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The A.S.P.C.A. offers the following list of toxic or poisonous Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet:
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Alcoholic beverages:
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Avocado: Avocado, Acocado leaves, fruit, seeds and bark contain a toxic principle known as Persin. The Guatemalan . . .(con't)
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Chocolate (all forms): Depending on the type and amount ingested, chocolate can cause vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, panting, abnormal heart rhythm, tremors, seizures—and even death in severe cases.
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Coffee (all forms)
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Fatty foods
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Macadamia nuts
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Moldy or spoiled foods
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Onions & Onion Powders: Onions are toxic to dogs. The toxicity is dose dependent, so the bigger the animal, the more onion need be consumed to cause a toxicity. Onion toxicity causes a Heinz body anemia. Heinz bodies are small bubble-like projections which protrude from a red blood cell and can be seen when the cells are stained. This "bubble" is a weak spot in the red blood cell and, therefore, the cell has a decreased life-span and . . . (con't)
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Raisins and Grapes: At the current time, we know that grapes and raisins appear to cause renal failure in dogs who've ingested large amounts. However, . . .(con't)
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Spices:
Turmeric & Paprika Both contain irritants (capsaicin and curcumin, respectively) that can cause irritation to the skin, gastrointestinal tract and other mucous membranes. Because of the potential for problems, it's advised that you keep these and other spices out of your pets’ reach.
Mace & Nutmeg If eaten in large enough amounts, the oil could cause vomiting and abdominal pain, as well as central nervous system excitation—usually followed by profound drowsiness several hours later.
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Salt
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Yeast dough
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Garlic
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Products sweetened with Xylitol
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In the world there are many things and humans own and or control most of the really neat stuff. Animals have the basics. Unlike us they do not get their food prepared for them on a stove. Normally for most, it comes out of a bag and it looks, tastes and smells pretty much the same every single day, in and out.
Having read, listened and discussed with those in the "know" the conflicts surrounding Manufactured Dog Food Products versus Natural Dog Food Products with great interest. Not escaping my eye as well are all the re-designed foods and newer entries into the Dog Products Markets new faces in the form of "famous" cooks and actors. Millions upon millions of dollars spent yearly on advertising between the parent companies of these products trying as well as they may how to influence the purchase of their product over that of their competitors. Everyone acknowledging that they've built the better mousetrap. This is all well and good for a consumer driven society yet no one seems to want to ask the animals what they think of these tiny brown or multicolored pellets that they are supposed to eat in one dosage or another and in one variety or another for the rest of their canine lives.
I look at things differently. For me the price of dog food is way too high. For me, I enjoy cooking. Also, I am a frugal shopper motivated more by the unit cost per of an item rather than the label of who made it. I'm sure if I had the money I could put my name all over a product and market it in fancy, made-to-order advertising but doesn't mean the product is any good now does it? I look at my Dog as a very real part of my family but most certainly one I am fully responsible for. Yes, in many, many ways I love Duma. He offers me calm in the hectic natures of days. He offers me very honest companionship and is a fine friend. My point is two-fold. First, if all of the prior statements hold true then another part of that truth is that you would want the best for them. This means understanding yourself what your animals need to meet their dietary and nutritional requirements during any given day. Judging from the diet, nutrition and exercise programs I see in advertising its not like this overlook is something foreign to us.
Dogs are living, breathing creatures. I am responsible for one right now. I want to know what is good for him rather than basing my perceptions on a label made by a company that desires I fall into the routine of purchasing their product. Really, how many of any products have come out and said, "New & Improved, cause the old product sucked!" I would venture to say if you went to any store that sold dog foods looking you would fine a vast majority, huge, monster number of them contain as the first product breakdown, Corn Meal. Dogs get nothing from corn meal except very distinctive and supersized bowel movements with a supersized odor to match.
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For too long I've messed with the wiring in my head. Now it shorts out more oft than not. But at my age I just sit and enjoy the sparks. RJM '07
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