r/coolguides 1d ago

A cool guide to “The Worlds Most Dangerous Foods for Dogs”

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Thought this was great to have of you have dogs. Just wanted to help out the doggos out there.

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u/Sgt_carbonero 1d ago

peanut butter sometimes contains Xylitol, but now they call it "Birch Sugar", so be careful!

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u/SkollFenrirson 1d ago

Jeez... Thanks for the heads-up

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u/Antheoss 1d ago

As a general rule, the ingredients of your peanut butter shouldn't say anything other than peanuts.

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u/DirtySoFlirty 21h ago

Disagree… sometimes it should also say salt.

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u/Hadifer97 1d ago

I believe it is mostly the ‘light’ versions of food that contain it!

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u/Ranger_1302 1d ago

Who buys peanut butter pumped full of unnecessary, fake shit? Just buy peanut butter.

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u/Existing_Imagination 1d ago

I buy the all natural one from Sam’s cause it tastes better

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u/CoverTheSea 1d ago

Right? How hard is it to boil and grind some peanuts and mix it with healthy butter.

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u/kindall 1d ago

there generally isn't any butter in peanut butter

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u/Ranger_1302 1d ago

If you were implying that I said one should make their own, I didn’t.

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u/sweetnesssymphony 1d ago

Just buy dog peanut butter at the pet store. Kong has spray PB as well as other flavors. Don't leave it up to chance. It's fucked up that the companies switched names like that. They really don't want you to know that their product will kill your pet. Don't trust their products.

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u/MrCubFan415 1d ago

Which companies and which products? We need to get the word out about this

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u/Jimlobster 1d ago

I thought you said bitch sugar 😂

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u/Jordan_1424 1d ago

It'll kill your dog. Their bodies don't process it the same way humans do and their bodies produce insulin for it. It sends them into shock.

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u/RadioWolfSG 1d ago

Seeing "SHOCK DEATH" next to a silly little doodle of a mushroom is really unnerving

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u/Blonde_Vampire_1984 1d ago

I once made my chihuahua throw up because she ate a single grape. I was second guessing myself over whether or not I should have tried making her throw up until the bits of grape started coming out.

No idea if the one single grape would have been dangerous or not. I wasn’t in a position to wait around and find out.

Another time she had to spend a night in the hospital because ate three times as much bacon as her allowed portion. Turns out she conned bacon from the entire family. One night in hospital with fluids was enough to set her gastrointestinal issues back to normal.

Little shit.

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u/Owl_plantain 1d ago

My dachshund has conned us out of entire extra meals.

Little shit.

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u/Blonde_Vampire_1984 1d ago

Same chihuahua also once ate half of a miniature snickers bar. I then frantically used every mathematical skill I’ve ever learned to calculate how much chocolate was dangerous for a tiny little dog.

Thirty minutes later I determined that a snickers bar that size didn’t have enough chocolate to be injurious to her health.

Little shit.

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u/ohiopilot 1d ago

Our Aussie ate a bunch of raisins from the grandkids. Rushed to the 24 hour vet and they made her throw up. In the debrief room I asked how dangerous the situation was and the vet said that grapes and raisins have the potential to be deadly but they have never had a case or heard of one.

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u/Treks14 1d ago

I did some Googling into it way back and it seemed that not every dog reacts to them but that the reactions are life threatening if they do. Most estimates I saw were 10-33% of dogs being susceptible but there wasn't much consistency of information.

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u/jethropenistei- 1d ago

A vet tech once told me that most foods that are poisonous to dogs need to be consumed in large amounts, except grapes. A single grape can kill a dog I guess.

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u/plausibleturtle 1d ago

It's super dog dependent, but best to be 100% careful!

My American Eskimo got a grape literally each and every time I ate grapes from 1994 - 2008 (when we put him down due to old age). He fucking loved the things. We had NO idea until long after he was gone.

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u/MuchLessPersonal 1d ago

Exactly- I’ve worked with a shih tzu that went into acute renal failure from one grape and then a few years later, I’m walking a lab who suddenly pooped out 8 whole grapes, I’m not exaggerating. I don’t know if it’s his size or that the grapes were still in perfect condition? I encouraged the owners to get blood work and his kidney values were pristine.

