Forbidden Foods your dog

[Carries]

Alcoholic Beverages - can cause intoxication, coma, death.

Bones from fish, poultry, or other meat sources - Can cause obstructions or laceration of the digestive system.

Cat food - generally too high in proteins and fats. Plus it has pictures of cats on it.

Chocolate and Coffee - contain theobromine and caffeine, which can be toxic and affect the heart perhaps fatally.

Fat trimmings - Can cause pancreatitis.

Hops - Unknown compound causes increased heart rate, seizures, and death.

Human vitamin supplements containing iron - Can damage the lining of the digestive system and be toxic to the other organs, including the liver and kidneys.

Liver - in large amounts can cause Vitamin A toxicity that affects muscles and bones.

Macadamia nuts - contains an unknown toxin that can affect the digestive and nervous systems and muscles.

Marijunana - can depress the nervous system and cause vomiting and changes in heart rate.

Moldy or spoiled food, garbage - can contain any number of toxins that cause vomiting and diarrhea and also affect other organs.

Mushrooms - Wild-growing mushrooms - even the backyard variety - can contain toxins, which may affect multiple systems in the body, cause shock, and result in death.

Onions - Contains sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia.

Peach and plum pits - Can obstruct the digestive tract.

Persimmon seeds - Can cause intestinal obstruction and enteritis.

Raisins - newly discovered to contain unknown toxins that may damage the kidneys when consumed in quanity.

Raw eggs - Contain an enzyme called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin, a B vitamin. This can lead to skin, hair and coat problems. Raw eggs also may contain salmonella.

Raw fish - Can result in a thiamine (B Vitamin) deficiency leading to loss of appetite, seizures, and sometimes death. The problem is more common if raw fish is fed regularly.

Salt - large quanities may lead to electrolyte imbalances.

String - can become trapped in the digestive system and entwine around internal organs.

Sugary foods - Can lead to obesity, dental problems, and diabetes.

Table scraps - Should never make up more than 10 percent of the diet, if that.

Tobacco - contains nicotine, which damages the nervous and digestive systems. Can result in rapid heartbeat, collapse, coma, and death.

Yeast dough - can expand and produce gas in the digestive system, causing pain and possible rupture of the stomach and intestines.

[Deerie me]

You forgot grapes!

My dogs love raw eggs, liver, bones and fish.

[Oliver & Henry's Mum]

People always forget that it is COOKED bones that are the issue!!! Raw bones are fine.

Good point Tracy about the grapes!!! Most people forget that one as well.

[kurimusoda]

How about antlers? I see them for sale online a lot, but are they safe for dogs?

[Deerie me]

I think a few people on here have tried antlers with no ill effects.

[BraveTyphlosion]

Antlers seem okay, think common sense and get an antler size appropriate for your dogs mouth. Elk antlers might be better for big dogs than deer antlers because they're thicker all around so they're less likely to be swallowed.

Teddy LOVES the antlers we have left over from the elk ranch, I think there is a certain smell he loves over synthetic toys. He particularily likes the stubs that get shed after the big pointed part is removed for show or velvet removal(Thats the soft fuzzy stuff that grows on antlers before it gets shed for the winter). I'm not sure if the velvet is safe for dogs, but I know we sold it to humans in little capsuls as supliments. Besides the ones at the store are not sold with velvet on them, so you should be fine.

[princelover]

Let us not forget artificial sweetners and grapes to be added to this list of no-nos for your pet. These are highly toxic.

[swanruadha]

Antlers are great. Here whitetail deer are the common prey and I don't think their antlers can be broken without a hammer and anvil. I still have a good collection from cousins, brother and father. Dad and I used to use them in inlays and jewelry. I've had Labs who could crack open and destroy an entire cow hip bone, but couldn't crack antlers. They eventually grind them down, which is what happens to them when shed in the wild. Not dogs, of course, but possums, porcupines, mice, foxes, skunks, raccoons--it gives them a source of calcium all winter.

[kurimusoda]

Thanks guys! I think I will try giving them to Douglas on his first birthday! \o/

[Zen]

Cow bones really depend on your dog, if you have a beast who can crunch through anything (like our Chessies) they can cause issues... oh boy can they. We had to take our poor guy to the vet last year because he got over enthusiastic devoured the bone (a chunk of cow femur with the hip ball) and ended up with digestive system obstructions. Throw that on top of the pancreatitis our delicate little girly Chessie had a little later in the year and needless to say the babies no longer get anything other than their food, the occasional dog cookie (from the doggie bakery not to far away) and baby carrots as their before bed treat...

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[LucyBee]

Isn't xylitol,( hope I spelled it correctly)the artificial sweetener in many sugarless gums supposed to be very bad too?

[Deerie me]

Yes Lucybee, lethal.