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Post by Sam on Feb 2, 2012 11:01:51 GMT
Was speaking to a chap last night who had lost his terrier a fortnight ago due to it eating a grape, it affected the kidneys and nothing the vet could do. First time i have heard of something like this happening. Just for your info
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2012 11:39:08 GMT
yes grapes are not great but some dogs tolerate them differently, some can eat tonnes others cant. raisens are worse
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Post by sarahp on Feb 2, 2012 11:56:24 GMT
Must admit before I learned about this one our dogs ate tons of grapes without incident, fortunately! I think their metabolisms can vary, we were just lucky. They don't get any, or dried ones either, now. Chocolate is worse though - our greedy cocker stole and ate a huge bar of luckily milk chocolate once (dark has more actual chocolate in it so is more dangerous) and we very nearly lost her - she spent two days in the vets on a drip.
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Post by jack11 on Feb 4, 2012 19:47:20 GMT
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Post by Sam on Feb 5, 2012 7:35:25 GMT
Just read the above, supprised my dogs are still alive as regularly fed raw meat, given bones, fat and regularly share my maltesers with me!!
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Post by sarahp on Feb 5, 2012 8:27:11 GMT
Mmmm. I think it would have been more helpful if it had divided out those things that are positively toxic, and those like sugar that would be undesirable in large quantities but are not, and given some idea of how much of anything is to be worried about. Some like bones and fruit stones pose a risk more physical rather than chemical too, which would be useful to point out. I believe too that in the UK eggs are now salmonella free?
Dogs evolved to live off raw meat, bones and fat - ie eating animals they have killed! And in some cases old, partly decayed carrion too. That doesn't mean they are totally without risk, but then very little in life is.
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Post by ilovebuckroox on Feb 5, 2012 9:47:07 GMT
Reading this made me laugh;
"Chocolate
Most people know that chocolate is bad for dogs. The toxic agent in chocolate is theobromine. It's in all kinds of chocolate, even white chocolate. The most dangerous kinds, though, are dark chocolate, chocolate mulch, and unsweetened baking chocolate. Eating chocolate, even just licking the icing bowl, can cause a dog to vomit, have diarrhea, and be excessively thirsty. It can also cause abnormal heart rhythm, tremors, seizures, and death."
A friend who had a weimaraner we bred ate a FULL tin of celebrations.. wrappers and everything. The only side effect he had was his multi-coloured poos! Not sure what the neighbours thought as they walked past the garden.
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Post by jackiewharton on Feb 5, 2012 10:22:14 GMT
Reading this made me laugh; "Chocolate Most people know that chocolate is bad for dogs. The toxic agent in chocolate is theobromine. It's in all kinds of chocolate, even white chocolate. The most dangerous kinds, though, are dark chocolate, chocolate mulch, and unsweetened baking chocolate. Eating chocolate, even just licking the icing bowl, can cause a dog to vomit, have diarrhea, and be excessively thirsty. It can also cause abnormal heart rhythm, tremors, seizures, and death." A friend who had a weimaraner we bred ate a FULL tin of celebrations.. wrappers and everything. The only side effect he had was his multi-coloured poos! Not sure what the neighbours thought as they walked past the garden. Why would that make you laugh? Dogs DIE from eating that amount of chocolate. It is hardly a laughing matter. |
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Post by ilovebuckroox on Feb 5, 2012 10:46:05 GMT
I'm not actually 'laughing' it is a phrase/saying. And if you read the post correctly you can see I am not 'laughing' about the fact that chocolate can kill dogs, just about the highlighted section & the story. I know stories that include dogs dying from chocolate too- these are close to heart also, so I chose not to share.
I do hope no one else takes the wrong end of the stick, and can understand that I was simply just posting a story relating to the topic and trying to 'lighten the atmosphere'.
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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Feb 5, 2012 11:15:55 GMT
I knew what you meant, no one would actually laugh at it!
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Post by sarahp on Feb 5, 2012 13:50:20 GMT
Well I understood what you meant ilbr and wasn't offended or upset, and we very nearly lost one through chocolate as I think I said above. I think it's the over dramatisation of just liking the bowl...... And I'd guess the amount of actual chocolate in Celebrations isn't all that great - milk anyway, and all those fillings and wrappers. We had the same result from a litter of puppies finding and eating a pack of the childrens' wax crayons years ago.
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Post by tinpandyl on Feb 28, 2012 10:05:49 GMT
My pointer was alway eating chocolate! I never gave it to him but he had a great nose and would sniff it out from any where! He even managed to get 4 easter eggs from the top of a 6ft unit! I would hide tins of chocolates unopened in cubords and he would find them open then and eat the lot he was a nitemare! lucky for him it never even as much as upset his tummy...
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Post by sarahp on Feb 28, 2012 11:50:09 GMT
You were very lucky then tinpandyl. After almost losing one it is something we're now extremely careful about. Chocolate is always out of reach of the dogs.
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Post by nia2311 on Feb 28, 2012 16:19:02 GMT
Well, our Collie dog lived to the ripe old age of 14 on a diet including raw eggs. My Mum bought him from a hill farmer in N.Wales and he was riddled with worms when she got him, so bad he almost died. She used to work at a vets in Lancaster and she spent a year sending samples to Lancaster, with medicines being recommended etc to help with the infestation. The vet also recommended raw eggs to be added to his food. It certainly did him no harm at all and he was still eating raw eggs upto the time he died. He died of a broken heart after his life-long mate, our black Lab died the previous year, aged almost 14. Gwyn had been 100% fit and healthy until Sam died - he just seemed to give up afterwards. He didn't just eat the odd raw egg either - he ate tons over his life!
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Post by gtr121 on Mar 2, 2012 22:35:27 GMT
Mine ate a whole mega large box of Thornton's chocolates and lived to tell the story. He also ate eggs and grapes if he could pinch them!
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Post by rubydoo on Mar 30, 2012 19:16:25 GMT
my dog has stolen grapes out of the bin that were sour ! and a few years ago jumped onto the table and ate MY chocolate orange the big round one . she wasnt ill thankfully . some but be more sensitive that others
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Post by nici on Apr 5, 2012 16:59:51 GMT
Carreg, our collie x, will eat anything he can steal - he has a tendency to put weight on, so we "starve" him (in his opinion) and he has to steal to make up for it  We try to be very careful about leaving food within reach, and it's getting easier as Cerys gets older and more responsible. Carreg has in the past been known to devour large boxes of chocolates, fortunately with no ill effect. Elin, our little JRT, is far too much of a lay-dee to think about stealing food. I had a collie in the past who used to eat blackberries - she used to pick them carefully off the brambles and eat them! |
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We try to be very careful about leaving food within reach, and it's getting easier as Cerys gets older and more responsible. Carreg has in the past been known to devour large boxes of chocolates, fortunately with no ill effect. 