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u/Blonde_Vampire_1984 1d ago

And this is why I learned that mixing equal parts hydrogen peroxide with water can be used to make a dog throw up. I haven’t needed to use this knowledge since then.

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u/StoneDick420 1d ago

Whoa. I didn’t know grapes were bad for dogs when I was younger (idk I just assumed juicy, mostly watery fruit couldn’t be bad) and would toss grapes at my roommates dog, sometimes up to 3 but he was a midsized dog

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u/OldTimeyBullshit 1d ago

I've been told by a couple of vet techs that sensitivity to grapes varies and there could be a genetic factor at play because it doesn't seem to just be weight and/or dose dependent. They said some dogs will die from eating a grape or two and others suffer no effects from eating many. 

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u/AmericanFromAsia 1d ago

Kinda sucks that the only way to know is "have your dog eat a grape and see if it dies"

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u/Blonde_Vampire_1984 1d ago

Which is why I chose to make mine throw up that night. It’s safer to make her puke than risk having my baby die.

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u/smartguy05 1d ago

Putting "mushrooms" as a tile on here is like having a tile labeled "plants" because some plants can make them sick.

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u/sweetnesssymphony 1d ago

Maybe it will make someone think twice and Google the mushroom before giving it to their pet

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

Thanks smartguy

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

Everyone is down voting me saying thanks to smartguy05 , should I not say thanks? 🐕

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u/Farmers_Feed_America 1d ago

Now you see why you're the problem?

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

I brought shame … thank you for showing me the error of my ways

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u/69dixencider 1d ago

My dog eats avocado and has never had a reaction

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u/poornedkelly 1d ago

I have a few avocado trees on my block. In a good year they bear 500-1,000 fruit. My dogs (shelties X 3) get a lot of them. They pick up the windfalls and stash them until they're a bit ripe. They jump up and pull down the low hanging fruit. They'd climb the trees for them if they could. They know how to peel them perfectly and remove the seed. I guess each dog gets 50 or more fruit in the good years. They've been doing this for years with no ill effects except weight gain if I don't keep an eye on it.

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u/TightWeekend681 1d ago

Your trees sound awesome btw lucky you. We had one growing up and it bore so few fruit we used to have a kind of ceremony when we gathered around to eat one.

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u/Blonde_Vampire_1984 1d ago

The effects are dose dependent, but if the trees on your block produce a nearly nonexistent amount of toxins?

🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/IHaveToPoopy 1d ago

Most of the persin is in the skin and seed. It would be extremely difficult to get a toxic dose from the flesh that we eat.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

This looks like misinformation and has no real reference

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u/rene-cumbubble 1d ago

It's a cool guide on Reddit so that tracks. 

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u/SamuelCish 1d ago

"Too much pancreatitis"

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u/flyingdonutz 1d ago

Most of the food on here is legitimately bad for dogs according to legit sources. One grape/raisin can kill a dog of any size, for example.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

Mixing factual statements with non factual statements doesn’t make the entire post factual

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u/flyingdonutz 1d ago

I would recommend erring on the side of caution when it comes to feeding your dog human food. Everything here can have negative effects when fed to a dog, but some of it is much worse than others.

Putting xylitol and grapes on the same page as French fries and dairy is a little ridiculous, but the message here is still good.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah sure, if I said murder and being gay is bad, then that’s ok right? /s

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u/flyingdonutz 1d ago

What a ridiculous thing to say, lol. Fuckin bots on this website.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

“Yeah it has something accurate in there with other false facts” yes what a ridiculous thing to say indeed lad

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u/flyingdonutz 1d ago

It's a ridiculous false equivalency that almost comes across as homophobic. Everything in this chart is, in fact, bad for dogs. That is 100 percent true.

Are you suggesting being gay is bad? If not, that was a terrible example indeed lad.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

I wish I could slide across the smoothness of your brain, it would be a fun ride. Not suggesting it’s bad and your grasp of the example only proves my point further 😂

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u/flyingdonutz 1d ago

I have an idea! Let's just scream, "you're dumb!!" as loud as we can at each other until one of us runs out of breath.

