Hi All
Can anyone please advise, what are dogs not allowed to eat.  I know the chocolate is very very bad but someone recently told me that you shouldn't feed a dog sausages??  What other human food should you never feed a dog?  Does it depend on the breed of dog - mines a Dalmatian.
Thanks

Dawn

Grapes and onions are a NO NO!!

Hi king of Bling

Grapes??  I have to admit, Wils loves them.  I read somewhere that they are good for training dogs.  I better knock that on the head!!!!
Thanks for your advice

And raisins.

Is that because dogs have difficulty digesting the foods??
Thanks all for your replies!

Sorry maybe I have missed something, I have to admit I havent read that thoroughly, but why are grapes a no no?

i think it was to do with kidney failure ... if im wrong someone please correct me :)

Thanks

Wouldnt that take an awful lot of grapes on a very regular basis?

Sausages are fine - frankfurters especially make great training treats, and are ideal for lactose intolerant dogs who can't cope with cheese. A dalmatian shouldn't be given much offal - so liver training titbits shouldn't be a regular thing!

Hi Jeangenie

I will have to try using frankfurters, but I must say Wils usually concentrates more on the food than the training :-)
Are crisps ok? 
Reading through my posts it sounds like I feed my dog a load of rubbish doesn't it? I don't really - just the odd treats.

Hi Dawn,

Have a look at this link:

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pets_poisonsafe

HTH :D

Edit: Blinkin' 'ek, the link works LOL :D

That site says garlic !  I always thought garlic was fine, in fact it is in livercake and don't people give their dogs garlic for flea prevention ?

I think it is an all round pet site, so it probably is reasoning on the side of caution, but it is the only list I have found, that doesn't mean there isn't any more though, I am not the greatest Googler going, I never seem to find what I want!! :D

Oops!! Our dogs love grapes, raisins, nuts, garlic, tea, coffee and the odd drop of Guinness

Damn, just noticed that it says moldy or spoiled food too - and my two just love fridge clearing out day LOL :D

LOL Boxer Mum :D :D

If my dogs can digest maggotty corpses I think anything from the very back of my fridge will be fine for them!

ewwwww....not sure whats worse, maggoty corpses or the forgotton piece of livercake that fell down the back of the firdge and is now sporting a lovely green fur coat !  LOL :D

Definatly the maggot's, I can handle green stuff, just, but maggots - YUK!!! :D

If you fed TONS of garlic, day in day out, you might well haev a problem.

Small quantities of garlic have very beneficial properties.

Em

I think if anyone ate tons of garlic day in and day out then they too would have trouble ! LOL :D

Wasn't confused as to 'should they have it then' more along the lines of confusion as to 'why have they got it as a no no ? ;)

Garlic is in the same family as onions, which is why it seems now the advice is leaning more and more toward not  supplementing with garlic. 

Stacey

Thanks Natalie1212

The link was very helpful - Wils loves grapes, shame I'll just have to treat him with frankfurters :-)

So mine can still eat dog poo if desired?

lol @ Chez_swa :-) :-)

COOKED bones!

dont forget the deep fried bones aswell

Re - Frankfurters and lactose, best to read the labels, some Frankfurters contain lactose and milk proteins and also rusk/wheat :rolleyes: shakes head :(

I think I read potatoes weren't good in quantity. Something my 2 boys checked out as youngsters when they pulled a bag off the work surface and took one bite out of each and every one! :-D

Spuds? Really?  Mine loves potatoes and I have some leftovers tonight

Potatoes are fine,just not the green ones or the ones with the growth sprout thingies. Overcooked tata's are easier for dog to digest :)

That's good then.  I know green potatoes are poisonous so I bin those anyway. Most things are overcooked here unless it's salad :D