Harmful Items to Keep Away From Your Dog
Dogs are like children, they don't understand wrong from right and they don't understand that some things that taste delicious can make them extremely sick or even worse kill them.
Here's a simple list of items to keep away from your dog.
-Grapes and Raisins: These seemingly harmless items should not be given to your dog.
Even if your dog consumes a small dose, it can be lethal as the acid in the grapes causes acute renal (kidney) failure and may cause death.
If your dog vomits up grapes or raisins, immediately seek help as that is the first sign of a potential problem.
-Onions: Onions are toxic to dogs.
There is a chemical in onions that attack the Heinz bodies on their red blood cells and cause anemia.
This vegetable is harmful in all of its states: frozen, raw, cooked or dehydrated...
even onion powder is toxic.
And the worst part is that the effects don't set in for a couple of days, so often times pet parents don't put 2 and 2 together.
Regardless, keep onions away from your dogs!! -Garlic: Same results as with Onion, keep this away from your dog! -Tomatoes and Tomato Plants: Can cause drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, paralysis, heart arrhythmia's.
These things are triggered by the tomatine and atropine found in tomatoes that disagree with a dogs internal organs.
Please avoid feeding these items to your dog.
-Walnuts: Mostly the walnut casings are the problem.
Dogs ingest walnut casings and begin showing signs of illness days later.
Symptoms such as lethargy, jaundice (yellowing of the whites of the eyes), lack of coordination, and loss of appetite.
These shells, and the fungus they carry, have been known to cause death in dogs.
-Anti-freeze: Most all dog owners are well aware that anti-freeze has a sweet taste that can be irresistible to dogs and cats a like, but can also be fatal! -Chocolate: Like anti-freeze most owners are aware of the consequences of feeding chocolate to your dog.
But in case you aren't aware, chocolate is dangerous for dogs.
Know to cause seizures, comas and death.
And the darker the chocolate, the more lethal.
1 ounce of chocolate has been known to kill dogs 30lbs and under.
Keep this well out of the reach of your poor unknowing pooch! -Various Toads across the US and Canada: Toads produce neurotoxins as a defense mechanism.
These toxins can cause dogs to foam at the mouth and even worse, possible brain damage.
Your dog might think it's fun to catch toads, but he won't think the trip to the vet is very fun!! Along with the items listed above there are other things that have been found to cause allergies in dogs.
This can be anything as simple as wheat or even chicken in your dogs diet.
If your dog is showing signs of a food allergy, which could be anything from sneezing to itchy, red feet, please seek help from your veterinarian.
Also, if your dog comes in contact with any of the items listed above, immediately contact your vet as your dog could be in great danger.
Here's a simple list of items to keep away from your dog.
-Grapes and Raisins: These seemingly harmless items should not be given to your dog.
Even if your dog consumes a small dose, it can be lethal as the acid in the grapes causes acute renal (kidney) failure and may cause death.
If your dog vomits up grapes or raisins, immediately seek help as that is the first sign of a potential problem.
-Onions: Onions are toxic to dogs.
There is a chemical in onions that attack the Heinz bodies on their red blood cells and cause anemia.
This vegetable is harmful in all of its states: frozen, raw, cooked or dehydrated...
even onion powder is toxic.
And the worst part is that the effects don't set in for a couple of days, so often times pet parents don't put 2 and 2 together.
Regardless, keep onions away from your dogs!! -Garlic: Same results as with Onion, keep this away from your dog! -Tomatoes and Tomato Plants: Can cause drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, paralysis, heart arrhythmia's.
These things are triggered by the tomatine and atropine found in tomatoes that disagree with a dogs internal organs.
Please avoid feeding these items to your dog.
-Walnuts: Mostly the walnut casings are the problem.
Dogs ingest walnut casings and begin showing signs of illness days later.
Symptoms such as lethargy, jaundice (yellowing of the whites of the eyes), lack of coordination, and loss of appetite.
These shells, and the fungus they carry, have been known to cause death in dogs.
-Anti-freeze: Most all dog owners are well aware that anti-freeze has a sweet taste that can be irresistible to dogs and cats a like, but can also be fatal! -Chocolate: Like anti-freeze most owners are aware of the consequences of feeding chocolate to your dog.
But in case you aren't aware, chocolate is dangerous for dogs.
Know to cause seizures, comas and death.
And the darker the chocolate, the more lethal.
1 ounce of chocolate has been known to kill dogs 30lbs and under.
Keep this well out of the reach of your poor unknowing pooch! -Various Toads across the US and Canada: Toads produce neurotoxins as a defense mechanism.
These toxins can cause dogs to foam at the mouth and even worse, possible brain damage.
Your dog might think it's fun to catch toads, but he won't think the trip to the vet is very fun!! Along with the items listed above there are other things that have been found to cause allergies in dogs.
This can be anything as simple as wheat or even chicken in your dogs diet.
If your dog is showing signs of a food allergy, which could be anything from sneezing to itchy, red feet, please seek help from your veterinarian.
Also, if your dog comes in contact with any of the items listed above, immediately contact your vet as your dog could be in great danger.
