Seven Lesser-Known Human Foods That Are Safe, Effective, and Healthy for Dogs 

I'm 71 y.o., and we gave our pets dog and cat our leftovers. My mother cooked all our meals from scratch. She was a really good cook too. The pets didn't get diabetes, cancers, etc. like today. Also, our pets were indoor/outdoor and would occasionally dine on a small critter. We need to go back to a common sense lifestyle! God Bless❤

chicken hearts, pumpkin, unsalted pumpkin seeds, salmon,** broccoli?, apples, no core) blueberries, sweet potato, cool. Thanks Doc

Pumpkin seeds raw will get rid of worms within a couple of days. My dogs go into the garden and eat pumpkins, carrots, broccoli, cabbage and they love it.

I've been making my little Minpinzu's food for years, following your advice. Carrots, sweet potato, spinach, yellow squash, zucchini, and blueberries cooked. Adding organic meats. Supplementing with your Ultimate Canine. He's doing very well at 12.5 years old. No kibble or processed food.

I love when you call Tula....Poodle.😂❤ This must be an older video or your collarbone is 100% healed. Praying you are healthy and healing. ❤ WE ALL LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, DR. INDIANA JONES!!!!🎉

I blend yogurt, banana and blueberries and freeze it in ice cube trays as "ice cream" for my dog. He loves it, especially on hot summer days.

I'm so glad i found your channel. My pup is almost 16 weeks, had him since 9 weeks, i feed him broccoli, spinach, sweet potato, carrot uncooked, eggs and shell, fermented yoghurt...all the good meats, his favourite is duck meat off the bone {i cut it from the bone}. I wont listen to anyone about how great manufactured dog food is, my pup wont touch it....yeah

I had to laugh at the broccoli rejection, my dog will steal raw broccoli and run away with it like it’s a bone 😂

I don't know if I'm more impressed with the content of the video, or the fact that Tula sat on that counter the entire time! Honestly, though, great info!!

Our Corgis love all the foods you mentioned except chicken hearts. I'll have to try that for them. But instead of yogurt, we give them a couple tablespoons of kefir every morning with half a hard boiled egg and a handful of blueberries. In watching a video on how to make kefir, they mentioned that a small amount of kefir was good for dogs every day. I believe it has similar benefits to yogurt.

No kibble for my dogs. My older dog got kibble for the first 2 years of his life (he's 14..5 years old). He eats anything I throw at him. Our young dog was raised on raw meat diet from the day we got her. She does not like veggies, she watches the older dog eat it and then she plays with the veggies, throws them around, later he would clean up after her. He also likes my home made Sauerkraut. That surprised me. They get an egg every day with their meat. Chicken hearts, and beef heart is on their menu often. They get Greek yoghurt whenever I'm having it (plain, no sugar). They like plain kefir too.

I make a combo pot of all these ingredients and add it to my dogs kibble daily. Also don't forget red bell peppers, ground flax seeds, and herbs like oregano, parsley, tumeric, ginger, etc. Started this routine with my dogs about 6 years ago. My 80 lb. goldendoodle still going strong at age 14.

I make my own greek yogurt and kefir. My dogs really love it. Also every year I get zucchinis and pumpkins and chop them up and freeze them so the pups can enjoy it all year round. Crazy dog mama here, have a small chest freezer for dogs' meat and veg too. Beef hearts, tongue, kidney, liver, chicken hearts, chicken feet and bones for plain broth just for them.

Thank you Dr.Jones!! I have 190# Giant breed dogs, I make every for them. All food is either raised or grown on our place or sourced organic. Trying to give them the best possible years of living.

Your dog touches me to tears. Oh gosh I love you baby girl you sweet innocent caring being.

