Dangerous Foods for Your Canine Companion! Read This to Save Your Dog's Life!

Here is a list of food to never (or in some cases, seldom) give your dog. Please follow this list as it can save your pal's life!

1. Grapes and Raisins - cause kidney failure
2. Onions - cause anemia by destroying red blood cells
3. Chocolate - seizures,coma and death. You dog may look unharmed, but may still be poisoned
4. Macadamia Nuts and Walnuts: weakness, muscle tremor and paralysis.EXCEPT peanut butter.
5. Xylitol-highly poisonous and deadly to animals
6. Bones - can splinter and become lodged in throat or in organs. Always supervise pets with bones!
7. Tomatoes - cause heart arrhythmia. Plants are also toxic, as they are to humans
8. Avocados - breathing difficulties, fluid in the heart and chest
9. Nutmeg - tremors, seizures and death
10. Raw eggs - dogs can get salmonella, too.
11. Mushrooms, except shitake, maitake and reishi
12. salt - too much can be bad for dogs, again like humans
13. Tuna - high mercury content
14. Dairy product in lg amounts. - cause pancreatitis, gas and diarrhea. Small amount are ok
15. Treated rawhides - the chemicals can cause cancer. Use untreated only!
16. Cow hooves - tend to splinter and can kill your pal

We hope you never have any of these problems with your dog. IF you avoid the listed food, you might avoid them. 

Love,

Cathy's Critters