Comments on: Eating dog biscuits

By: Kerry Castellanos

Kerry Castellanos — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:58:32 +0000

I eat Milkbone Healthy Favorites everyday. A handful. They have bits of sweet potato, flax seed, oats, and chicken in them that you can actually see and taste. My parents think I’m crazy and told me not to eat them because the plants they are processed in are probably nasty and I don’t know for sure what else is in them etc etc….My mom begged me not to tell people I eat them and my dad said I’ll end up with a hairy chest and turn in to”Lady Sasquatch”….They taste great and I’ve never gotten sick or had a stomach ache. I plan to call the company tomorrow and inquire. I will post their reply.

By: catherine

catherine — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:54:23 +0000

I am 64 years old. I have eaten dog biscuits almost all my life. My favourite brand is Milk Bone. I actually prefer Purina Cat Chow, however; it has a delightfully sour-spicy flavour. I eat a small handful of Purina Cat Chow almost every day, the way other people eat small crackers. They make a great pick-me-up snack in the afternoon. I do not take these items from the pets’ bowls but from the storage crocks i keep them in. I have never been sick from either Milk Bone Dog Biscuits or Purina Cat Chow.

By: amber lynn

amber lynn — Sun, 15 May 2011 16:48:07 +0000

i love eating dog biscuits, i have a pit bull i feel guilty buying his treats and then i eat them, is it harmfull to my digestive system???? thanx, amber

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:36:50 +0000

I would imagine if they are harmful to children they are harmful to adults to some degree. As I have never seen evidence of either I suspect they are not. Remember I’m talking about plain wholemeal dog biscuits, not dried dog food or any other type of dog food, which are completely different things.

Also, feeding dog biscuits to children in a nursery might not go down to well with parents in any event, so it’s probably not a good idea.

By: M taylor

M taylor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:08:02 +0000

I work in a nursery and I have been told not to use dog biscuits for activities because they are harmful to children. Could you tell me if there is any evidence as to this please. Yours M Taylor

By: Abbie Normal

Abbie Normal — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:14:20 +0000

Let me be the first to respond – yes, I ate dog biscuits as a child with apparently no ill-effect. My mom told me that I used to trade the cookie she gave me when I was a child with the biscuit she gave our dog. I don’t know if they make them anymore, or who the manufacturer was, but they were an assortment of differently colored, differently flavored (I can’t really remember if they had a different flavor) biscuits that were intended to represent a certain type of food (chicken, beef, vegetable, etc.).

I am also curious if eating dog biscuits over an extended period of time is harmful to humans. I know that there are certain types of food that are not good for dogs that humans can eat (I believe chocolate is one), and that dogs eat things that would probably make most people vomit (their own poo and grass). To continue with the strangeness of this post, and to offer a helpful suggestion to dog owners who want to curb this type of behavior, my aunt has admitted to sprinkling her dog’s piles with hot sauce to prevent her (the dog, not my aunt) from eating them. This admission was made at a Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago. Bon Appetit!

I am not a troll, this is the absolute truth and apparently my aunt’s method worked. Go figure. Sorry I can’t offer any insight into whether or not a steady diet of dog biscuits is detrimental to people’s health, but I thought I’d share a similar story. Oh, one last thing – my brother once ate a Snausage on a dare. We’re all a little eccentric.