5 Foods That Are Harmful To Your Dog

jangel

As many of you know I am a dog lover. I have 6 dogs. Many people do not know these facts and inadvertantly could harm their pets. Hope this helps.


You know that I a big believer in nutrition as one of the keys to having your dog live a healthy long life. Not just a long life, but one full of energy and vitality.
Just as important as what you feed your dog are the things you should NOT feed you dog.
Following is a list of 5 foods that you should NOT feed your dog.


1. Alcoholic Beverages. Ethanol is the component in alcoholic beverages that can be toxic when an excessive amount is ingested. Pets are much smaller than us and can be highly affected by small amounts of alcohol. Exercise caution when drinks and pets are together. Toxicity can cause a wide variety of signs and symptoms, and may result in death. Signs may include odor of alcohol on the animal's breath, staggering, behavioral changes, excitement, depression, increased urination, slowed respiratory rate or cardiac arrest and death.

2. Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Peaches and Plums. Ingestion of large amounts of stems, seeds and leaves of these fruits can be toxic. They contain a cyanide type compound and signs of toxicity include apprehension, dilated pupils, difficulty breathing, hyperventilation and shock.

**** MY DOGS LOVE LITTLE PIECES OF THE FLESH OF APPLES. THAT IS A GOOD THING, BUT NO SEEDS OR CORE. I CANNOT EAT AN APPLE WITHOUT SHARING, SO I USUALLY TAKE 2 SO I GET SOME!!!!


3. Avocados . The leaves, fruit, bark and seeds of avocados have all been reported to be toxic. The toxic component in the avocado is "persin," which is a fatty acid derivative. Symptoms of toxicity include difficulty breathing, abdominal enlargement, abnormal fluid accumulations in the chest, abdomen and sac around the heart. The amount that needs to be ingested to cause signs is unknown. Do not feed your pet any component of the avocado.

DO NOT LET YOUR PET TAKE THESE OFF THE GROUND. PEOPLE IN WARMER CLIMATES MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS.

4. Baking Powder and Baking Soda . Baking soda and baking powder are both leavening agents. A leavening agent is a common ingredient in baked goods that produces a gas causing batter and dough to rise. Baking soda is simply sodium bicarbonate. Baking powder consists of baking soda and an acid, usually cream of tartar, calcium acid phosphate, sodium aluminum sulfate or a mixture of the three. Ingestion of large amounts of baking soda or baking powder can lead to electrolyte abnormalities (low potassium, low calcium and/or high sodium), congestive heart failure or muscle spasms.

5. Chocolate . Chocolate, in addition to having a high fat content, contains caffeine and theobromine. These two compounds are nervous system stimulants and can be toxic to your dog in high amounts. The levels of caffeine and theobromine vary between different types of chocolate. For example, white chocolate has the lowest concentration of stimulants and baking chocolate or cacao beans have the highest concentration. Depending on the type of chocolate ingested and the amount eaten, various problems can occur.

**** MANY GARDEN SUPPLY PLACES ALSO HAVE COCOA MULCH. THIS IS TOXIC TO DOGS. IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO KILL DOGS. DON'T USE IT.

So to keep your healthy avoid the bad stuff and feed them a superior diet.

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talisman

Crack is also not very good for dogs. Oh sure it's funny for awhile then the get to jonesen and a habit is formed.

Have your dog just say no!

I fed a pig beacon once, was that wrong?

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jangel

ROTFLMAO SQUARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY WORD!

But ya know what Tal??? Name me one dog that don't like good smelly crack! I know.........hmmmmmm.....

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BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! OMG, that is funny...sick, but funny.

Buddy and I were out in the Calif. desert hunting many, many moons ago. Killed a rattler we saw and cooked it up for lunch...worst tasting "food" I ever stuck in my cakehole I spit it out, Rick spit his out and we both about gagged...then we tossed Duke (Big lab...best duck dog I ever hunted over)...anyway, we tossed Duke the rest of the cooked snake and he came over, smelled it and picked it up...and SPIT IT OUT..we about pissed ourselves laughing so hard at the look on Dukes face! That dog didn't trust me for weeks after that...

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