Comments on: Protect Your Pet From Three Common Poisons

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» Christmas Presents can be Deadly for Dogs — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:52:41 +0000

[...] A very nice family I met last night received a Christmas present from an acquaintance. They placed it, still wrapped, underneath their tree. Unbeknownst to them the package contained a pound and a half of dark chocolate. [...]

By: S.J.

S.J. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:02:45 +0000

Grapes are indeed able to kill a dog. We managed to do it. We had no idea that grapes were on the list until after our beloved dog died. We gave them to him as treats in training because he loved them SO MUCH. Our current dog does NOT and NEVER will come into contact with a single grape!
Charlie’s person

By: marsha

marsha — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:58:01 +0000

i was wondering if anyone knew what I could spray on our houseplants that would keep our cats from chewing on them.

By: ann

ann — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:38:48 +0000

to the idiot who posted CHOCOLATE in MODERATION 1. you should not own a dog. you are not fit. 2 if you have children see number 1. CHOC. is a toxin to the nervous system. Maybe you give your kids whiskey and they like it and havent DIED yet but will have liver damage. You are an idiot. Seriously ADOPT them out. I live in Santa Barbara CA the most expensive city in the USA and for a reason. We love our pets here and you would be reported to any authority people could find. I am surprised they allow pets in your trailer park. Poor dogs how sad.

By: Crazy Emmersion

Crazy Emmersion — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:55:55 +0000

Thanks for the post about deer droppings – will be even more cautious with our GS pup. My dog loves frozen grapes, though he’s only had 6 in his life (found out the day after giving him some that grapes were bad…whoops). Now he has to make do with frozen celery and ice.

By: Miki

Miki — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:32:42 +0000

I have also heard that some pollen is very dangerous to cats, especially Lily pollen. We always take the pollen off to be on the safe side.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:31 +0000

Katherine – I hope your dogs don’t end up paying the price for your refusal to be cautious with chocolate. That would be very sad, and extremely unfair to your pets. If so, that would be 100% your fault. And I’m not trying to offend you or be disrespectful, but your pets rely on you to protect them not only from items that indeed ARE poisonous, but also from items that COULD be harmful to them. I’ve always been told, by my aunt who is a vet tech., that if you aren’t sure about something, DO NOT give it to your pet, regardless of how much they beg.

MY mom’s dog used to have seizures on an average of a couple a week so my mom took her into the vet and asked us if she is being fed chocolate. At the time my mom would occassionaly give her a small amount of it. Right away the vet told us that the chocolate was most likely the cause for the seizures as the blood tests they did to test for epilepsy and other such diseases came back negative. Coincidentely, Sasha hasn’t had ONE seizure since then.

We need to remember that even though we can’t see with our own eyes the effects chocolate has on our pets, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t damaging our pets internally. Our pets can’t speak english therefore we don’t know if they are feeling ill because of chocolate or not. We need to remember that our veterinarians are intelligent people so they know the truth. If our vet tells us chocolate is bad, then its BAD, period! I doubt they would lie to us, and neither would others who have tested its effects on animals.

P.S. – just out of curiousity, are peas dangerous to animals? Particularly cats? What about pickles? Our dog loves pickles.

By: Janice Fish

Janice Fish — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:26:12 +0000

Make a new list and list all possible poisons!
We need it posted in home and let your children know too.
Thanks for info

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:01:25 +0000

I just bought a puppy and after a few days it started acting funny like convulsions and felt that he was going to die on me. I took him to my vet and found out he had low blood sugar level. He was hypo-glycemic! Vet gave me medicine and said this was more prone to small dogs like mine. Now I look for signs all the time of low energy and act on it quickly.

By: katherine

katherine — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:45:05 +0000

My dogs have been eating chocolate – in moderation – since they were a year old. My older dogs – Tilly & peach are 10 years old, the next is Two Tone at 9 years and his son Jeffery at 8 years.

i don’t buy into the chocolate myth of destruction for your pet. It is like life, everything must be taken in moderation. If I were to eat 10 pounds of chocolate alongside my dog – then we both would be pushing the scales to capacity and possibly a few daisys too.

katherine