Toxic to dogs

[SOBE]

I also read somewhere about grapes/raisons not being a good thing for dogs....I suppose cause and effect has to do with the amount of grapes and the weight of the dog, etc. I knew about onions and often wondered about the safety of the dog cookie recipes that use garlic, which is an onion...must be about type of oninon....anyway, just rambling on here, as it is raining as it has for the past week and will for the next 4 days!!!

[MissiM]

I notice that Poinsettia isn't on the "toxic to dogs" list.

There is a lot of information stating both it is and it is not toxic to dogs.

Does anyone here have any actual history/knowledge with this plant.

[SOBE]

I have heard to keep Poinsettas away from the furry ones.
I have also heard to keep some of the above listed away from our buddies, but some of the plant names, I just don't know what they are...I watch them anyway to stay away from anything but grass.

[Rocky's Ma]

Okay, does anyone know if the leaves of a Locust tree are toxic to dogs? Rocky has diarrhea and I found some of those leaves in his stool. There is one of those trees outside our balcony and the leaves sometimes fall on it. He must have eaten some. Not sure if it's what caused the diarrhea or just a coincidence that it was in his stool.

[Jpep]

I just looked at 2 of my dog shampoos and both contain Aloe, is that the same as the Aloe Cactus. If it were toxic to dogs why would it be added in shampoo and. I think it's also in "skin so soft" which a lot of people use as a mosquito deterrent. Any help would be appreciated.

[Jpep]

Just to clarify I know that aloe comes from the aloe cactus, I just didn't know if lotion is processed somehow so it will not hurt a dog? Or it's probably just such a small amount, but I don't know. I know I wouldn't swallow 1/32 of a teaspoon of arsenic because its poisonous, so I wouldn't want to chance it with my dog.

[Rushy]

growing up we lived on an avacodo farm and our dogs ate avocados all day long that had fallen on the ground and they never got sick... maybe they had built up a tolerance or something.

of course i wouldn't want to test it out today.

[Lebendig Taj]

Originally Posted by gmacleod

The main food items that are toxic to dogs, and that you should never feed, are:

Onions: http://www.peteducation.com/article....articleid=2414

According to this link it's both onions and garlic.

Realizing that onion and garlic are in the same family I've often wondered why dogfoods contain garlic when onion is a known toxin to dogs.

How about adding garlic to the list per the referenced link?

[gmacleod]

Because garlic is only toxic in very large doses It is a member of the onion family, certainly. But it is a very weak onion, and the amounts needed to reach toxic levels are well beyond that which any normally sane person would ever feed.

In small doses, however, garlic has a number of very beneficial properties - including as a natural flea/tick repellent. And a great many people do use it for that.

It would however, be fair to add garlic as a substance that you shouldn't ever let a dog get into. Given the taste of raw garlic, it's hard to imagine that any dog is going to scoff down bunches of it. But you never know! So along with onions (which should never be fed, raw or cooked, even in small doses), garlic should be kept out of a dog's reach. And if fed, moderation is a necessity (like a clove or two per week tops).

[Lebendig Taj]

The referenced link makes no such distinction between garlic and onion, that's why I was asking.

[Roscoe Boy]

According to the grape/rainsin article- which I happened to read immediately after I gave Roscoe a handful of grapes- a safe formula is:

1 oz fruit/ 2.2 lbs body weight


Just curious, how much do you think a single green grape weighs?

[harvey-bup]

Harvey has a fondness for bananas and oranges!! are either a problem? as he took an allergic reaction to something recently which we narrowed down to red meat but now I wonder could it be one of the above.