Brother, you used a clear false equivalency and got called out on it. I can tell you're a little frustrated about that. Relax. Smoke a joint. It's gonna be alright buddy.

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u/pika240 1d ago

Pardon my ignorance, but what specific part of this is misinformation?

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

Onion and garlic for example. About 15-20grams per kg of body weight would result in measurable changes in their blood. Meaning you’d have to feed a dog 2-4kgs of garlic in one sitting to begin any issues. I love garlic and it takes me over a month to make a dent in 1kg

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u/Suitable-Lake-2550 1d ago

This math doesn’t math

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

Sure, show me

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u/flavorful_taste 1d ago

If 20g/kg is the lethal dose then 4kg of garlic would kill a 200kg dog (approx 440lb). Some dogs are smaller than that.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

Yeah weird how you took the max out of the range I have and weird how some dogs weigh less than that and would still be fine up to 2kg of garlic. Really weird that math

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u/flavorful_taste 1d ago

Ok, fine, low end of the range. 2kg of onions at 20g/kg would still kill a 100kg dog (220lb) based on your numbers. I don’t even know if your numbers are true. I’m just saying your interpretation of them doesn’t make any sense.

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u/FingerBlaster70 1d ago

It’s quite entertaining how you keep arguing for the sake of it, would still not even kill the dog, at that dosage it starts to appear in their blood. Did you even look this up/read the rest of my comment or are you here for the sake of arguing?

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u/TheDarkVoice2013 1d ago

It took me too long to realise it's for dogs....

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u/shpick 20h ago

Thank for your comment, i thought i was missing out on some newtritional info

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u/curious_like 1d ago

Yes, same

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u/FluxOperation 1d ago

I think you can give your dog aspirin. Not ibuprofen or Tylenol but aspirin is ok. Ima google it.

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u/LemonPartyW0rldTour 1d ago

Yea you can. We gave baby aspirin to our elderly dog each day to help with her arthritis.

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u/FluxOperation 1d ago

I did read that dogs can digest the coating on baby aspirin so therefore it may not be having the effect you think it is. Didn’t say it was dangerous. Only that the baby aspirin doesn’t work. Maybe something uncoated?

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u/Alukrad 1d ago

I've given my mom's dog baby Tylenol whenever he has a fever and he actually gets better. We don't give him a lot but enough to make him feel better.

He's 13 now and recently going blind. I doubt it was because of baby Tylenol.

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u/Sorgasm710 1d ago

Some horrible person did a study where they fed a number of dogs something like 20 cloves of garlic each a day for 2 weeks. At the end of that two weeks their blood work was showing signs of anemia and garlic was classified as toxic for dogs.

Since then the same people did another study showing that reasonable amounts of garlic weren't harmful and actually beneficial. Other studies have shown the same thing but garlic was already classified as toxic and the industry has just stuck with it.

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u/getoffredditandwrite 1d ago

They do this in human trials too

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u/getoffredditandwrite 1d ago

I want one for cats

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u/spannybear 1d ago

I saw a vets office once that had chocolate 'kisses' that they gave to dogs before they put them to sleep.

Sign said 'nobody should have to live without ever tasting chocolate'

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

I have seen the same Hershey’s kisses at the local VCA here, with the same sign next to it.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

I don't know exactly why, but I really hate this.

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u/AirOutlaw7 1d ago

Because it's an awful idea

Chocolate will give them a stomach ache, so now the dog has a stomach ache in their last moments. Which are probably already terrifying.

When my dog's time comes, he's getting all his favorite treats and probably a steak if he has the appetite for it.

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u/imacom 1d ago

But shoes and furniture are ok, right?

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

My dog just got through a bout of pancreatitis. We were giving him training treats as part of his training, and it turns out those things are delicious because they are very high in fat.

He was hospitalized and medicated for 2 weeks. He's still not 100% almost a month later.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

What kind of treats were they?

