Top Poisonous Foods for Dogs
With the recent food recalls in the news, and E.Coli infections, it’s obvious that food poisoning can happen to humans. However many young dog owners don’t know that food poisoning can happen to dogs also. Although a lot of owners love to give their dog table food, some different types of food can be poisonous and very dangerous. Here is a list of some of the major foods to avoid feeding your dog.
1. Chocolate- While most of us enjoy eating a delicious piece of chocolate, chocolate can be very lethal to your dog. It’s not the chocolate itself which is harmful to your dog, but rather the theobromine contained within the chocolate. Theobromine can cause different reactions in dogs; if your dog has epilepsy, then theobromine can trigger epileptic seizures. Other effects include cardiac irregularity, internal bleeding, cardiac arythmia and death.
2. Walnuts- Walnuts are considered a very healthy food for humans, however walnuts (amongst many other kinds of nuts) can have harmful side effects on dogs. Because of their high phosphorous content, walnuts can potentially give your dog bladder stones.
3. Onions- It’s not like your dog will enjoy eating those stinky things anyways, but you should definitely avoid feeding your dog onions. Onions, especially raw ones, are known to cause hemolytic anemia in dogs. For those of you who don’t have a MD, hemolytic anemia is where red blood cells are removed and destroyed from toxic compounds.
4. Potatoes- Poisoning from potatoes have been known to occur for both humans and dogs. This is from the Solanum alkaloid that is found in green sprouts and green potato plants. However, this doesn’t mean that all forms of potatoes are bad for your dog. Mashed and cooked potatoes are actually quite nutritious and healthy for your dog, but stay away from raw uncooked potatoes.
5. Turkey Skin- When Thanksgiving rolls around, the last thing you want to do is feed your dog leftover turkey. Turkey Skin has been found to cause acute Pancreaitis in dogs. Pancreaitis is where the pancreas becomes inflamed and can lead to bleeding in the gland, tissue damage and infections.
6. Sugarless Candy- Candy may be a great treat for kids, but they are definitively a big no-no for dogs. Some candies contain a compound called xylithol which can lead to liver damage and death in dogs.
If you’ve fed any of these to your dogs recently, it’s recommended you contact your vet as soon as possible. It’s important to note that different types of foods can have different effects on your dog. Make sure you know what your dog can and cannot eat.
I have also read and have been told that grapes/raisins are toxic for dogs.
I would personally advice against giving your dog grapes, as it seems the case is still unsettled as to wether they are in fact toxic or not, but I have given my dog a few grapes on multiple occasions and have not noticed any ill effect. I'm pretty sure that feeding your dog a few grapes here and then isn't going to hurt him, but it is common sense not to give him something like two pounds of grapes, any large amount would not be recommended.
In the end, it's always better to prevent than to cure, so it's up to you to make that decision!
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Dogs ingesting foods containing high doses of xylitol (greater than 100mg xylitol consumed per kg bodyweight) have presented with low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) which can be life-threatening. Low blood sugar can manifest as loss of coordination, depression, collapse and seizures as soon as 30 minutes after ingestion.
Intake of very high doses of xylitol (greater than 500 - 1000 mg/kg bwt) has also been implicated in liver failure in 8 dogs, which can be fatal.
One reported death occurred in a standard poodle who ate five or six cookies sweetened with xylitol.
Dogs that have eaten products containing high levels of xylitol might need immediate medical attention even if they are not yet showing illness. Sick dogs (vomiting, weak, seizuring, etc) are likely to need aggressive veterinary treatment and close monitoring of blood values.
As for onion, I live in an apartment building and for some reason people like to throw food off their balcony, mostly onion and chicken bone, be very careful of BOTH. COOKED chicken bone is very dangers the little shards of it breaks of as it becomes very brittle and can seriously injury your dogs throat (it is not a pleasent experience) onion can also make your dog very, very sick, but they like it! Go figure, many dogs are attracted to things that make them sick (so says my vet).
Chocolate! This is true that BAKER'S CHOCOLATE can seriously injure your dog, but milk chocolate and most dark chocolate will likely do very little. Not that I would suggest stuffing your puppy filled with chocolate but an averaged sized dog can eat a whole easter bunny solid milk chocolate treat and show no effect (depending on the sensitivity of your dogs stomach). It is the bakers chocolate that even a lick of will leave your dog in serious trouble. So while I still wouldn't leave your chocolate hanging around for scruffy to eat, if he does get a hold of it, just watch him but probably no need to rush to the vet (or so again our vet said)
Something to worry about is the Blue-green algae toxins found in ponds. My babies love to drink from the pond, I blocked access to it. I don't know if my pond contains this particular algae which can be deadly, but better safe than sorry.