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Human food NOT to give your Dog!
A Peanut Butter filled Kong is a great healthy alternative snack for your dog. Brutus is enjoying his Kong emensely! Yes that is slobber.
If your dogs are anything like mine, they like human left overs. Mine will lay down in a semi-circle around me while I am eating and will wait patiently for me to offer them the last forkfuls off my plate. While I dont really like them eying every single bite I take and drooling, they are remarkably well behaved and will not try to encroach on the plate. I usually don’t think twice about what I give them because I know their No-No list (which is topped by Bush’s Baked Beans) and the “Doggie No-No” list.
Most people know not to feed chocolate or chocolate products to their dogs. But what else is bad for them? You would be surprised. There are several random items that are quite harmful if eaten. A friend of mine living in Arizona found out the hard way what happens when her 2 year old Saint Bernard got into a container macadamia nuts Friday night. After a nap, she found him looking really sorry for himself and unable to
stand. She took him to her vet the next morning and he was diagnosed as having macadamia nut toxicity. (Article detailing the symptoms and treatment for macadamia nut toxicity.) Luckily he was treated and will make a full recovery.
After this ordeal I thought it a prudent reminder to post the Doggie No-No list in hopes that we can prevent sickness, injury or death of our beloved furry companions.
Doggie No-No List
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Avacados (skin and pits) - causes difficulty breathing and fluid accumulation in the lungs and heart. The fruit, pit and plant are toxic.
- Chocolate (all forms) - causes seizures, coma and death. Baker’s chocolate is the most toxic.
- Coffee and Tea (all forms) - foods and drinks containing caffeine cause similar symptoms as chocolate ingestion.
- Fatty Foods - causes pancreatitis.
- Macadamia Nuts and Walnuts - Macadamia nuts can cause weakness, muscle tremor and paralysis. Limit all other nuts as they are not good for dogs in general, their high phosphorous content is said to possibly lead to bladder stones. Exception to this rule seems to be PEANUT BUTTER.
- Moldy or Spoiled foods
- Onions, Onion Powders - destroys red blood cells and may cause anemia.
- Raisins and Grapes - causes liver damage/failure. As little as a single serving can kill a dog.
- Salt - excessive consumption causes kidney problems.
- Yeast Dough - expands several times its original size in the stomach. Especially dangerous to dogs prone to bloat.
- Green Tomatoes - can cause tremors and heart arrhythmia. The plant is more toxic than the fruit, though all should be avoided. This is a member of the nightshade family.
- Pits (apple/cherry/peach) - contain cyanide. The fleshy part of the fruit however is good for them.
- Garlic - excessive amounts
- Products sweetened with xylatol - causes liver failure.
Happy June!
Thank you for your post of these foods. I was at a neighbors house and she was feeding her dog chocolate icing and I told her that her dog should not eat chocolate and she said, oh that is just a wise tell and besides I don’t feed her much. She gave her dog like a huge spoonful a few times ( after I told her this) and it is a little dog. I was so upset
how can anyone just take a risk like that and the dog knows no better its self. I went on to tell her other foods to and then finally another doggie owner jumped in and started to agree with me. we don’t allow macademia nuts in the house and the kids know all the foods that the doggies cannot have. I didn’t hear about walnuts but we just don’t give the dogs any nuts except peanut butter. I find myself telling anyone I know who has a dog about these food poisons and I am surprised about how many dog owners are feeding their dogs these poisonous foods. As a dog owner I try to educate myself about what is best for my doggies, they are my babies and such an important part of our lives and I want the best for them. Thank you for your post! 
Sami & Baylee’s mom, Amy
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Baylee here now that I got the puter from Mommy after her post. I just want to tell Brutus you have very large handsome paws. You can sure grip that kong treat and the slobber shows how yummy it is. I drool when I eat the most yummy foods! I am so glad mommy has let me blog more. I guess since I am 2 and showing her how great of a job I am doing then she lets me more. I am so excited about that cuz I have lots to say!
Lovie Dovie Baylee
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lora, how do you manage to keep them cool? i met a great pyranese at the dog park the other day and his owner said he had a wading pool in the back yard that he lay in when it got too hot
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Goodness Amy… What a daft cow. I don’t understand how people could even take chances whether they think it is a tall tale or not. And if they had any doubt, there’s 1000’s of resources on the internet and in books that tell you NO NO NO chocolate!
Good for you for telling her and trying to educate her. All us dog owners need to stick together to get the message out. As guardian dog moms its up to us to protect our furbabies
Hi there beautiful Baylee… Brutus here. Thanks for the kudos rocking saint chick! Yummie foods make me and Rufus drool alot too! Rufus drooled on mommies plate when she was eating dinner tonight… hahaha… Mommie was done right after that, I wonder why, but we got the rest of it.
