No, that dog is already dead.
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Grapes are highly poisonous to dogs
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So cherry-seeds have cyanid - how are they poisonous if the dog just includes them in their output? Chemical Process in the gut that frees the cyanid? Or do they have to split them with their teeths?
30 years and yet a brief search tells me they still don't know what component is poisonous? Why? Is it that difficult to find, or moneyreasons?
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30 years and yet a brief search tells me they still don't know what component is poisonous? Why? Is it that difficult to find, or moneyreasons?
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layzie1989
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Last night my 6.5 lb Chihuahua-MinPin puppy got into some grapes. We left the living room to clean up something for a minute and she ate part of a snack pack and a grape that we forgot on the couch. We didn't know if she ate one but took her to the hospital anyway...they induced vomiting and saw there was at least one whole grape in there (the bastard didnt even chew it). No clue whether she chewed up any others, but there was one on the couch that had a bite mark on it.
She's at the hospital now on fluids and on watch for 24 hours. $1600 later we have no money left to keep her there longer and no money for food for the next week (we just moved so we spent most of our money to get into a good apartment).
All this because of a fucking grape. Life sucks, but at least she's alive.
She's at the hospital now on fluids and on watch for 24 hours. $1600 later we have no money left to keep her there longer and no money for food for the next week (we just moved so we spent most of our money to get into a good apartment).
All this because of a fucking grape. Life sucks, but at least she's alive.
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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Grapes, chocolate, onions, garlic. There's lots of stuff dogs can't eat. To get the basics of dog husbandry, you should get a dog training book. They can be breed specific or generalized, but they should all have info on what your dog can and can't have in its diet.
does it work with dogs too?
Iorv3th
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Ouch. My sisters dogs got out somehow last weekend and one of them got hit by a car. I don't know how much money they spent but had 3 surgeries already.
Only thing my dog gets into is pecans outside. Then he throws them up or shits them out inside. He eats the shells and everything.
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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Did she actually need all that? Usually small dogs can't eat enough grapes to get sick. Did you actually see a change?
Walter White
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There are so many things that are bad/poisonous to dogs, yet it really is on a dog by dog basis. Forever ago our family dog ripped into a box of chocolate covered macadamia nuts I got from Hawaii. Dude ripped through the plastic, open the box and ate ALL the chocolates. We took a wait and see approach. He was fine. Lived to the ripe age of 15 and natural causes took him down.
One of my current dogs accidentally ate a single grape. Figured since it was just one grape, we'd wait and see. He was fine.
Then I hear stories of my aunt feeding her dog grapes all the time and he's fine. My mom feeding her dogs avocado all the time and they're fine. Family members feeding their dogs countless things that are supposed to be bad and life risking for them and they're fine.
While I have no doubt all those things they say are bad for your dog are bad, and I try to do my best to make sure they avoid all of those things, hearing what some people feed their dogs leads me to believe that at the end of the day, while overall poisonous, it will vary from dog to dog.
One of my current dogs accidentally ate a single grape. Figured since it was just one grape, we'd wait and see. He was fine.
Then I hear stories of my aunt feeding her dog grapes all the time and he's fine. My mom feeding her dogs avocado all the time and they're fine. Family members feeding their dogs countless things that are supposed to be bad and life risking for them and they're fine.
While I have no doubt all those things they say are bad for your dog are bad, and I try to do my best to make sure they avoid all of those things, hearing what some people feed their dogs leads me to believe that at the end of the day, while overall poisonous, it will vary from dog to dog.
ephemeral garbage
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The Ben & Jerry's story is actually not true:
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/grapeicecream.asp
Which is good, because it means the dog in the story didn't die. Unless the dog never existed, which would be bad. Imo, all dogs should exist, and also be alive.
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/grapeicecream.asp
Which is good, because it means the dog in the story didn't die. Unless the dog never existed, which would be bad. Imo, all dogs should exist, and also be alive.
CrocMother
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Pineapple is fine.
layzie1989
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Wouldn't she be more susceptible to poisoning considering she is so small? Besides, the issue was that we had no idea how many she ate. We know she ate at least one because it came out whole when they pumped her stomach but obviously we wanted to play it safe.
I'm pretty sure I fed my German shepherds a lot of things and they lived a long life. Lived till the late teens and were really old and frail. The stuff I'm reading on this thread about onions and tomatoes being toxic to dogs is highly shocking to me to be honest. We mostly fed dog food, but in the rare times we did give them human food - the dog would sniff it out first and reject anything it did not agree with.
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