Human food is not pet food

[Luba]

An article from the 'Province' states: Don't let your pets adopt your poor holiday eating habits

As the holidays approach, pet owners must take precautions from the hidden dangers that lurk on the dining room table. In fact, the holiday season keeps Dr. Steve Hansen, veterinary toxicologist and director of the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center very busy. Keep the website (www.apcc.aspca.org) handy for emergencies.

Here are the holiday taboos:
Bones Poultry bones are especially dangerous. Raw bones can contain bacteria and parasites and cooked bones can splinter. These bone shards have been known to perforate a dog's intestinal track, causing internal trauma.

Fatty, rich foods Fatty trimmings off the ham or roast, turkey skin, butter-coated potato skins, bread dough, nuts and gravy result in Pancreatitis or inflammation of the pancreas, a potentially life-threatening disorder. Signs include vomiting, anorexia and a very painful abdomen.

Onions and Raisins Onions can potentially destroy pets' red blood cells and inhibit the animal's ability to coagulate blood. Raisins have been associated with gastrointestinal upset and acute renal failure in dogs. Affected dogs develop vomiting, drink large amounts of water, then develop diarrhea and potentially fatal kidney failure.

Yeast dough Dough can expand causing obstruction or the yeast can produce alcohol when it rises, possibly resulting in alcohol poisoning as well.

[Merika]

I keep a left over food container in the fridge to warm up and mix in Cracker's dry food. Didn't think about some of those things you listed...other than no poultry bones. I also know that potatoes make him fart.

I'm glad you posted that Luba. I didn't even know about the other stuff. :oops:

[Luba]

Originally Posted by Merika

I also know that potatoes make him fart.

Me, too! :oops: but

Actually, that's not true...but I'm working on a system of using them in answer to my husband's ones...and we're not talking about potatoes :oops:

[Duke]

If I have a dog and someones trying to feed me onions then I call Fido for some help.

[Star]

we don't feed our dog left overs. he might get a treat once in a blue moon when i make a ham. i'll give him the ham bone to knaw on but tht's about it.

when i was a little girl, i had a dog named blackie (can you guess what color he was? LOL) anyways, my parents didn't know how dangerous bones were to dogs so he got any bones fro chewing on; chicken bones included. my dog blackie ended up dying all of a sudden. took him to the vet and they confirmed that he had holes in his stomach from all the bones. we killed our doggie.

i've never given any of my dogs any kind of poultry bones or any bones that are small (pork chop bones included - they can choke on those). i remember what happened to my poor blackie.

[Duke]

Your not supposed to leave the thumbtacks in. ;-)

[Merika]

And we didn't even mention the 'pooper scooper' probs of feeding dogs people food.