Once again, you’ve hit it out of the ballpark! My dog diet is going to change drastically, but with moderation to start with. Thank you so much you are worth your weight in gold. You’re a blessing to the animal kingdom and to its humans. Thank you doctor for what you do and blessings to you and your family.🙏❤️

Tula deserves an Oscar 😂🦮🐈🦜🙋‍♀️🙏

Love your cute dog Tula. The most chill dog on camera ❤

Thank you so much for the time that you take to share and teach us all to better care for our beloved animals!!

My dogs love apples.

We make our aged 14 year old Staffy a butternut squash mash, and use that on his licky mats. We do freeze it as he has aways loved it frozen. Every evening before bed, that's like his 'dessert' :) He also has Goats yoghurt :) Thank You for your amazing videos! Came to look for other info from you of which has been very very helpful to us. :)

thought it was so cute that Tula did not want anything to do with the raw broccoli. Thanks for confirming all the delicious things that I am already using in my border collies diet. I cook for him every day, Ty precious brother for all that you share with us. You are very loved and appreciated

I have a chihuahua who's weight I've been working on and we've tried some of these. I think he has a fish allergy or something, but the broccoli was a fun surprise. He hates the tops (which I like) but loves the stems/trunks (which I hate) so we split raw broccolis :'D

Tula loves those chicken hearts. She's living her best life😊

Love Tula "Poodle". 💜

I have two gripes but this is all very good information. Be sure that your apples and other fruit/veg aren't treated with Apeel or other wax coatings. Get organic to avoid those things that could be harmful to a pet since they are smaller than humans (well, most dogs, anyway!) The other thing is to beware of lactose in yogurt. Most animals are lactose intolerant, including dogs and cats. If your dog or cat gets diarrhea after eating yogurt, they are likely lactose intolerant. Otherwise, I highly recommend cooking your pet food at home! There is no kibble allowed in my house. Here's the recipe I use for my dog: 4 whole, pasture raised eggs 2 chicken breasts and 2 chicken thighs cooked in a crock pot then chopped up together 1/2 cup Frozen peas and carrots This makes about 4-5 days of meals for a 15lb dog. I add 1 tablespoon of pumpkin puree on the side each meal. I'm going to add chicken hearts to his meals now. :)

Doc your the best fantastic to see you all healthy again take care of yourself thank you so much for everything

We raise chickens, so I've been giving my cats and dogs one raw egg a day for more than 20 years. Such a simple efficient, inexpensive, easy and effective way to get protein and cholesterol into our animals! 🐕🐈🐈‍⬛🐩 Your animals will have rich, subtle fur, no dry or itchy skin, clear eyes, etc. Plus I whole-heartedly agree with all the other recommendations here as well. I recommend substituting fresh cooked pumpkin for the canned stuff. 🎃 Thank you, Dr.

AS USUAL ❤🎉 LOVE THIS! SO APPRECIATE YOU!!

Everything I already gi e my dogs❤thanks for the confirmation 😊 I fill the Kongballs with yogurt and freeze them in the summer

Thanks Doc. As always, wonderful advice and no waffle! I often look on google as to what is safe for our dogs and its all contradicted . I said before, I'm feeding my 13 dogs at home and also around 20 street dogs daily. And mostly they are on a vegetable diet with a little meat, and wow, Ive seen miracles in very short times. Many thanks from all your viewers and subscribers! Love Tula hahaha, the little poodle. steve