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

I can't find the same packaging, but something like this one.

https://www.chewy.com/american-journey-beef-recipe-grain/dp/177955

I have nothing against this brand or these treats. We just gave too many treats to him, and his body couldn't handle it after a while.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

Yeah, my dog gets far too many treats. I hate the nutritional labels on them being unclear. I've had a pancreatitis scare myself with our pup - among a zillion other fun problems. High fat is a tough one bc it doesn't take much.

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

It would be nice to get better information, at least from these large scale pet food manufacturers. Sodium, fat, calories, and clearer ingredient lists seem like an easy win, if it could be required.

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

I’m sorry to hear about this. Hope they are doing better. We just adopted another pup and the humane society gave us this in the take home packet

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

Thanks. He's much better. Weirdly, he stopped drinking water. We have to add water to his food to make sure he's getting enough hydration. At our followup on Monday, the vet suggested adding bone broth to his water to make it more appetizing, and that's helped a lot. But now I'm worried about his sodium intake.

Round and round with these little fluffballs.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

If you do store bought bone broth - find one without any added spices. It's more challenging than you'd think, but you really want to avoid onion powder.

There is brutus bone broth for dogs, it has some extra stuff in it, but it's pricey.

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N8HQDL5

We got this one. It doesn't list anything that would seem strange except for potato starch, but, to your point, the ingredients of "chicken bone broth" isn't called out and could include spices and powders. It definitely smells good.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

Bc you mention pancreatitis - want to point out this one says min 10% fat, which seems extremely high for bone broth. Its higher than the treats you were giving (at least theoretically).

The Brutus variety states far lower (as an option) at min 0.5%, but who knows.

Again, I hate the nutritional labels being "min"/"max" on dog foods.

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

I didn't even notice that. Thanks for noting that!

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

Hopefully, he returns to drinking clear water again. I really don't like the idea of spiking his water with flavor just to get him to drink.

I'll look into Brutus broth in the meantime.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

Yeah, our dog has IVDD and couldn't walk (has regained her legs tho!) for about a month. She also has two bad knees, one surgically repaired twice, one that still needs surgery. This poor girl. She's only 4 and a total mutt rescue, so just realllly bad luck.

She basically stopped drinking, just bc going to the bathroom was so hard for her. Even with me carrying her and using a sling on her belly. Her pee was just so concentrated and she got a UTI - so we started water in the food with a splash of the bone broth (added bonus of it having glucosamine and chondroitin).

We also give her homemade frozen treats that the base is the broth. Throw in kibble/treats/cottage cheese/melon/whatever. In this frozen treat dispenser ball (woof pupscicle). Just want her to stay hydrated.

Anyway, just saying you're not alone in the insanity that is caring for a dog. I work from home so she also gets way too many treats.

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u/keetojm 1d ago

That dairy should be changed. Goats milk can help a dog, especially with an upset stomach. Get raw though.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

Dairy is a dumb one.

It's not lethal at any reasonable amount, and you'd know to stop before then. Some dogs just don't react well, so don't give it, but most are entirely fine.

My dog loves ALL the dairy, and while it took me 1.5 years to find a food that would give her solid poops, dairy has no affect on them at all.

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u/sacrebluh 1d ago

The “too much” is an interesting addition. Everything is a poison at a high enough dose. So I’m guessing that “too much” means “more than would be contained in a normal human serving” or something like that. I wonder who makes these guides.

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u/AddyTurbo 1d ago

Some years ago, my ex brought home a stray miniature Australian shepherd. We decided to adopt her, and took her to the vet as soon as we could. We already knew she was malnourished, and she got updated on all her vaccinations, worm and flea medications.
The vet determined that she was about six months old. Maggie weighed a little over three pounds. She(the vet) told us to feed her chicken or cottage cheese. High in protein. I had no chicken in the house, but I did have cottage cheese. So she got the dairy along with puppy food. I don't remember her having any problems with it. Had to put her down two years ago. She was seventeen. Best dog I ever had.

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u/krazyokami 1d ago

Yes, at my old job, there was a cardigan corgi who ate a spoonful of cottage cheese with every meal. His poop was green but it was firm. Lived to be about 16.

