Dangerous Foods Your Dog Should Avoid

We consider our dogs to be members of our family, but eating the same foods can harm them. Dogs are not used to eating oily and greasy food like humans and can experience diarrhea, stomach pain, or worse from eating the wrong food. It is essential to know which foods are toxic to dogs and to avoid them.

 

 

Chocolate: Dogs love chocolate, but it’s actually one of the most dangerous foods for them. Chocolate contains a toxic component called theobromine, which humans easily metabolize, but dogs process it much more slowly and build up toxic levels in their systems.

Theobromine in chocolate can cause dehydration, stomach pain, agitation, muscle tremors, seizures, and death. The darker the chocolate, the more dangerous it is for your dog. White chocolate is less toxic but should still be avoided.

Avocado: Avocados are very healthy for humans and can be delicious if prepared properly, but your dog should avoid this fruit. Avocado contains a toxin called parsley.

Dogs can experience stomach pain, difficulty breathing, and fluid retention in the chest after consuming avocado.

Alcohol: Be it beer, wine or alcohol, your dog should not be given alcohol.

Alcohol has the same harmful effects on dogs as it does on dogs.

Even small amounts of alcohol can cause diarrhea, depression, coordination, or difficulty breathing in your dog.

Onions: Many people love onions and the foods they contain, but this popular vegetable can be very harmful to our dogs. Any onion, whether cooked or raw, poses a significant danger to dogs because it takes a small amount of onion to poison them.

Consumption of less than 15 to 30 grams per kilogram has resulted in clinically significant hematological changes. Onion toxicity was consistently observed in animals that ingested more than 0.5 percent of their body weight in onions at any one time.

Milk: Of course, puppies drink milk after they are born, but that doesn’t mean milk is good for them later in life. Milk has some good things like protein, vitamins, and minerals, but it also contains lactose, which many dogs cannot tolerate because they lack the enzyme that breaks down this type of sugar.

In general, milk may not be as life-threatening as some of the other foods on the list, but it can still cause severe problems for your dog.

Coffee: Dogs and cats appear to be more sensitive to the effects of caffeine than humans, while 1 to 2 rounds of coffee don’t contain enough caffeine to cause poisoning in most pets.

Ingesting coffee grounds in moderation can easily be fatal to small dogs. Hyperactivity, vomiting, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, tremors, hyperthermic seizures, and other difficulties may occur.

Bacon: Dogs should avoid this unhealthy delicacy. Like most people, dogs love bacon, but unfortunately, its high-fat content can cause digestive problems and, ultimately, the dog’s pancreas.

Of course, dogs should eat meat, but don’t get lean, fatty pork.

Macadamia Nuts: Macadamia nuts contain many essential nutrients, including thiamine, vitamin B6, manganese, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, and more. Despite these essential healthy ingredients, these nuts were recently found to be toxic to dogs. Ingestion can cause macadamia toxicity, characterized by weakness and paralysis of the hind legs with an inability to stand within 12 hours of ingestion. Symptoms can also include muscle tremors, joint pain, and severe abdominal pain.