To ask all dog owners to read this?

[toomuch2young]

Especially in light of the awful morrisons advert (showing dog being given xmas pud) that is currently being shown can I please ask all do owners to be aware that the following festive food stuffs are highly poisonous / dangerous to dogs:

• raisins (Christmas cake, pudding, mince pies etc) very large dogs have died from v small amount of raisins.
• grapes
• Macedemia nuts
• onions
• turkey is to rich for a lot of doggy tums
• cooked bones
• chocolate - please don't put wrapped selection boxes under the tree! Dark choc, cocoa powder and cooking choc are the worst.
• caffeine
• alcohol
• sweets and mints - xylitol is very dangerous to dogs
• potato peelings
• garlic
• corn on the cob

This is not an exhaustive list of course and am sure many dog owners are already aware but if this saves one doggy life or even an expensive vet bill then it's more than worth a 2 minute read.

I only learnt about onions and garlic a few months ago.

I've had 3 dogs in my life...all lived (and living) to a very old age and yet they've always had onions and garlic.

I'm not sure how to break it to my pooch that he's no longer allowed bolognese or hotpot

I had no idea about sweetcorn and potato peelings - is it just the skin on potatoes?

Bloody hell I must have nearly killed my current dog and previous ones many times over the years.

Hmm, our dog has always had little bits of leftovers that often include garlic, tomato and onion, and has never shown anyiI'll effects. But I guess the quantities are always very small, or maybe he's built up a tolerence for it...

Thank you for posting, my greedy Bassett Hound tries to steal most food so will be extra careful when serving those on your list.

We always give our dog and cats a turkey dinner.

I was very mad, but not much I could do about it.

Not as mad as I was to discover why I rushed my dog to the vet at 1am with what I thought was a twisted stomach, some idiot had fed her almost an entire pot of pasta. £180 it cost me.

My Labrador once snaffled half a Christmas cake... And was copiously sick for 5 days till an anti-emetic from vet. :(
Don't think I'll ever stop her eating tomatoes- she helps herself once they turn red on the plant!

We always used to collect up leftovers and mix it up with the dog's food. So he got bolognaise (garlic, onions and tomatoes) for years, with no seeming harm done. In fact it was his favourite food.

Chocolate on the other hand, made him produce the most enormous smelly poos you could imagine [bitter memories of a Christmas when he got hold of a selection box]

He also loved his turkey Christmas dinner .

And he used to climb up and slurp given any opportunity.

But I agree, it is good to be aware of these. I presume it depends on the size and sensitivity of the dog to a certain extent.

My dog used to love grapes! I had no idea.

Not quite as relevant this time of year but peach stones are a big problem for dogs in the same way as corn on the cob. They are rough on the outside and too big to pass through the intestines of most dogs so they get stuck, cause a blockage which very, very quickly can kill your pet.

Garlic is fine in small amounts and is added to some dog food.

While I would never recommend feeding them, only a small amount of dogs would have a problem with some of the foods on the list. Only a few dogs for example are sensitive to chocolate, but seeing as it forms no useful part of their diet and because the effects can be very extreme if they do have a sensitivity, then the sensible thing is obviously never to feed it.

Many years ago before I was aware that it coud be unwise, I had a dog that would sell his soul for both rasins and grapes and consumed rather large quantities of both. For christmas and birthdays I used to actually buy him chocolate covered rasins!

garlic is fine,it raw garlic you should be careful of,cooked garlic is ok and is good for them,fleas & heart.

Sweetcorn just comes out the same way it goes in Doesn't do them any harm at all

Phew, I always give my dog the leftover veg from dinner.

Thank you OP

Nearly had a heart attack there, dd dropped her corn on the cob last night, think the dog might have had a little nibble in the 30 seconds it took me to notice - definitely didn't eat any of the cob though; will be watching what he nibbles more closely - tricky with a 2 year old who loves to share! But will make it my mission to educate her

What is it with Morrisons adverts this year?! I heard their radio advert this morning, the one going "christmas lunch can be boring if you're vegetarian..." and then goes on to say how Morrisons have made it more exciting with some 3 fish thing they have in store. Since when was fish vegetarian?!

Whoever's created their christmas ad campaign this year really needs sorting out!

scrivette I once had a Bassett hound come into the vets I worked in with 3 golf balls in it's stomach!

I've also seen puppies die with chocolate poisoning (sad face) can't use smilies on this phone!
Can I just add, beware the tinsel/ribbons etc especially with puppies and kittens.

I avoid all that for my dog. But the sod has taken to pinching my anti acid sweets if i leave them on the table!!!

Are you sure about the tomatoes?
My dog has probably eaten her weight in tomatoes by now?
I carefully avoid the rest of the list though.

Good to have this thread somewhere other than the dog house, as perhaps people who don't own dogs will read it.

I never give my dogs anything on the list, but I have had visitors feed my dogs chocolate, raisins and mints before. I'm really clear that I don't want them to feed the dogs but they think I'm being mean and do it anyway. I know they don't believe me when I tell them various things are poisonous as the view is if it is ok for us it must be ok for dogs too.

Good idea for a thread. That Morrison's advert is awful, and last I heard they were still insisting that the risks were 'minimal' (of dogs eating raisins ).

We do give ours a bit of leftover turkey at Christmas, I didn't think there was anything wrong with that. But we are always very careful about raisins, chocolate and onions, and I would never give cooked bones (after hearing some horrific stories), it just isn't worth the risk IMO.

Yes do be careful about tinsel as well.

My spaniel used to go WILD for potato peelings! And grapes, and sweetcorn, and tomatoes, and tea! She obviously had a death wish!