Did you know that grapes and raisins are toxic to dogs?

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Dogs will eat grass when they have an upset stomach, it helps them to throw up and feel better.

Not entirely true either. My dogs eat grass because they like it, rarely do they throw up afterwards, and some greenery in a canine diet is needed. They most often crave it in the spring.
 
Don't satin balls that a lot of you use have raw eggs in them?

Mine eat grass too and don't seem to throw up that I have seen. I think when cats eat grass they seem to throw up though more consistently that I have seen.

One of my dogs loves raisins. She has not had any in forever but she still likes them.

I do use garlic on meat for the dogs to give some flavor.

When you guys are talking about pork is bad for dogs all pork or cooked or raw? Not had any problems this far but always cooked.
 
If you will notice the grass these animals eat it is usually what we always called saw grass. That rough, sharp edged and tough grass that most herbivores don't like. I've read that carnivores will eat this as a natural cleanser to remove worm infestations...especially in the spring. I can imagine this undigestible and saw bladed grass would sort of act like DE when sliding past a worm attached to the intestinal lining and cut their skin surface. The books I've read state these animals most likely eat this grass in response to gastrointestinal discomfort caused by a full worm load.

Sounds plausible to me.
 
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Garlic does help rid a dog of fleas! You can sprinkle garlic powder on their dog food and they won't ever have a flea again. I don't see anything wrong with feeding garlic. The only things I have ever watched out for is chocolate, which everyone knows is a big NO NO, and now the grapes and raisins. Like you said, to each his own.
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Yes, and many dog treats and supplements also contain garlic.

One thing I really agree on is the part about the artificial sweetener/sugar-free stuff. People using Metamucil to control sand ingestion with horses should also keep an eye out on that, as it does come sugared and sugar-free. I won't eat those type of sweeteners myself and would never feed them to my animals...they caused quite a lot of damage to my son-in-law's teeth and his dentist said he would be better off eating whole sugar cubes as far as the teeth go. The whole saccharin hype thing put aside, I think there are definite dangers to artificial sweeteners.
 
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I don't know, but what I do know is that our local bird club advised against feeding Chilean grapes, among others produce products from several places, to caged birds because of the toxic pesticides used in Chile. So I have to wonder if what really matters is the origin and treatment of the fruit rather than the fruit itself. It might explain why one poster said their dog eats grapes off the vine all the time to no ill effect. A good many of us animal people are very careful with poisons.
 
Sorry for necro-threading, but I just had to put my two cents in... I'm wondering if it depends on the grapes/raisins themselves?

We have an Organic raisin vineyard, and our GSP (who was the best dog EVER) used to go along the road at harvest time and gorge herself on the raisins that fell out of the bins. It probably equated to pounds of raisins per season! Plus she'd jump up and steal grapes off the vines just about every day. She never got sick or threw up from this. She lived to be 15, quite old for her breed, and died of a brain tumor, nothing related to her kidneys.

Again, these were ORGANIC raisins, and after owning both conventional and organic vineyards, I can tell you there is a HUGE difference in the amount of chemicals on the fruit. Just a thought.

Not to say that you should feed your dog pounds of raisins, but if he eats a few, I wouldn't worry. :)
 

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