These little fur babies can definitely brighten your day, though, they can be a little naughty sometimes. Regardless of how playful they are, they can always find a way to be forgiven.
That cute grin of your dogs and wagging tail surely tells that they’re happy to see you. They’re also so curious about everything that oftentimes they can end up nosing through your bags, the trash you’re your food pantry.
This may seem more frustrating than harmful, but there are actually a lot of things that are dangerous for dogs to consume, like some human foods.
Not all human food can be consumed by our canine friends, as some foods and drinks can be poisonous to them. Let’s have a look at 10 foods dogs shouldn’t eat:
1. Cherries
While some fruits like watermelon are pretty good for dogs, some are not. If you want to learn more how to feed your dogs with watermelon, continue reading this.
On the other hand, cherries are definitely one of the fruits that you shouldn’t feed your dog. Cherry plants actually contain cyanide. When eaten by a dog, it can delay the transport of the cellular oxygen. This means that your dog might experience difficulty in breathing, red gums, and dilated pupils. These are serious signs that your dog is experiencing cyanide poisoning.
2. Avocado
Avocados are known to many as a nice treat but not for your dog. Dogs deserve to have little treats from time to time. Treats serve as an affirmation to the dog’s good deed or a new trick learned. However, you must be careful about what treat should be given to your dogs.
Avocados have a substance in them called Persin that is small and regular doses isn’t dangerous. But if you are growing avocados in your garden and your dog gets into them and consumes a lot then you’ll have a problem. Too much Persin can cause vomiting and diarrhea to your dogs.
Lastly, the seed of the avocado can be fatal to your dogs if ingested, since it might get stuck inside their body.
3. Chocolate
Chocolate is one of the foods that many humans cannot live without. Most people are so dependent on these items since it becomes their energy booster throughout the day. While chocolate might be helpful to ease the tension after a long day at work, it’s quite toxic for dogs.
The ASPCA has issued a warning about chocolate, coffee and caffeine or anything similar to it as it contains methylxanthines. These can make your dog pant excessively, suffer diarrhea, or vomit. In worse cases, they can die, or suffer from seizures, tremors, abnormal heart rhythm, and excessive urination.
4. Ice Cream
Ice cream contains a lot of sugar that’s definitely not something you want for your dogs. Some dogs are also lactose intolerant an even ice cream could create a disruption to their bowel movement when ingested.
During a hot day, instead of giving ice cream to your dog, ice cubes or frozen fruits might be a better alternative. Not only is it delicious, but it can also relieve the heat exhaustion that your dog might be experiencing. Just make sure that these fruits are not poisonous to your dogs as well.
5. Fatty Meat And Bacon
Bacon can be a go-to food at breakfast time. While this fatty meat is something you look forward to in the morning, giving it to your dogs is definitely not advisable.
High-fat food like bacon, ham or anything that has fat trimmings can pose health issues to your dogs. Firstly, it can cause pancreatitis which is a severe health issue and can be fatal to your dogs as well. Secondly, bacon and other fatty meats have high sodium content and other preservatives that aren’t good for your fur baby. This may lead to bloating and can be fatal as well.
6. Alcohol
Most people know the dangers of drinking too much alcohol, the same effects that impact human behavior when you’d drunk too much can happen to your dog too. Things such as diarrhea, abnormal blood activity and possibly falling into a coma are some of the effect’s alcohol can have on a dog. If your dog happens to ingest alcohol, make sure to bring him to the nearest veterinarian clinic.
7. Raw Dough
While even as humans we shouldn’t be consuming raw dough—although many of us love sneaking a little while baking—it can be fatal to dogs. This is because the raw dough can continue to rise in your dog’s stomach. This will lead to blocking their intestinal tract as the dough can extend through their entire abdomen.
Apart from this, when raw dough has not been removed inside the stomach of the dog, it can be fermented. This may produce ethanol which is also related to alcohol poisoning.
8. Salt
As mentioned earlier, any food that contains a high amount of sodium is definitely dangerous for your dogs. It can make your dog over consume water which can make them bloated. Furthermore, consuming salt can make your dog vomit, experience seizures or can even result in death.
9. Onions And Garlic
Onions and garlic are definitely present in most kitchens and in many foods that people eat. But this should not be the case for your dogs. Alongside other vegetables that are dangerous to dogs, giving onion and garlic to them can make them lethargic, weak, and it can even turn the color of their urine to orange to a dark-red tinge.
While for humans, eating onions and garlic have great health benefits, for dogs it can cause gastroenteritis and anemia.
10. Coffee and Tea
Coffee and tea may be good for your morning routine or when you’re having your afternoon snacks. But for dogs, ingesting coffee or tea can give them seizures, elevated heart rate, and diarrhea. It can also make them vomit, which if not treated right away can be fatal.
Conclusion
Dogs may get really naughty sometimes and may end up in unwanted situations. They are really curious creatures who will try to sniff and eat whatever they see. To be a responsible pet owner though there are many foods that you will want to avoid giving your dog.
Always make sure that foods mentioned above are beyond their reach. Securing your food cabinets is also advisable. Lastly, checking the contents of the food that you’re giving them should also be practiced to ensure the safety of man’s best friend.
