Dog Food - Poisonous Foods

Dog Food - Poisonous Foods

By Mary Tregget

Foods Not To Feed Your Dog

When discussing dog care, Every dog owner alike at one point or another has fed their beloved dog something from the dinner table. Whether you do it on a regular basis, or just the odd little morsel now and again, how sure are you that what you are feeding your dog is actually safe for him/her? Very few dog owners actually know the types of food that they can feed to their dogs and the types of food that can be dangerous if eaten by their dogs.

As a rule of thumb, usually anything that is acidic is not a good food to be offering your dog. Acidity can affect the GI track of the dog, leading to a number of nasty side effects some of which include; vomiting, panting, fever, restlessness etc.

Grapes and or raisons are very bad for dogs and kidney failure has been documented in dogs that have ingested this fruit.

Onions are also extremely poisonous to your dog as they affect the balance of red blood cells in the dogĄ¯s body.

Coffee will elevate your dogĄ¯s heart rate; can lead to anything from seizures, to GI track difficulties.

The second most common cause of canine poisoning in the world today is ibuprofen. Pets love the smell of this drug and will do anything to get at it if a bottle is around the house and not securely locked away.

The most popular treat people want to give their dogs is chocolate. This is a big no-no! As with coffee, chocolate contains caffeine that will elevate your dogĄ¯s heart rate and can promote seizures.

Always be sure to keep your pet away from rat poison! This is the world leader in canine poisoning and can be prevented if we take care to ensure that the rat traps are not where your dog can get at them.

Dog food good for humans too

For actor Dick Van Patten, who played the patriarch on the 1980s television show Eight is Enough, some pet food is good enough to eat.

Van Patten is lending his name and likeness to a new dog food formula that claims to be indistinguishable from a home-cooked meal for humans.

To prove his point, Van Patten recently sampled the "Irish stew" recipe at a media luncheon.

"Not too bad," the actor said before offering a bite to his canine dining companion.

"Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Eatables for Dogs" comes in other people-friendly flavors such as spaghetti and meatballs, hobo chili and Chinese takeout.

It's designed with the health of pets in mind and marketed to humans as an alternative to feeding their pets table scraps, Natural Balance president Joey Herrick said.

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