Dog Health Care and The Food Your Pet Shouldn’t Eat
Posted by Dog Trainer on June 3rd, 2010
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Dog owners always want the best for their beloved animal.You are also very likely to be the sort of owner who is easily persuaded to feed your dog food for people from the table. If you do do this you should stop and think for a moment: many human foods are seriously toxic to dogs and could lead to dog health care emergencies.
One example of a food we regularly enjoy that could seriously jeopardise dog health care is chocolate.A lot of people are aware that it isn’t good for dogs, but it is actually very dangerous for dogs to eat.Some of the problems that it causes are much faster heart rate, hallucinations, diarrhoea, seizures, internal bleeding, heart attacks and potentially even death. Because even a small chocolate bar could be enough to kill a dog, depending on its size, it really isn’t worth taking the risk. If your dog eats chocolate you should try and make it sick and consult a vet as soon as possible.
Most dogs won’t appear too keen to eat raisins or grapes anyway, but the fruits are incredibly dangerous to dog health care. Grapes and raisins will cause kidney failure and death in dogs, if enough are eaten.The amount of raisins and grapes a dog can eat before becoming seriously ill depends on its size and breed, but it is obviously better not to take the dog health care risk.
Macadamia nuts and onions also pose a threat to dog health care. Shakes, stiffness, hyperthermia and stomach pain are all symptoms of a dog having eaten them.
Although we rarely see drunken dogs, it is true that a dog that has drunk alcohol will bahve in a similar way to a human who is intoxicated. Obviously, jus tlike it does to humans, alcohol can leave a dog feeling very poorly. However, should the dog have drunk beer specifically, then there is a another problem.Hops, which are used to make beer, are incredibly risky to dog health care. The hops can cause malignant hyperthermia which normally leads to death.Again, the dog’s tolerance of the hops is affected by breed, with greyhounds known for their intolerance to hops.
Most dog owners are familiar with the basics of dog health care, but it is very important to follow this advice in order to keep your dog in good health.
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