SNACKS
Of course the CC likes snacks!
But beware - before you build yourself a
Frankenstein monster - know your products.
Teaching the pup to beg for goodies, then
rewarding them w/ tasty treats is a tough habit
to break.
Like us, over-indulgence in snacks usually changes
balance in stomach/instestinal tract = delivering
a good belly ache, loose or bloody stools, etc.
If not commercially marketed, study item prior to
rewarding pup: NOT all fruit is good/healthy. For example, mandarin oranges, pineapple, apples, strawberries, pear, oranges, blueberries (at room temperature) drive many pups loco, but grapes/raisins are dead toxic. 3/4 of a lb. can lead to pup's demise.
Some pups are crazy over peanut butter (crunchy or creamy), cream cheese or velveeta cheese (great place to
hide their meds), while others may turn up their noses.
Most pups are coo-coo for chocolate, but reports identify milk chocolate toxic at 1 ounce per lb. of dog - while dark chocolate is toxic @ 1/8 an ounce per lb. of dog.
While human meds are not offered as treats, be advised they sicken pets as much, or more so, than other toxic substances. Meds, lost on the floor, are an interesting item to taste.
Dogs who run & forage are susceptible to devouring wild rabbits or mice - some who may have consumed toxic pesticides.
Signs of poisoning: lethargy, vomiting, depression, seizures, refusal to eat, diarrhea, bloody stools
Partial list of potential deadly products
*Over the counter meds, such as ibuprophen, acetaminophen
*Perscription meds, including, but not limited to: anti-depressants, ADHD meds
*Rogaine is especially vile
*Grapes, all chocolates
*House plants, garden plants, their vines, bulbs, leaves or berries/fruit/barbs/thorns-not limited to: especially Easter lily, Poinsettias,Azaleas,Oleander, Yew, Sago Palm, MistletoeCastor Bean, Coffee Bean, Buffalo Bur, Poison Hemlock, Yellow Jessamine, Purple Sesbane, Evening Trumpet, Rattlebox, Ivy Bush, Philodendren, Rhododendren, Snake Plant, Scheffelera, Jerusalem Cherry, Horse Nettle, English Holly, european Holly, Daffodil, Hyacinth, Kalan choe, Dogbane, Water Hemlock, Lambskill, Caladium, Umbrella Tree, Spider Plant, Angel's Wings, Carolina Jessamine, St. Bernards Lily, cyclamen, Dumbcane, Foxglove, Cathedral Bells, Snowbred,
*Poison mushrooms
*Wild grasses & seeds
*Potato vines & stems
*Tomato vines & stems
*Arsenic
*Bait
*Wood preservative
*Certain uncooked fish, such as salmon
*Lead - paints, pencils, bullets, linoleum, batteries, solder, etc.
*Certain nuts, i.e. macadamia
*Alcohol, especially cream based drinks, i.e., russian egg nog, etc.
insecticides rodenticides, household toxics plants herbicides antifreeze fertilizers
*Raw bread dough - made from scratch - raising bread produces gas & alcohol, dough continues to expand while inside animal
*Marijuana can increase blood pressure
*Sugarless candy
*Onions & garlic - cooked or raw (review garlic commercially especially prepared for animal ingestion)
*Mothballs
*Toad poisoning
*Antifreeze
*Snails
*Weedkillers
*Fertilizers
