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What types of foods can be fatal for dogs?

Besides chocolate, what other types of foods are dangerous for dogs to ingest? No, not trying to kill anyone's dog... Just wondering because my dog manages to eat everything he finds. He even ate an entire bowl of uncracked nuts and a jar of garlic powder. Just want to make sure I'm doing a good job of hiding the foods that will hurt him.

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1. Some foods commonly enjoyed by humans are dangerous to dogs, including chocolate (Theobromine poisoning), onions, grapes and raisins [13], some types of gum, certain sweeteners[14] and Macadamia nuts. Now that it is thought that the only dangerous substance in chocolate is the cocoa, this means that white chocolate can be used as a rare treat. The acute danger from grapes and raisins has been uncovered only since about 2000, and made public slowly since then. At present the cause is not known, but one veterinarian [15] believes it may be an acute auto-immune response to plant-borne viruses [16] in the same manner as FIP in cats. Whatever the reason, since only small quantities are necessary to induce acute renal failure, dogs should not be fed grapes or raisins, and sultanas and currants should likely be withheld as well. Cooked bones should never be given to dogs, as the heat changes the chemical and physical properties so that they cannot be chewed properly, splintering into jagged shards, and resist digestion. Human medications should not be given to a dog as a substitute for their regular medication as some can be especially toxic, especially paracetamol/acetaminophen (Tylenol). Alcoholic beverages pose much of the same hazards to dogs as they do to humans. Dogs may also find some poisons attractive, including antifreeze, snail bait, insect bait, and rodent poisons. Antifreeze may be one of the most insidious of poisons to dogs because of its sweet taste and because a dog may walk upon or lie down upon a spill of it or its residue and then lick it off. Dogs must be kept strictly away from antifreeze and not allowed access to any place that has had a spill of it that has not been completely removed. Plants such as caladium, dieffenbachia and philodendron will cause throat irritations that will burn the throat going down as well as coming up. Hops are particularly dangerous and even small quantities can lead to malignant hyperthermia. [17] Amaryllis, daffodil, english ivy, iris, and tulip (especially the bulbs) cause gastric irritation and sometimes central nervous system excitement followed by coma, and, in severe cases, even death. Ingesting foxglove, lily of the valley, larkspur and oleander can be life threatening because the cardiovascular system is affected. Equally life threatening is the yew which affects the nervous system. If any of these plants are ingested, get the dog to a veterinarian immediately. Many household cleaners such as ammonia, bleach, disinfectants, drain cleaner, soaps, detergents, and other cleaners, mothballs and matches are dangerous to dogs, as are cosmetics such as deodorants, hair coloring, nail polish and remover, home permanent lotion, and suntan lotion. Zinc toxicity, mostly in the form of the ingestion of US pennies minted after 1982, is commonly fatal in dogs where it causes a severe hemolytic anemia. [18]
2. I think chicken BONES- but I'm not sure.
3. grapes and poinsettia plants
4. Are you trying to kill someone's dog?
5. Sweets...Some dogs get blind and lose their hearing because of sweets
6. Never give a puppay dog cooked meat. Ensure it is fed raw meat only.
7. Chocolate
8. Ham...do not feed a dog ham or it will shut down the dog
9. applee seeds chocolate
10. I've heard onions are harmful...........
11. chocolates not dangerous for dogs it is expensive ,they even make special dog chocolates. and the only food dangerous is poisened food although there are many things that a dog does not like .like tomatoes or onions or potatoes , but pigs do not like tomatoes either. maybe they are trying to tell us something if something is not good for a dog he will not eat it ,or if he has ,he will throw it up, just like a baby
12. Definitely don't let them near antifreeze. Someone poisoned my dog on purpose with it. Apparently dogs think it tastes good.
13. Well, i know that grapes, most candy, soda, bananas, and that's pretty much it...
14. Grapes can cause kidney failure
15. any sweets
16. any type of bird bones can splinter and hurt dogs. my pit/husky mix ate onions and everyting besides chocolette and bird bones and she loved it without any side affects. soda wont hurt them teh carbanation in it cdan help when they are sick,
17. To much of any kind of human food.
18. Chocolate...especially darker chocolates. Try to avoid all human food is possible..a good dog chow is filled with things that the dog needs.
19. Justyn is right on the money,not only are onions and garlic dangerous but the foods that are cooked with those items,white chocolate is not absolutely safe ,it contains a lesser amount of the chemical that is poisonous,also fruit seeds and pits such as apple seeds,peach pits,apricot pits and the like are really dangerous as they contain cyanide in a natural form
20. Yes chocolate is but also onions can be. I really don't know of any other foods but as for plants or flowers that are dangerous, keep them away from lillies, pointsettias, christmas cactus, holly, and I do know there are others but I don't remember all of them.