A dog’s immediate attention will be drawn to anything that resembles food that has fallen on the floor, as any dog owner will attest. In fact, your dog may be curious in eating it regardless of whether or not it smells appetising to humans. Even while you usually welcome your dog’s “Hoovering” of your messes (anything to save your cleaning time, right? ), there are certain foods that may be quite harmful to your dog if he or she were to eat them. Rather than risk the negative consequences, which may be rather serious, you should probably just engage in a fight with your dog and get that stolen bite back.
However, there are several human foods that a dog should never eat. Some human meals are problematic if consumed on a regular basis, while others may have immediate and severe consequences upon ingestion. Dog owners should obviously be aware of the foods that are safe and those that are not, to reduce the likelihood that their pet may ingest anything harmful by mistake. Considering how cunning canines may be, knowing this is important even if you’ve never fed your pet table scraps.
All you dog lovers out there, we’ve compiled a list of foods that might be fatal for your canine companions. Check out our list of the top 10 household items that should be avoided since they are harmful to your dog.
Chocolate:It’s not hard to understand why chocolate is one of the most popular foods on the planet. While eating a taste (or more) of this delectable delicacy may cause a rush of endorphins in humans, it is fatal for dogs. Your pet may die from as little as a bite-sized piece or as much as the whole bar. For this reason, most pet pawrents keep a particularly close eye on their furry children throughout the Christmas season. Although the risk to dogs is well-known, do you understand why it is so harmful? As a result of its normal presence in chocolate, theobromine (and even garden mulch). After ingesting chocolate, a dog may have a wide range of adverse effects, including but not limited to vomiting, diarrhoea, increased thirst, irregular heartbeat, tremors, seizures, and even death.
Grapes and Raisins: Maybe you haven’t heard this one before, but it holds water. You shouldn’t give these to your dog, but they make terrific little snacks. Grapes, whether dried or fresh, are toxic to dogs. Your dog may develop ill from exposure to even a little quantity. Many owners mistakenly give their pets raisins believing they are providing a healthful treat. However, renal failure has been related to these sweets. Warning signs include nausea, fatigue, and mood changes. Make sure none of your grapes and raisins fall on the floor, where your dog might devour them. Because your hungry little gremlin will pick up that raisin from the floor in an instant.
Onions: While chopping onions may cause you to shed a few tears, there are far more serious consequences if your dog were to consume an onion. The disulfides and sulfoxides (thiosulphate) found in onions are responsible for the anaemia and red blood cell damage it causes. Onions can aggravate a dog’s respiratory system, trigger asthma episodes, and harm the liver. In addition to fatigue, other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and coloured urine. It’s not common practise to feed raw onion to a pet (just think of the odour!), and the same holds true for thermally processed onions. Most human foods are not suitable for eating by humans due to the presence of sautéed, cooked, or powdered onion used for flavouring, and this is in addition to the presence of other chemicals that are hazardous to dogs.
Sugar: Despite its appeal, it is harmful to both humans and canines. Avoid adding sugar to homemade snacks (substitute honey for a drizzle if you must) and read labels carefully when purchasing treats or kibble from the store, since sugar is sometimes hidden in obscure places. To a lesser extent than in people, sugar may cause weight gain, dental issues, and even diabetes in dogs. If you have a dog, at least you have a reason to reduce your sugar intake! In this scenario, everyone wins.
Milk and Dairy Products: Do not give your dog a bowl of ice cream on a hot summer day, since milk has no health benefits for canines. Having an upset stomach is only one of several problems that milk and dairy products may cause. These trigger intestinal distress and sometimes even subsequent food allergies. Even if your dog has a moderate reaction to dairy (which is most likely), you will be forced to spend days in close proximity to it as it farts. Nobody would consider that quality time.
Coffee and Caffeine: Don’t feed your dog any caffeine, no matter how grumpy he seems first thing in the morning. Everything from cola to tea to chocolate falls under this category (as well as human cold medicine and pain killers). There is no treatment for a dog that has consumed a large amount of caffeine. In severe cases, caffeine intoxication may result in irregular heartbeat, irregular breathing, convulsions, haemorrhage, and even death.
Macadamia Nuts: Macadamia nuts provide a lot of protein, however they are fatal for dogs. Dogs may get sick from eating as little as six uncooked Macadamia nuts. Be on the lookout for symptoms including tremors, weakness, or paralysis in the lower extremities, nausea, vomiting, a high fever, and a racing heart.
Yeast Dough: You’re familiar with yeast’s role in making dough rise. The same thing will happen inside your dog’s stomach if he eats yeast bread. To make matters worse, his stomach will grow and cause him excruciating agony as well as a significant amount of gas. Also, the yeast may be used to make alcohol, which poses the risk of alcohol poisoning. If you’re making some treats for yourself, keep the rising dough out of your dog’s reach.
Salt: While chips and pretzels aren’t something you’d give your dog, salt is a common seasoning for human fare. Don’t share these snacks with anybody; eating too much salt causes sickness. Dehydration, nausea, vomiting, tremors, fever, depression, and seizures are all possible outcomes.
Peaches, Plums and Persimmons: It’s not the fleshy flesh of peaches and plums that’s problematic, but rather the stone centres. Persimmon seeds and pits induce irritation of the small intestine and may cause intestinal blockages if ingested. The cyanide is concentrated in the fruit’s pits. However, our dogs have no idea how dangerous these pits are, so they try to break into them with their jaws and even swallow them whole. After you finish eating these fruits, please dispose of the pits properly.