How to Share Your Holiday Feast with Your Pet

An interesting tradition in Chile is that they celebrate the Independence Day with their family and friend by eating two or more barbecue and sharing it. In this day they also share the meal with their pets. It is their tradition to associate the happiness with whether it is human or animal. They believe that food not only serves to satisfy hunger but also it is happiness. That’s why they share the joy with the pets by sharing the meal with them as well playing and walking with them.

Not only in Chile but also in many countries it is common practice to share the meal with pets in the festival. But as human, pets can have digestive disorder by eating non-typical foods. That’s why you need to know the proper way to cook the food for pets on holiday.

How to Share Holiday Feast with the Pets

There is no wrong with sharing the holiday feast with your pets. Because of the food sensitivity, if you don’t prepare the meal properly, you may end up your pet in danger. You can’t give them the food that you usually eat.

Tips on sharing Holiday Meal with Pets

Pets are part of our family. If your pet does not have food sensitivity in the past, you can invite them to the holiday dinner table. But you have to follow some precautions. Here are some tips on how you can please your pet with the holiday meal.

Ingredients to Avoid

Some of the ingredients are problematic for individual pets. We have listed down common ingredients that can cause your pet a problem. Here it is:
• You must avoid raisins and grapes to prevent kidney failure of dogs.
• Avoid artificial sweetener like Xylitol.
• Don’t include the onion, leeks, scallions, and other onion family member ingredients. The reason is onion can be toxic to dogs sometimes.
• Avoid Macadamia nuts. It may have toxic ingredients.
• If the pet receives mayonnaise, potatoes or fried foods, it will suffer multiple signs associated with poor digestion, such as abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea that can be bloody. As a result, you will suffer from decay, dehydration, and anorexia.
• Avoid caffeine, alcohol, or chocolate. Also, don’t include bones.
• If your dogs or cats are veggies, then serve it them before seasoning it.

To be on a safe side, you can give your pets the below meal:

• Give sweet potatoes without brown sugar topping.
• Green beans.
• You can provide a fully cooked turkey or ham. But avoid the turkey that had contact with the stuffing. Refrain from giving them stuffing as well. Besides that, don’t give them turkey bones.
• Cranberry sauce.

Dogs

Dogs are the best friends of our life. Or you can say they are the family member of us. We should share our festivals, holidays joy with them as our family member. Also, we have the responsibility to give them accommodation like a safe sleeping place with chew resistant dog bed, best toys with comfort, best foods with full of nutrition, etc.
Here I am going to share two recipes for your dog that you can give it to them during the holiday party.

Meat crackers to share

Ingredients:

• A serving of stew with meat
• 200 grams of wholemeal flour
• A pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of hot water

Preparation:

• Combine the ingredients in a container with capacity, including hot water.
• When it is at the right temperature, knead it.
• Separate the mixture into several balls, stretch with the roller and mold.
• Put in the oven, which should be preheated to 180°C and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove the heat once it reaches the desired thickness. After that, cool it.

Chicken with rice

Rice and chicken are the basic ingredients to get started in the world of homemade food for the dog. VeterinArian Arija advises “opt for white rice, as it is good quality food.” Brown rice is another alternative, but do not abuse it, as too much fiber can cause diarrhea for your dog.

The first step is to cook the rice until it is a little past, to facilitate the access of the enzymes of the digestive system of the can to the starch of the grains. The cooking time is around 15 minutes.

The chicken is made while the rice is prepared. The best part is the breasts since you should select lean meat, without too much fat, which does not remain or contain bones. There are two options for cooking: boil it in water or grill it. Once done, the rice is added, and that’s it! Now serve it to your dog.

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