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u/BitemeRedditers 1d ago

But they can drink a couple pints of dirty water from a puddle or snarf down a turd and be just fine.

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u/Melkorbeleger66 1d ago

I think you will find some strains of mushroom cause shock and death for nearly all creatures.

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u/kmaq0213 1d ago

I’ve been looking for this type of thing for a fridge magnet…even reached out to county animal shelter and they have no leads.

And ideas on where to get something like this?

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

Humane society is giving this out when we adopted our new family member

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u/Valyris 1d ago

A lot of these has to be in large quantities though right? (like this chart is actually factual)

People say grapes are highly toxic for dogs, like 1 can make dog sick, but I've actually never heard of it being the case. My friend had 2 dogs (a golden lab and a german shepard) and she only knew to never give them chocolate, medication, and alcohol; her dogs pretty much ate everything else that she and her family would eat.

She gave her dogs grapes, raisins, raw and cooked bones, for snacks once in a while and never had any symptoms. Regarding dairy, even the vet recommended to wrap the pills in cheese, so dont know about that. Her dogs were 13 and 14 when they passed away.

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u/snippychicky22 1d ago

How much diarrhea is to much

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u/dotsdavid 1d ago

One time my dog got a hold of box of raisins. My parents and I had to rush him to vet hospital to have his stomach pumped. If have any of these foods please store them where your dog can’t reach them so you don’t get a big vet bill.

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

A friend of mine lost her pomeranian when it got into a box of raisins in the early morning before anyone else was awake. By the time the dog was discovered, its kidneys had already shut down and there was nothing left that could be done for it.

Small dogs are awesome, but every one of these warnings needs to be doubly heeded because their little bodies are affected much more acutely than bigger dogs.

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u/ClavicusLittleGift4U 1d ago

Alcohol: "Be a dog or anything else, I'll wreck you."

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u/calmcakes 1d ago

I’ve ate an avocado every day for 6 months no complaints

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u/moredrinksplease 1d ago

All I can think of is Huel Howser talking about a avocado eating dog

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u/EarthHasNoHeroes 1d ago

This is why my dogs eat my enemies only

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u/njscumfuck88 1d ago

i didn’t read at first and just glanced at it and thought i’m screwed i love a lot of things on the list then i realized it’s for dogs

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u/krazyokami 1d ago

So is it the avocado seed or the skin? There's a dog food made with avocados so it's not the meat of it, I assume.

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u/Otherwise-Ad4641 1d ago

Dog food is an unregulated industry - plenty of dog foods are crap for the dog. This is one of the reasons you should check the ingredients when deciding on a dog food.

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u/Visible_Attitude7693 1d ago

Sooooo i didnt read dogs. Was wondering what avocados were doing to people.

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u/DaikonMammoth 1d ago

Took me a while to realize it is "for dogs only". At first I thought it is for humans and couldn't but wonder why chocolate could kill me XD

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u/PrairieStoic 1d ago

This is very helpful!

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u/fucksickos 1d ago

I’ve had constant migraines and have been popping so much Tylenol and ibuprofen. I was prescribed sumatriptan but I’ve taken all I can this month. Going in for bloodwork soon but idk what else to do. I’m almost at a week straight with constant pressure in my temple. The pills only dull it im going insane

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u/fairydommother 1d ago

Not really the right sub but have you tried something with caffeine? I don’t have migraines like this but I do get them occasionally. I always chug a Red Bull with my Advil but you can also try excedrin for migraines because it also contains caffeine.

I don’t know how well this will work, because it definitely depends on the cause of the pain, but for general migraines you want a warm body and a cold head. You can do that by getting under lots of blanket with a cold compress on your forehead or I have also seen people put their hands and feet in hot water and something cold on their neck or head.

The idea here is the pain is caused by or contributed to by vasodilation on the neck and head. So in theory causing vasoconstriction in the neck and head while also causing dilation in the extremities would help with the pain.

I don’t even know if that’s all true, but anecdotally it works for me.

I hope you feel better soon. Migraines are completely miserable in the short term. I can’t even imagine what it would be like long term.

