View Full Version : Can dogs/puppies have goats milk?


Mandie
27-02-2008, 16:06
I know some people say normal milk isn't good for dogs/puppies, but is goats milk okay?

I did used to get my westie puppy puppies milk, but it's so expensive for a little thing! And because before I used to always give her some normal milk whenever I made a cup of tea or anything, now whenever I get the milk out the fridge she sits by her milk milk bowl(I got her a little pink puppy bowl for milk and custard and stuff that wouldn't be nice to mix with her food bowl, haha!) and gives me that little sad but cute look!

Andddd is custard okay too? Not that she gets much, only a little bit.

I remember when she was a tinnyyy puppy when we first got her, I had a banana and custard muller yoghurt and gave her the pot to lick clean, well she stuck her head in it and got it all over her face, so she had a yellow head! It was sooo funny, but hard to clean, haha!

And whilst I'm here and about yoghurt pots, (although I haven't found anywhere that recycles yoghut pots yet) I usually give them to Kizzy so she can clean them with her tongue so then it's easier to clean them and she gets a little treat from it.
Would it be okay to give her a chocolate mouse pot? I don't leave anything in it, so it is just bits round the edge, but is that still too much chocolate for a dog?

She always sits and waits when I'm eating a chocolate mouse(which has been a lot recently thanks to Morrisons having aero ones on 2 for £1! :D) and gives me that sad cute look again when I don't give the pot to her after!



*thinks* Don't think I have anything to add to my 100 questions!

Ohhh apart from, Kizzy is almost 9 months, how old can she be until I can't call her a puppy anymore?
My parents dog is about 10 years old and they still call her a puppy, haha!
I don't want to do that, people might think I'm a bit loopy. :o

Right, think that's everything! :)


(I hope there isn't some sort of character limit here, I think I may have written an essay. :o)

katkin
27-02-2008, 16:19
dobermutt loves yoghurt, ice cream and sorbet once in a while. She finishes off my cereal in a morning but I dont actively give her cows or goats milk

dumplindeb
27-02-2008, 18:28
have you looked in morrisons on pet aisle they actually do sell puppy milk in small
cartons, at about 59p a go, my dog loves it, but i only give it as a treat every now
and then.

medusa
27-02-2008, 18:30
Molly loves goat's milk. In fact she really likes milk in general, but since I don't have cow's milk about the place she doesn't have any chance of getting any of that.

She doesn't get much of it, but the odd dribble every now and then that uses up the end of a carton can't do her that much harm.

BlackVelvet
28-02-2008, 00:30
Goats milk is far better for dogs (and cats for that matter) than cows milk. Easier to digest and less likely to cause stomach upsets.

holidayhutch
28-02-2008, 13:01
We used to take spare milk from the goats my SIL had up to Thornberry for the pups and kittens

Gemima
28-02-2008, 14:41
Years ago there was a Nanny at Thornberry that carried on producing milk even when her kid was weaned so she had to be milked all her life. The resident dogs used to queue up for it, I wasnt much good at the milking thing and could never do it quickly so the dogs used to be getting so impatient. It never did them any harm and they had the goats milk every day.