Popular sweetener is toxic for dogs

Java_Addict

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-18-xylitol-sweetener_N.htmGet guys, I got this from another community I belong to, if you have a dog you might want to read it.

DxLISHxISx_43

Thanks for sharing that.

Thatguy12345

Originally Posted By: HelmsmaNYes, and a tiny bit of Chocolate can kill a cat. As well as a dog, so can alot of nuts can kill dogs.

MaeGaDEtH

Originally Posted By: Thatguy12345Originally Posted By: HelmsmaNYes, and a tiny bit of Chocolate can kill a cat. As well as a dog, so can alot of nuts can kill dogs. My dog ate a whole bag of hershey kisses. She's a real small dog too. she was fine.

Katie Lou

Well your dog was very lucky too... chocolate releases a chemical in the body of many/most dogs that is toxic and it can kill them. Just like large amounts of grapes can kill a dog, for some reason it's just as toxic to them as chocolate can be. My dog loves grapes, and she can eat them in moderation but I only allow that from time to time because I read an artical on the effects of grapes and a dogs digestive system. If I can find it I'll post it.

NtroducingMyself

Originally Posted By: Thatguy12345Originally Posted By: HelmsmaNYes, and a tiny bit of Chocolate can kill a cat. As well as a dog, so can alot of nuts can kill dogs. Actually Milk Chocolate is not deadly to dogs, though might make them sick. Bakers Chocolate is what is deadly to dogs.

ajmakoko

There are certain amounts of chocolate that are deadly to a dog... I think I posted this a long time ago.A 10 pound dog would die after eating....White chocolate: 125 lbsMilk Chocolate: 10 lbsBaker's: 1 ounce

unsupervised

my lab/shepard used to find and eat foil coverd choc easter eggs all the time (all the time at easter that is). Also loved grapes and peanuts.I hear licorice is toxic for your pet rat.until I meet someone with a dead pet, I don't buy it.Now we know that Chinese wheat gluton isn't good for the pets... so tell me this; why does north America, the largest source of wheat in the world, buy wheat products from China?

pinkranger4

My chubby assed Golden Retriever ate an entire plate of nonimo bars.. or however u spell it!! My mom and my grandma turned their backs to watch huge snow flakes fall and he ate the entire plate!!He went nuts! And almost attacked another dog. Which is SOOO not like him!Scary stuff

girlonadirtbike

I work at a veterinary hospital. We had a labrador retriever present with vomiting and other symptoms after eating a pound of grapes. After extensive hospitalization with dialysis, she lived. I read an article that said the smallest reported quantity of grapes or raisins eaten with ill effects was 0.32 oz per kg of body weight. The little boxes of raisins are around 1.5 oz. So if a fifteen pound (or 8 kg) shih tzu eats the equivalent of around two of those little boxes, she could potentially go into acute renal failure. However, the reactions suffered by affected dogs are idiosyncratic, so no one knows WHY it happens to some dogs and not others, or WHEN it will happen. Just some food for thought.