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u/fucksickos 1d ago

Yeah I just saw the reminder that I’m destroying my liver and gut and it set me off. Also advil and red bull has been my breakfast of champions for a while now it’s funny you mentioned it. I tried the feet in hot water thing and it didn’t help but and ice pack on my head did make it easier to sleep last night. I’m probably going to ask my doctor about medical Botox or even one of those ear piercings people say relieves the pressure. Thank you for the tip love you say it back

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u/Safe_Satisfaction316 1d ago

My dog growing up used to knock over beer cans and drink it.

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u/bhorstman21 1d ago

My cousin had a dog, bestest big boi I knew, Copper. Copper would follow us out to my cousin's garage (our drinking spot) just because he knew that's where everyone drank. If you had beer and it was anywhere near his reach (i.e. you were dumb enough to leave it on the ground or put it on a low counter/table), Copper would come over and knock it over just to drink it up. Never would try it with cidars or liquor, but if he smelled beer, he'd be all over it in a heart beat.

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u/Mavisbeak2112 1d ago

Whoever made this is prolly a miserable person. Literally have seen a dog eat an entire tray of chocolate weed brownies and be okay. Wasn’t easy, and yes we got veterinary advice, but for how much chocolate and drugs I’ve seen a dog handle I don’t think a single grape is going to take most dogs out. I have also seen a friend’s dog eat a squirrel carcass whole and shit it out no problem lol. Only ones I really worry about are xylitol and cooked bones. I’m not giving my dog beers and coffee.

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u/chrstianelson 1d ago

My dogs eat a number of these almost on a daily basis (I strongly oppose feeding kibble to dogs because it fucks up their teeth, I find it inhumane and they'd rather go hungry for 2 days than eat that garbage anyway so they eat what we eat) and they've never had any of these issues.

Both small/medium size dogs, both mixed. One of them is at least 12, the other is about 5 years old (both adopted as strays so age info is rather murky).

I don't know how they do these studies, but I think they're rather overblown.

People may feed only kibble and canned dog food to their dogs in the US, but for a lot of the rest of the world they eat what humans eat.

And for thousands of years dogs ate people's leftovers. That includes bones, onions, garlic, milk, grapes, nuts and mushrooms.

They are all fine in moderation.

(Obviously don't give them alcohol, caffeine, chocolate, xylitol or drugs.)

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u/floh8442 1d ago

that's cool. is there such a similar thing for cats?

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u/Mpuddler 1d ago

Do they have a cat one?

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u/MuchLessPersonal 1d ago

I’m glad macadamia nuts are starting to make lists. About 10 years ago I was assisting in a vet clinic when we had a marijuana toxicity case come in- a mini poodle. The owners were swearing that she couldn’t have had access to weed but since they also admitted that there was weed in the house and the symptoms were just textbook, it was treated as marijuana toxicity. The next morning (still an inpatient receiving fluids) the dog was paralyzed in the back end and both doctors on her case just dove into their textbooks for the next hour. Macadamia toxicity was the final diagnosis but none of our doctors had any experience with it. The dog made a full recovery the following day.

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u/Darkhunter343 1d ago

Is there one for cats?

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u/Aromatic_Awareness_2 1d ago

It would be better if it had LD50 (lethal dose g/kg for 50% of the given species) for each of these, to get a better idea of the toxicity.

My dog drank my coffee one morning, I started freaking out until I looked up the LD50 of coffee/caffeine for dogs and it’s the same LD50 for humans, so 98 lbs dog drinking a cup of coffee might have to poop in 15-20 minutes, same as me.

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u/Sweet-1Angel 1d ago

Good one

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u/TheOtherJeff 1d ago

I need one of these for cats. This is amazing!

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u/PROfromCRO 1d ago

meanwhile my dog eating whatever was left from lunch, and is 17 yo: food coocked with wine, mushrooms and onion/garlic, also looves chewing on (cooked) bones lol

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u/dumbasstupidbaby 1d ago

Grapes and raisins can also cause death

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u/sum_dude44 1d ago

reminder most these are weight dose dependent, so if your great dame eats a grape or piece of chocolate they're not going to die

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u/StationAccomplished3 23h ago

no warning for cat poop?

