Toxic Dogs That Must Not be Given to Dogs

Chocolate is well known to have dangerous and potentially fatal effects on dogs. Chocolate is a favorite comfort food of humans but this food is poisonous to dogs. Theobromine in chocolates has the toxic effect of stimulating the nervous system causing dogs to have very fast pulse and rapid heartbeats. A dog would be lucky if vomiting and diarrhea are the only ill effects of eating chocolates. Some dogs though are not so lucky as chocolates can stimulate the nervous system causing dog to seize and to die.

Not only chocolates would have ill effects on the dog as some human foods are toxic to dogs as well. Foods that are commonly consumed by humans can have dangerous effects on the dog. Dog owners have to know which of the foods commonly found in an average home can poison the dog.

As with humans, dogs too would get healthful benefits from fruits. Dogs though must be prevented from eating grapes and avocado because these fruits are known to have toxic effects on dogs. Because of the pet food scare, a lot of dog owners have opted to feed the pet home cooked meals. Dogs are not picky eaters thus owners need not use onions and garlic to enhance the flavor of the home cooked meals as these common food ingredients are poisonous to dogs. Onions and garlic are foods that have toxic effects on dogs. Eating onions and garlic has the ill effect of bursting the red blood cells of the dog. In dogs, ingestion of onions and garlic can result to anemia.

Dogs must be prevented from eating tomatoes and potatoes because these are poisonous to dogs too. These seemingly innocuous foods contain oxalates that cause abnormalities in the functioning of the nervous system, the kidneys as well as the digestive system. Green potatoes and green tomatoes are especially toxic but the leaves and the tomato plant itself contain toxic substances as well and once ingested will cause the dog to seize, to have tremors and to suffer from arrhythmia.

Foods known to be poisonous to dogs vary in the degree of toxicity. A dog that was purposely given these toxic foods may not be affected at all. This is not an indication that the known toxic food is not poisonous to the dog after all. Poisoning will depend on the quantity of the food ingested, the body weight of the dog and the amount of toxicity the food. The toxic food may have damaged the vital organs and these effects will not be visible. Foods that are listed as toxic to dogs must never be given to the pet.