Human food that is poison to our dogs - incl Xmas and Easter

littlelab · Last edited by littlelab on Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:37 am; edited 3 times in total

I don't know if this will be useful, but with all the new dog owners on LF It thought a thread with dangerous human foods would be useful, there is already a dangerous plant one.

When I homecheck a family that have never owned a dog before I will go into the care and well beng of dog ownership including what to feed them and what NOT to feed them.

We all love to share our dinner with our companions and a little bit every now and then does no harm as long as they are getting a well balanced dog food every day and you keep an eye on weight. (IMO)

So here are some foods you may or may not be aware of that can be harmful to dogs in either small or large quantities.

Chocolate (all kinds, cooking chocolate and Cocoa powder is extremely toxic)
All Chocolate derviatives including Garden Mulch (Cocoa Mulch)
Macadamia Nuts (Can be lethal in as little as 6 kernals)
Onion
Garlic (both can cause severe anemia)
Pear pips, the kernels of plums, cherries, peaches and apricots, apple core pips (contain cyanogenic glycosides resulting in cyanide posioning) Fruit is OK.
Potato peelings and green looking potatoes
Rhubarb leaves
Mouldy/spoiled foods
Alcohol
Yeast dough
Coffee grounds, beans & tea (caffeine)
Hops (used in home brewing)
Tomato leaves & stems (green parts)
Broccoli (in large amounts)
Raisins and grapes
Mushrooms
Nutmeg
Avocados
Nutmeg
Tomatoes

if you are aware of anymore thaen please feel free to add.

rach_willibob · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject:

tomatoes themselves? i didn't know that... not that I feed them, but occasionally when a cherry tom drops on the floor..

daizydoggy · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject:

Excellent list.

I'm surprised at Brocolli and Tomatoes - when you say "large quantities" of brocolli, what sort of amounts are we talking about? Mine often have brocolli, cauli and carrots with their supper!

Vicki

littlelab · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject:

I think they mean excessive amounts, the odd floret with dinner is not going to do any harm.

trizia · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject:

Thanks Nat this is always useful info have made it a sticky as it's a great list Wink

Trizia and Sherpa x

Lorri-Ann · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject:

Great list , i never knew about tomatoes abbeys loves playing with then eating a cherry tomato but like you said earlier its probably in excess the odd one now and again wont do any i harm , i hope !

Karen · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject:

It's only the green of tomatoes - the leaves and stalks, not the actual red fruit .... Although have just seen them on the bottom of the list, but they should be ok in themselves Confused

Try telling that to Corbie though, who uprooted one of my tomato plants Mad

He didn't eat any of it though, just 'thinning' out my crop Rolling Eyes

edited (again) to add this re tomatoes:

These contain atropine which can cause dialated pupils, tremors and irregular heartbeat. The highest concentration of atropine is found in the leaves and stems of tomato plants, next is the unripe (green) tomatoes and then the ripe tomato