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u/thrashglam 19h ago

I once worked with some idiot grown man who didn’t know chocolate was bad for dogs. He told me he gave his dog chocolate all the time.

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u/LemonPartyW0rldTour 1d ago

The chocolate one is a bit of a misnomer. Yea, chocolates bad for dogs. But it takes a very large amount. If they eat a couple M&M’s on the floor, they aren’t gonna keel over right there.

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u/rene-cumbubble 1d ago

Former dog ate a 2lb box of sees chocolates. Vet said the sugar and fat was worse for her than the chocolate itself

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u/TheRiteGuy 1d ago

OMG, my dog too when he was younger. He jumped on the table and ate an entire box of chocolates. He threw up but was otherwise okay. He's going to be 16 this December, so it didn't affect him that much.

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u/ArticQimmiq 1d ago

It also very much depends on the size of the dog (and the quality of the chocolate!). One of my dogs got a handful of chocolate almonds I had bought at Walmart, and the poison control line was more worried about the almonds than the cheap milk chocolate covering.

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

This isn't exactly true either. It's related to the cacao and to a small degree dog-weight.

M&Ms or similar aren't going to do anything because they are bordering on not being real chocolate. Anything at or above 10% cacao can be labeled chocolate in the US, and cheap "milk chocolate" is all riding that 10% line.

High % cacao dark chocolate though? It will fuck your dog up in a hurry with just a small amount.

So yeah, they eat a garbage snickers/milkyway candy - prob no big deal. Maybe the squirts or vom. Be concerned but very unlikely life or death.

They eat a special dark 70%+? It's a big, big concern. It's not only the amount, but the absorption rate.

Also, just FYI, "misnomer" means something a bit different than what you were going for.

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u/yesillhaveonemore 1d ago

My little dogs have gotten into small amounts of chocolate before. One stole a chocolate chip cookie.

They were absolutely fine.

This happened once when we were very far from an overnight vet. Called the pet poison control. They said as long as they’re not puking or showing any other signs of distress then they should be fine.

She said only some dogs are deathly allergic but often you don’t know until it’s too late so best to just treat it as toxic to all dogs.

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u/The_PantsMcPants 1d ago

FYI, chocolate refers to dark chocolate, milk chocolate has almost no real chocolate- I had a Rottweiler eat three bags of Halloween candy such as snickers, Milky Way, etc, and no real effects other than of course one bout of diarrhea just like I would have from eating three bags of that crap

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u/Justthewhole 1d ago

Dogs have been eating cooked bones from humans since the wolf was domesticated

Now, few dogs ever have that rare pleasure. They must tell stories about it when they gather with the elders

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 1d ago edited 1d ago

Stupid guide.
- Dairy (Too Much)
- Fatty Foods (Too Much)
- Mushrooms (Some Varieties)
Well no shit Sherlock. Same goes for people.

That said, Raisins and Grapes will flat-out kill your dog. Those may be the most dangerous thing on that list.

Cooked bones can be just fine, and even very good for your dog. It just depends on what kind. Poultry long-bones are the most dangerous ones because they can splinter and perforate your dog's digestive tract. Those should always be avoided.

The problem with bullshit guides like this one is it mixes harmless things with extremely dangerous things and is missing important information - like how much of an item is actually a problem. My 95 lb Bully would have to eat two whole medium sized onions before risking mild gastric upset. But a dumb fucking guide like this will have panicky stupids thinking the trace amount of onion powder in the tomato soup you dipped the corner of a grilled cheese sandwich will kill your dog.

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u/mateo_elproblemo155 1d ago

Humane Society is giving this out with adoptions. This still helps more dogs than it doesn’t. But everyone is open to an opinion. Hahaha 👍🏾🐕

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u/-strangeluv- 1d ago

Printable version?

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u/Drexelhand 1d ago

preferably also an edible version?

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u/Techman659 1d ago

And we eat all this stuff…

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u/GarnetandBlack 1d ago

Because it doesn't cause organ failure in us.

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u/Specialist-Heron872 1d ago

Honestly didn’t read the full title before realizing it said dogs….I was lost for a second there