Feeding
Treats and table scraps
A scrap of cheese, for a miniature, is not a term of endearment. It is part of dinner. You count it, or the back will.
A dachshund learns in two evenings who, at the table, gives in. Then that person becomes its job. It is not hunger: it is a trade. Treats have a place, for training and for the bond. Leftovers almost never do. The difference is that you decide the first; the dog under the cloth decides the second.
Makes sense
- A small treat, weighed into the day’s ration.
- The same cue, the same voice, the same moment.
Does not
- Cheese “because it is only a bit”.
- Bread, sauce, chicken bones, chocolate, grapes: no — and that is the vet, not the internet.
Loving it at the table means keeping it lean. The other way looks kinder, and lasts less.
Written by LA BANDA BASSOTTO, dachshund breeder in Lodi (Lombardy, Italy), ENCI/FCI kennel affix Villa Quattro Zampe.
These pages are born from daily life with our dogs. For their health, your veterinarian remains the dearest and truest voice.
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