I follow your Channel my dog was diagnosed with epilepsy seizures spent lots of money the doctor did CAT scans and prescribed medication started medication seizures remain ask the doctor what can we do he said up the dosage so we did Caesars every day after eating lasted an hour violence foaming at the mouth I was getting 2 hours of sleep if I was lucky for 4 months we suffered then I started researching every aspect of her symptoms and one day I noticed she had worms in her feces and she was never checked for worms by the doctor and the medication he prescribed he was also supposed to subscribe folate and vitamin B12 but he did not treated the worms seizures continued she started to lose vision I decided I was taking her off the medication winged her down using CBD oil and vitamins for a couple of months it seemed that certain foods would trigger violence seizure and we up the dose of CBD oil in the foaming at the mouth we're still there research led me to pancreas stop the CBD oil seizures subsided but still remained she is blind at this point started researching food that was digestible was feeding her steak and chicken I tried your pork diet seizures remain but not as constant some of the vitamins I was given her through my research we're also inflaming the pancreatitis such as the CBD oil the fats reduce the steak and chicken and started with Royal Canin digestive care seem to improve back to the pancreas my research led me to fresh ginger and Ginger was the trick no seizures but she still blind and the second bag of Royal Canin digestive care not the prescription brand seem to have been tainted seizure every time she ate it twister back to boil chicken and steak with her Ginger she's been doing well recovering for the past month no seizures the medication was killing her and he upped the doses without even prescribing the vitamins to help counteract the damage she is officially blind the steak is a little hard to digest we give it half cooked boil the chicken Ginger twice a day and the appropriate amount for her body weight and we're doing great other than the damage that was done Pharmaceutical malpractice and I'm not a doctor by no means but I read a lot and the ginger was the remedy for the liver and pancreas inflammation triggering seizures and foaming at the mouth sorry so long I left a lot out just trying to get this out for you

Thank You Dr Jones for sharing this video. I have been giving my dogs all that you have mentioned except for the Pumpkin Seeds. I have always thought that seeds aren't good for animals & so I stayed away from it. But it's good to learn more today from you. ❤

I love these kind of videos Dr. jones! You’re the best! I just bought a pack of chicken livers.

She's s so sweet! Patiently waiting for what treat your going to offer next!! ❤❤❤❤😂😂

I love all this information. I do most of these for my pup. Except the chicken hearts and sweet potato. He is allergic 😢. I make him cookies with pumpkin.

Do you feed them the egg shell & all? Was always told they are good to give your dogs but never really sure about it? Thank you for sharing your knowledge! We refer back to your videos often when we have questions! Stay well!

My gorgeous English bull terrier Sharkey LOVES watermelon. Apple. Pear. Peach. Cucumber. Tomato. Lettuce 🥬 nectarines lol

I love so much your channel, I always learn something new to keep my dog healthy and happier. Last week I followed your advice to treat Maya's ear (mite) and not only did it save me a lot of money but I also got extra knowledge on different ear issues, Not just that, now I have everything I need to treat any future problem with her ear. 🥰🤩😍

Your videos make my day, so informative and inspiring thank you so much .

Please make some videos on how to help a new puppy get a great start when bringing them home. Safe Food, treats, toys, etc. Planning on bringing home a new puppy this Fall & I would like to give him a great start! Thanks!

My mini schnauzer loved string beans. I used to share them whenever I was getting them ready for cooking. In fact, I caught her eating them off my garden plants when I would let her out in the morning. So cute. They know what’s good for them.

Great information! Thank you. Could you possibly repeat this type of video for cats?

Hi, im so thankful that you help all of us with pets. I was wondering if all the foods you mentioned here are also good or okay to give to my cat as well?? I give my dog some of the foods that you say are good or okay for them to have. I appreciate your assistance with our pets and your videos! Thank you so much! ❤ Peace, love & joy be with you always. 😊😊❤️

My dog eats boiled pumpkin , home made yogurt , bananas n oats . Sometimes mixed in his kibble .

Am watching this most of all so I can see Tula! Sorry doc but she stole the show! 😅❤

Question about berries..salmon berries are they safe? They are in abundance around me I have given my girl quite a few no issues but then I decided to research to make sure they are safe but it's mixed information all over the place. I feed a raw diet to her and she loves her berries when we're out and about walking in the bush we have wild raspberries salmonberries blackberries everything around us. Love your videos so informative

GREAT content and info as always! I share your videos w family and friends. So many good to know things! My dogs just had chicken livers today as their kibble topper. I also buy chicken gizzards and calf liver. They get a variety of toppers. Thx, again!