Mommie added more Kong picutres to the Gallery on the Misc page if you want to see more of my handsome paws
Amiga, this will be the first year I have had the boys with out having the pond. When we lived at our old house they would go outside first thing in the morning, pee and head straight to the pond for a dip. They would be wet all day long. So far so good though, they go out early and pee once in the day. Then we walk after it gets dark or if it is cool in the late evening. The A/C didn’t work very well at our old house so it was always pretty warm inside. The new house has awesome A/C.
I do have a pool incase it gets too hot, but I have a feeling my A/C bill is going to be outrageous keeping the house cool… lol.
Yum, Kong!!! I love ‘em.
Mistress says that white bread can be bad for us K9’s too, she said it can heat up the blood…
Love G
BTW: My halti came with the family LOL, they used to bring it to the dogs home with them when they visited, they’d got me well sussed out, smart arses…
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OH NO!!! But we love tomatoes! Mom tosses them over from the garden and we have a blast squishing them before we gobble them down and dad eats walnuts every single day and we NEED them too! We are not at all happy about this post and we hope our mom doesn’t see it!
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
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Thanks for posting the reminder for everyone. I love the pic, too!
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I’m going to investiage this further. Did this list come from the ASPCA? because I know that they are very generalized for the “general public”. Garlic is fine in moderation. COOKED onions are fine.. it’s a chemical in the YOUNG RAW onions that are a problem. (this comes from a vet friend of mine) Tomato plants are dangerous but last I knew the fruit was fine (same thing for people).. just like Eggplant..
I give my dogs an M&M once in a while.. it’s the theobromide in chocolate that is the problem.. the likelihood of there being enough is chocolate frosting (which is mostly fats and sugars) is pretty slim… not that they should have it regardless.
I am wondering about tomatoes.. raw? cooked? I feed both on a regular basis…
of course we also used to use Raisins as a training treat and have stopped that… I wonder what it is on the raisins that are suddenly causing the problem…
Not saying this list is bad, because people NEED to know to be mindful.. I just wonder if the source was a little too general.
Thanks for the tip George… White breads are a no-no and i forgot to add cooked bones…doh! You should see our barrels… they came today. We look like proper rescue heros now!
Ha, it’s funny I wrote a post on not feeding my dog any people food the day after you wrote this post, and I never even saw your post until today. It’s really good that you told people what kinds of foods can harm a dog. I didn’t know about the macadamia nuts, for example. I’m glad that your dogs are so well behaved that they wait patiently for their treats from your plate. I try to always make Ace stay on his dog bed in the other room while I eat, but I am not always consistent.
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The Red ones are ok Maggie and Mitch… I should have made it more clear, the green maters at are the bad ones and both red and green plants are no-no’s. Sorry the nuts are still a no-no though.
Thanks for reposting Maryann
Jen.. red maters are ok..is the green ones. I went and appended my post. Sorry for the confusion. And I dont think Qor has to worry about an m & m or two… Size really does matter
What can I say Lindsay… Great minds think alike
glad your friends dog is going to be okay
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OUR DOG IS VERY FUZZY ABOUT FOOD. WE HAVE TRIED ALL KNIDS OF DRY AND CAN
FOOD THAT IS HUMAN GRADE, WELL , SHE EAT SOME OF THEM.
NOW WE ARE DOWN TO HER GETTING SOME CHICKEN THAT WAS COOKED ON A ROTTERISA.
SOME LOW FAT CHEESE, TOPPED WITH SOME DRY “CANINNE CAVIURE” WHICH IS A WHEAT
FREE “GOOD DRY FOOD” WE PUT IT ON TOP SO SHE HAS TO EAT IT TO GET WHAT IS UNDERIT.
SOMETIMES WE PUT SALMON OR TUNA ON THE BOTTOM, THAN THE DRY. THIS IS ALL SHE WILL EAT. CAN YOU TELL ME IF THIS IS A POOR DIET FOR HER
BRIDGET
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Hi to you all. I’m new here and wanted to introduce myself and my best friend. My name is smallfrie and my best buddy is “Ringo”. My husband seems to think ole Ringo can eat just anything, of course I’ve told him for years he cannot, but you know some daddy’s their boys can handle ANYTHING! So I thought I would try and find a list of the things they should not eat and show Ringo’s daddy, so Thank-you Saint Lover for the list. Hope to chat with you all another time,Ringo says Thanks and hello to all you ladies!! and gents. Til next time,, Smallfrie
Thanks for stopping by Smallfrie! Make sure your daddy knows what not to feed you and why. Somethings can be very bad for you in small quantities. Take care, and check in with us again! Cheers - Saintlover
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