Dogs are highly susceptible to food poisoning.
The animals are not allowed to eat everything and are prone to poisoning.
Ismaning - According to experts at the veterinary clinic, dog owners have to be careful with certain foods because they are poisonous for their dog.
Even small amounts cause great difficulty and make the dog sick.
Dog Health: Which Foods Should Dogs Not Eat?
Opinions on this question differ greatly.
Some dogs are hardly susceptible to food intolerance, while others are only allowed to eat selected food from the start.
But there are foods that no dog should eat.
While some dogs tolerate toxic foods better, the potential risk to canine health still exists.
Dogs do not refuse toxic foods, so some owners are inclined to feed them.
However, a dog cannot tell whether good-smelling food is poisonous to it or not.
Four-legged friends are not allowed to eat the following foods:
chocolate
avocados
walnuts
macadamia nuts
tuna
Plants such as ivy, mountain ash and angel's trumpets
Vegetables such as onions, garlic, chives and wild garlic
raw pork
grapes
raisins
The intolerance for dogs is due to the substances contained in the food and the influence that the food has on the body.
Dogs are not allowed to eat tuna because of the high mercury content.
The flesh of the avocado contains the substance persin, which is toxic to dogs and leads to heart muscle disorders.
Dog Health: What are the Signs of Poisoning?
Food poisoning in dogs manifests itself in different ways.
The most common signs are vomiting and severe diarrhea.
However, these symptoms often give dog owners no reason to act, because the animals often have problems with their stomach and intestines.
Dog owners must therefore pay attention to other side effects, including increasing loss of appetite, poor coordination of the dog or signs of weakness.
In extreme cases, poisoning is manifested by seizures.
Then you need to act quickly: going to the vet is essential.
The severity of the symptoms also depends on the type of poisoning.
Dogs do not necessarily react to avocado with symptoms of poisoning, while consuming chocolate causes severe symptoms in dogs.
Dogs eat whatever comes in front of them.
Therefore, owners should make sure that there are no poisonous foods on the floor.
However, not only food is a common reason for poisoning, but also plants.
Dogs run around in the meadow and eat all sorts of things - if owners don't look for a moment, the dog has something in its mouth and eats it.
Dog health is just as endangered by the consumption of poisonous plants as by the consumption of poisonous food.
Canine Health: Prevention and Treatment of Poisoning
Dogs roam freely outside and may play in the garden.
It is therefore hardly possible to observe them permanently.
Owners should still keep an eye on what the dog is eating.
By the way: Grass does not pose a risk to dogs' health. The four-legged friends eat it to clean their stomachs.
In order to prevent the dog from ingesting poisonous food or even poisonous baits, it should be kept away from questionable areas.
Compost and trash can be toxic to dogs, especially if the animals eat spoiled food.
In the vicinity of garbage dumps, owners should keep their dogs on a leash and, ideally, keep them away from such areas.
If the dog still manages to ingest something poisonous and shows the classic signs of poisoning, the owner must go to the vet.
There the dog is examined and treatment is initiated by gastric lavage, enema of a binding agent or infusions.
In the case of severe courses, an emergency operation followed by treatment with medication must be carried out.
