,” then ranked those spots using a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews mentioning those keywords between June 1, 2020, and June 1, 2023. If a chain appeared on the list more than once, we only included the highest-rated location. When available, all businesses on this list have a passing health score as of June 1, 2023.” You can view the full list of 100 restaurants here or keep reading to see the 5 top dog-friendly restaurants in North Carolina.
Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.
