Things puppies aren't supposed to eat

The last year my sister and I got Easter baskets, well should have gotten Easter baskets. The cat and dog found them before we did. It was Easter tradition that mom and dad hid the baskets and we had to go hunt the house for them. Well Holly and Mj ate the candy and the chocolate and the wrappers and the paper grass and then the wicker baskets themselves. The chocolate lab Holly lived to be a few weeks shy of 15. The fat cat is still alive at 17 or so. It was just plain dumb luck what they ate and didn't die.
 
My dogs have eaten all those things..

One of my dogs growing up ate a party pack of timbits around 50 (donut holes) all chocolate on her way home from getting spade. Not one symptom. She lived to be 17. She also ate an entire box of chocolates under the christmas tree.

The only food that almost killed her was a whole hotdog. She choked. My dad reached down her throat and grabbed said hotdog. She quickly grabbed it out of his hand again and re-ate it.
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I don't try to over-think what dogs should or shouldn't eat. Way too much time worrying about things.

My poodle has eaten so many weird things.. Hair bands.. paper clips.. and everything on your list. She is as healthy as a dog can be. Not mentally, but physically
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My dogs have eaten a couple of those foods over the years, too, but not in quantities that would make them ill.

A lot of the things on that list have killed plenty of dogs over the years. Just because a small amount hasn't killed any particular person's dogs, doesn't mean that a large amount hasn't killed plenty of others. Toxins can have very little effect, make you sick or kill you, depending on the amount ingested.

I think they did a pretty good job of trying to list whether only a large amount or regular feeding of something will cause illness or death, if it's a problem only if a particular food is fed raw or only if bones are cooked that's a problem. A couple of things are just not good for dogs and they also listed that. They didn't say that everything on the list would kill your dog or kill your dog in any amount.

Puppies have a very small body mass and dogs can be glutinous. That puts them at more risk for foods with a toxic component, if they get into things. A lot of people make their own dog food now and they might feed a particular food more excessively. Fortunately, most people that make their dog's food do a great job of reading the information that's available. Not everyone pours lots of bacon grease all over their dog's food every day.

I can't speak to the nutmeg or tomatoes, as I've never read about cases involving either of those foods. I've never seen a case at the vet's office when I worked there, either. If I had to guess, I'd guess that was a high volume issue, too.

The last time I checked, they hadn't identified the toxic component in the raisin/grape deaths, yet.
 
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They should put chicken feed on that list as well. I have heard from a well known breeder in my area that he lost a dog to kidney failure that would go around eating all the spilled food. That was just his theory though.

Everything on this list is pretty much theory. How in the world could bacon hurt a dog? It may give them a stomach ache. It is definitely not 'good' for them, but it is not dangerous either. Who would want to feed the bacon to the dogs anyway? Bacon is too good to give to them!

As for tomatoes.. Really, dogs generally stay away from them. Anything is bad in large quantities.

My dogs eat onions often.
 
sunny & the 5 egg layers :

My dogs eat EVERYTHING they can get their teeth on. They have eaten:
Soda Cans
Clay
Stuffing (out of the inside of a dog toy)
Firewood (they will steal it from the wood pile
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Chicken PoopChicken Feathers
Chicken Food (I caught one of my dogs drinking out of the chicken waterer today. She looked pretty pathetic.)
And much, much more that I cannot remember off the top of my head.
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Glad to know my new pups are normal
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I was getting worried.
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Bacon- Nothing has ever happened to any of my dogs from bacon.... Dogs LOVE bacon.
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Salt- They sometimes need salt for some reasons. Say he ate something he shouldn't have, but to save him, he needs to puke it up. You dump a teaspoon of salt on the back of his toungue, and soon he will puke.
Eggs- My dogs need em! I forget why (Need to ask my Mom)... You just throw a raw egg in their food.
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Raw egg is not good for dogs. Feed only cooked. I forgot why, there is some enzyme that gets inhibited by raw eggs.

It decreases the absorbtion of Biotin.
 
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I cannot believe they are saying this, all 7 of the vets I worked for HIGHLY recommend feeding raw eggs for a better skin coat.
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Every time I go to my vet, he has a different xray hanging up of a dog's digestive system, after the dog has eaten something he shouldn't have. It's usually socks or underwear but one time it was ...pavement.
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I know someone whose dog ate a giant Hershey's bar on Christmas. I'm not sure why is effected the dog so badly, but they spent a lot of money at the vet for months after that trying to get their dog back to normal. I don't remember what problem the chocolate caused though....
 

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