8 Foods That Can Kill Your Dog!
Hey there! Do you have the Cutest Dog in the world, whom you love endlessly? Dogs are sure, incredible. You wish you could give them the world in return for their loyalty and faith-fullness. May treat them with toys or their favorite snacks. Share your dinner plate with your pup to build a connection? Well, it can be crucial to give them healthy food, but it is more important to know what human foods should not be given to your Dog.
Let us review eight Foods that can kill your Dog!
Grapes and raisins:
Luscious green grapes are on the table, salivate your mouth. You have a handful for yourself and toss a few to your buddy? Oh! Not a great idea.
Grapes or any dried form of the fruit (raisins) can cause fatal kidney failure to your pup. All of this starts with vomiting (as an early sign) followed by fatigue, dehydration, decreased urine, ultimately leading to deadly results.
The component present in grapes or raisins that causes toxicity in dogs is still unknown. However, studies and records have proven them to be a threat to a dog’s health.
According to the records of The AnTox database of the American Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Animal Poison Control Center, 43 dogs developed various complications after ingesting grapes and raisins.
Caffeine:
Caffeine is one of the widely used components of our everyday diet plans. How?
Well, all of us are almost addicts to tea, coffee, and chocolate. All three can bring dangerous outcomes for your dog.
Caffeine is a stimulant. It can result in increased heart rate and blood pressure. As a result, dogs become hyperactive, responding more to the usual tasks than normal. As a stimulant, caffeine also affects the nervous system of your dog causing spasms and tremors.
The minimum dose at which death was reported was less than 2.2 mg per pound (1 mg per kg of weight). Thus even a small amount of caffeine can be deadly for your dog.
Cooked Bones:
Bones can be the favorite treat of your dog to full fill it’s appetite. But giving cooked bones to your dog is simply a big NO.
Why?
Dogs chew and gnaw those bones and break them into splinters which can be highly dangerous. If consumed, they can cause injuries and punctures to the mouth, throat, and intestines leading to surgeries and many more complications that you surely don’t want your dog to suffer through.
Apart from this, cooking removes all the nutrients from the bone. Hence, this brings no benefit to your dog at all. Thus feeding them cooked bones would only make them suffer.
Dairy Products (Milk, Cheese, Ice-cream):
According to Dr. Heather Brausa of New York’s City Animal Medical Center. “Milk contains a sugar called lactose that requires enzyme lactase for digestion. This enzyme is found in abundance in puppies to aid the digestion of mother’s milk while nursing.” However, when these pups are introduced to an adult diet, the amount of lactase produced in their bodies decreases thus causing them to become lactose intolerant. This intolerance can result in various health problems including — vomit, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal issues.
Bacon:
Bacon is massively used as well as loved as a food item, but is it safe?
According to a report of the World Health Organization in 2015 processed meat such as Bacon, sausage, and Ham can be carcinogenic.
Moreover, Bacon is a fatty food containing high content of salt which can be fatal for your dog. The consumption of a high amount of salt results in increased thirst leading to a condition known as “Bloat”. This occurs when a dog’s stomach fills up with gas or fluid causing it to expand and exert pressure on other vital organs leading to life-threatening situations.
Onion:
Onions do indeed add an incredible aroma to your dining table! But have you ever thought that it might give a negative impact on your fury ‘s health?
Onions are far more dangerous for your dog than you think! This pungent culinary hero contains the toxin that can cause complications to your dog.
Onions contain a compound known as N-propyl disulfide that breaks down red blood cells, leading to anemia in dogs. The red blood cells get destroyed in a process called hemolysis, which will ultimately decrease the oxygen-carrying capacity in the blood, and you will see your dog feeling weary all-day. It is best to take the dog to a veterinarian as quickly as possible. If your vet detects the formation of Heinz Bodies on a blood smear, and recently your dog has been exposed to an onion, then it is a high possibility that your dog is suffering from onion toxicity. In this case, you will need a blood transfusion for your dog.
Garlic:
Garlic toxicity also causes gastrointestinal symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps leading to dehydration and depression. Studies have found that only 15 to 30 grams of garlic per kilograms of body weight may produce harmful changes in your dog’s blood.
You may need supportive care to keep your dog pleasant. Your veterinarian will inject intravenous fluids to keep him hydrated and may prescribe medication to control his vomiting.
Raw Eggs:
There are some concerns about feeding raw eggs to your dogs. Unlike humans, dogs are also at a high risk of salmonellosis, a bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract. Diarrhea is the most usual sign of infection and can be hemorrhagic(bloody), watery, and can cause grave illness, which can be fatal.
Feeding raw egg whites will also lead to biotin deficiency, as they contain an enzyme that will bind to the biotin and, this will decrease the absorption of the biotin in the body.
Biotin which, is also known as Vitamin H, Vitamin B7, or Vitamin B8, is a water-soluble B-vitamin. It is involved in the synthesis of fatty acids and glucose that is necessary for healthy skin, digestion, and metabolism. Although these side effects are rare, still your vet doctor does suggest you give them cooked eggs that should be without butter, salt or oil.
An overall review that can be drawn from above-discussed points is that as a dog owner, one should always keep an eye at one’s dog diet to make sure that regularly used foods might not result in an irreparable loss.
After all, they are our buddies! They cannot be compromised.
