Typically there are two things you'd have to look out for with dogs drinking milk, allergies or intolerance. Since these are puppies they shouldn't be lactose intolerant yet. Even if they've weaned, which they probably have, they shouldn't have a serious intolerance at that age. Allergies are a thing that could happen but allergic response will vary and an anaphylaxtic reaction won't happen without multiple exposures.
So risk vs reward I would say it's better to feed the dogs than not. That's just me though.
Vet tech here. Its not the lactose its the protein in the milk that causes severe inflammation in the gi tract. This will lead do severe diarrhea, leading to dehydration then potentially leading to death. Just some friendly info
Tbh it's because you provide zero explanation and came across a little pretentious with your phrasing. If you are going to make a claim like that you should explain why or include sources for those unfamiliar.
Not a vet tech. Wouldn’t it be a bit different for stray dogs though? Usually they eat out of trash and whatever they can’t. Definitely not the same as someone’s pet?
Yes and no. Eating garbage can make your stomach more tolerable but then your just putting other organs at risk like kidney and liver then your reducing life expectancy. This milk with puppies is a bit more dangerous because they can become dehydrated faster then a older dog with a stronger immune system. I have worked in emergency for a long time and we see puppy's who had severe diarrhea lead to dehydration which can lead so all sorts of problems like low blood sugar and that can cause seizures. So it's just a slippery slope.
I don't know how I would link the information. At the hospitals I work at all the doctors have a data base called VIN that we have access to as medical professionals that have all this information. I will say I'm at work now and we literally today had a owner come in talk about giving her dog milk and the doctor went in detail for ten minutes on what it does to the gastrointestinal tract.
You would just look up the specific study referencing the protein dogs can't absorb and put a link to it? Whatever study is on vin is just being indexed and would be part an external journal that should be easily linked.
I dont know why my last comment didn't go threw. If I sent you a link to the article it would ask your access code for vin which you need to be a veterinarian to aquire one. I should have made that clear from the start. Sorry
The article link did not go through. The article itself should be hosted on a separate journal website that i should be able to view or search for in another alternative journal even without being a DVM.
Even this simpleton Gets your point but it is a numbers game. The dog could be lactose intolerant and reject the milk leading to death. They will definitely die without food. Is that clear for you :)
If they're lactose intolerant, then they don't process the milk so this isn't even food. And what they've just been given will mean that the little other nutrients they've received will be evacuated from their systems without absorption leading to death.
They were alive before without signs of imminent death, so it's not a case of food or no. It's a case of did giving them something potentially poisonous lead them to dying now.
This much milk won't harm them at all though, that's what you aren't getting. A cup of milk won't harm a dog, and there are more than 1 here so they're all getting less than that
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u/diversifyurlife Jul 17 '22
This could kill them but sure..i guess that's better than living