Posted by Larry Hoover on July 31, 2007, at 17:24:32
In reply to Chocolate, onion and garlic toxicity, posted by Klavot on July 28, 2007, at 10:54:42
> Many people claim that chocolate, onions and garlic are toxic to dogs. Is that true? I have yet to see any rational explanation for why these substances might be toxic.
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> KlavotThe theobromine in chocolate can cause heart arrhythmia. Also, chocolate containes caffeine, which can combine with theobromine. Double whammie. Onions, but to a lesser extent, garlic, contain substances that cause haemolytic anemia in dogs. The poisoning can be cumulative, so a series of small doses can do as much damage as one large dose.
I got numerous hits from the google search
"canine toxic foods". Here's a representative list of *25* potentially toxic human foods.
http://www.e-dog-training.com/HumanFoodsToxicToDogs.htmlAs in all toxic effects, the dose makes the poison. I discovered why a friend's dog gets sick every fall. He eats the apples that fall from the trees, and the pips are cyanogenic.
Lar
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