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| Items to Avoid Alcoholic beverages Baby Food Bones from fish, poultry, or other meat sources Cat food Chocolate, coffee, tea, and other caffeine Citrus oil extracts Fat trimmings Grapes and raisins Hops Human vitamin supplements containing iron Large amounts of liver Macadamia nuts Marijuana Milk and other dairy products Moldy or spoiled food, garbage Mushrooms Onions and garlic (raw, cooked, or powder) Persimmons Pits from peaches and plums Potato, rhubarb, and tomato leaves; potato and tomato stems Raw fish Salt String Sugary foods Table scraps (in large amounts) Tobacco Yeast dough |
Reasons to Avoid Them Can cause intoxication, coma, and death. Can contain onion powder, which can be toxic to dogs. (Please see onion below.) Can also result in nutritional deficiencies, if fed in large amounts. Can cause obstruction or laceration of the digestive system Generally too high in protein and fats. Contain caffeine, theobromine, or theophylline, which can be toxic and affect the heart and nervous systems. Can cause vomiting. Can cause pancreatitis. Contain an unknown toxin, which can damage the kidneys. There have been no problems associated with grape seed extract. Unknown compound causes panting, increased heart rate, elevated temperature, seizures, and death. Can damage the lining of the digestive system and be toxic to the other organs including the liver and kidneys. Can cause Vitamin A toxicity, which affects muscles and bones. Contain an unknown toxin, which can affect the digestive and nervous systems and muscle. Can depress the nervous system, cause vomiting, and changes in the heart rate. Some adult dogs and cats do not have sufficient amounts of the enzyme lactase, which breaks down the lactose in milk. This can result in diarrhea. Lactose-free milk products are available for pets. Can contain multiple toxins causing vomiting and diarrhea and can also affect other organs. Can contain toxins, which may affect multiple systems in the body, cause shock, and result in death. Contain sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia. Cats are more susceptible than dogs. Garlic is less toxic than onions. Seeds can cause intestinal obstruction and enteritis. Can cause obstruction of the digestive tract. Contain oxalates, which can affect the digestive, nervous, and urinary systems. This is more of a problem in livestock. Can result in a thiamine (a B vitamin) deficiency leading to loss of appetite, seizures, and in severe cases, death. More common if raw fish is fed regularly. If eaten in large quantities it may lead to electrolyte imbalances. Can become trapped in the digestive system; called a "string foreign body." Can lead to obesity, dental problems, and possibly diabetes mellitus. Table scraps are not nutritionally balanced. They should never be more than 10% of the diet. Fat should be trimmed from meat; bones should not be fed. Contains nicotine, which affects the digestive and nervous systems. Can result in rapid heart beat, collapse, coma, and death. Can expand and produce gas in the digestive system, causing pain and possible rupture of the stomach or intestines. |
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