money.co.uk — The vets say that the high levels of theobromine - a stimulant - which naturally occurs in chocolate can lead to negative effects on pets' central nervous systems, and that the darker and more expensive the chocolate used, the more dangerous it can be.
Jul 14, 2008 View in Crawl 4
cate320Jul 15, 2008
Thanks for that link!I feel terrible now as my cat *loves* raw spinach and I never read anything before that said it was bad for him :(
theenoculatorJul 15, 2008
My friend told me one time he got lazy and didn't clean up after cooking. There was some leftover cream in the pot (35% fat), and his cat licked it, immediately gave his cat diarrhea, making a mess all over the house, and the cat was extremely sick. He thought he killed his cat, but fortunately the cat recovered. He's a lot of careful from then on.Pets are way more fragile than most people think.
jayrokJul 15, 2008
I'm guessing most of the "accidents" stem from deep fried Mars bars.
athoughtortwoJul 15, 2008
I had a lab once LOVED grapes. Lived to be 19 years old and in good health until the last couple of months.She also ate just about everything I ate including pickles and olives - but refused to touch ice cream.For Christmas she got a hershey's kiss in her stocking. And lots of pig ears. The rest I agree with.
athoughtortwoJul 15, 2008
When I was a kid, we had quite a few dogs and they would all get kibble/dog chow spiced with whatever was left on anyone's plate. They especially loved those days Mom fixed liver/bacon and onions. Neither my brother nor I ate onions, so the dogs got some. NEVER any problems.My own dogs have eaten onions - NO problem. Course ALL the dogs I am speaking about are large breed: labs, shepherds and dobes. The little 'ankle biters' can't chew anything as big as a piece of onion - can they? (Except for that woman's toe a chihuahua chewed off!)
lindygirlJul 23, 2008
Just an FYI, raw onions are more dangerous than cooked for dogs. And yes, it's a bigger issue for small breeds than for labs and shepherds.