Thank you Thank you, Dr Jones @VeterinarySecrets. So very helpful information. A lot of what you've shared I'm already giving my little 10 lb guy. He's kind of a picky stinker but I still offer it to him. I think he may be reacting to allergies we're overcoming with your helpful information from other videos and may find he's not that picky at all. Thank you again so much.

@VeterinarySecrets if my female golden retriever Luna is 57 lbs (2 years old) how many eggs can I give her a day? I make your homemade recipes for her. No more kibble for her, only human grade food.

Both my dogs and my chickens absolutely love wild blueberries (organic of course). And for the meat I get organic grass-fed beef hamburger from Walmart as well as organic raw chicken legs. Salt-free sardines in extra virgin olive oil and organic Kiefer.

I really want to start making my dog his own food (he got really sick from kibble several months ago, he’s stable now and I’m ruling out allergies) but he won’t eat anything healthy for him. Maybe steak. But not chicken, not fruits, nuts/seeds, veggies, rice… he wouldn’t even eat fresh salmon I tried to give him the other day and he LOVES fish. If it’s not kibble or something unhealthy, he won’t eat it. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone have a solutions/ suggestions?

Love all your videos

Won't be able to get canned pumpkin in Italy, thankfully fresh pumpkin is always available here. I'll steamcook it😊

I make dog cookies at home with eggs sweet potatoes and many if the others in this video and have for years and years

So glad to see broccoli in the list! My Chi loves it and I was limiting it thinking it wasn’t entirely safe. But now, she can enjoy more of it. Thank you!

I love chicken hearts. Fortunately my Oma introduced me as a child to them otherwise I would find them gross probably.. my dog loves them as well as veggies with butter ;-), yoghurt, wild berries (raspberries and blackberries- not the store bought ones though) as well as zucchini and kale fritters ;-)

Thanks Dr Jones, you are amazing. Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge 😁

What about Sardines packed in spring water?

Tula is the best guinea pig, lol too cute!

You are awesome!! I'm glad you are much better... Thank You

Always love the information you provided. Thank you 😊

love your videos but my doggy is just 4 pounds, Tula is gorgeus,

THANK U DOC. GREAT INFO... GOD BLESS!!!❤

Healing and homes for all animals in need. Blessings and abundance for those helping them. 🙏👑💙💙💙🍀🌈💲

Well I'm doing pretty good. I give my dog everything you mentioned (not at the same time lol). I cook for her. Tfs

Been cooking for my cocker and all my dogs. Everything mentioned I actually use. I gmake pasta and chickpea pasta which good for dogs as well. I make Flatbread from cauliflower and joghurt . Dogs love them. Pumpkin seeds and peanuts and organic peanut butter. Just be careful with yeast. Dogs can have allergic reactions with yeast on their skin. If so, use pure aloe with coconut oil, will dissappear almost instantly. Dogs are much happier with human food and organic healing. Much much healthier. Thank you Doc, you are truly amazing.

This is good. I make my dogs food.

I give my 15 year old Sheltie homemade Kefir. She loves it.

Thank you so much for all your wonderful suggestions! I feed my Sally (setter) and Ollie (galgo) raw and add among other things, kefir, as a pro-biotic.

I feed Taste of Wild(Salmone,trout ,venison ,bison) plus all the great stuff you mentioned mix in yogurt ( not alot )pumpkin olive oil they love it!! Plus I add Doggie Greens powder human grade they eat up grea plus I give a hemp joint supplement for my boys hips!

Dr. Andrew, would you use the Panacur protocol in a dog suffering from lymphoma? What would you feed a dog suffering from said cancer?

Thank you very much

Thank you for this video filled with healthy treats Dr. Jones. 🙏🏾

My dog loves watermelon above all fruits 😂 But he's also very fond of eating other fruit, but he's not into vegetables.

