30 Foods That Are Poisonous to Dogs
By Rachel Cavanaugh, Stacker News
On 2/2/21 at 8:00 PM EST
As man s best friend, dogs do everything with us: walk around town, ride in the car, play in the yard, and snuggle on the couch. It s natural, then, given how much time we spend with our four-legged companions, to assume they can eat with us, too. However, human food can be dangerous for dogs, even types of food that are completely safe for us.
Part of the reason we can eat foods that they can t is that dogs are so much smaller than us. They also weigh far less, which means their bodies can t absorb things as quickly. Foods that are perfectly suitable for human consumption, as well as other animals, may be toxic and even poisonous to your dog, posing a serious threat to their health and well-being, Michelle Schenker writes for Canine Journal. Why? Because all animals have very different rates of metabolism. Another problem is that dogs have voracious appetites and don t always k