Yogurt +pumpkin purée makes great frozened treats for doggies 🧡🧡🧡 Many thanks dr Jones ;))

Great information!

Some of these items I feed already, or is contained in the base mixes I feed. The only ingredient I don’t know if she’s getting are crushed pumpkin seeds.

I bred Boxers for nearly 40 years and they had very little processed foods. I raised them all ages, including weaning pups, on mostly raw and cooked human grade meats , veggies , grains etc They ate apples every day as I owned an orchard and they ran for miles with the miniature horses and sheep, and swam nearly all year round. I never saw fleas and the only time they ever saw a vet was innoculations (and I always Titer tested them first) and the odd accident or c section. Most of them lived long and healthy lives. I now have Frenchies and they eat the same way. I am a big believer , you are what you eat! Sadly most vets in New Zealand push kibble onto the pet owners and say people cant do a balanced diet for dogs! What on earth do they think dogs ate long before commercial food!

Doc, please check out T Colin Campbell the China Study and Knockout S Somers!

Dr J, have you ever treated a dog with lymphocytic plasmacytic stomatitis? It’s apparently pretty rare ( usually in cats) There’s not much literature out there. The drs who have treated it have discovered that a combination of Clindamycin and steroids seem to help get it into a remission stage. While we were treating our dog for this,he developed pancreatitis so we had to stop treatment temporarily. He recovered from the pancreatitis, but now the mouth disorder is bad again. Our vet is fantastic and has done research on his own to help me instead of having to go to a dentist specialist who probably doesn’t know anymore than he does. If you have any experience, I would love to hear about it. Of course we also are now on low fat, homemade diet because of the pancreatitis.🤦‍♀️

You are brilliant. Man's best friend in human form❤

Thank you Dr. jones this is so important and yes I agree so much to fresh foods such as what you suggested. I try to introduce as much of this I can to my dogs. They love the Greek yogurt, and sweet potato. Thank you so much for all your helpful advice and information.

Thank you you have really helped me a lot with my little girl ❤️

Thank you!

My dogs really enjoy these as an occasional treat. They're easy to cook by steaming; sometimes I even pressure-cook them to make it go quicker. Good bite-size snacks.

Dogs reaction to the broccoli 🥦 😂 just like us

Very confirming! We give a variety of everything except the chicken hearts and pumpkin seeds, but we’ll start adding those into the rotation. Our large breed rescue pups have always had their diets supplemented with fresh fruit and veggies. They have all lived long happy lives. Even our first Labrador who had a very rough start without adequate food and shelter and developed issues because of it lived until just weeks shy of 14.

❤❤❤your information thank you so much really appreciate it 😊

Ty,love your videos. So helpful.

Thank you so much!!! :)

My dog loves all those foods . He likes sardines too and plain unsweetened yogurt alot

The pumpkin seeds. Do the seeds have to be crushed or ground up or can we eat them whole and it still has the anti parasitic effect? This is amazing information thank you so much Andrew.

I learn so much from you . Good for the dog food for use too .

asparagus is one of the best things we can give to our pets

Thank you 🌻

Thank you

I watch my niece’s dog whenever they go out of town. He hates fruit but loves vegetables. Mostly steamed green beans, roasted carrots, raw cucumber, and raw red cabbage. Of course I limit the amount I gave him and also make sure that it has no salt or other seasonings on it.

Such a helpful vid!!! He mentions salmon. My dogs LOVE it! But be sure to put it in a different container, in the fridge, after opening the can. Just to change up their diet, a pinch, some days I give red eye socket canned salmon, which is the highest protein (but adjust the kibble less), a sardine, w brown rice & quinoa, 1 teaspoon minced raw carrot, topped with a teaspoon plain cottage cheese. They love raw carrot chips at snack-O-clock too. But now imma add minced raw apples too & sliced apple chips at snack time. THANK YOU, thank you, for this awesome, helpful vid!!!(Keri, Boston MA) 😊

Thank you for wonderful info!