BAD FOODS FOR DOGS

Bad Foods For Dogs
There are many articles written telling you how to keep your dogs diet healthy, but what about the unhealthy food for your dog, and why you should keep your dog well away from it.

To avoid your dog suffering from illnesses such as dog pests and dog diarrhoea, here are some guidelines you can stick to. It will help you make sure the foods you feed your dog are completely beneficial for them, and will keep their immune system and digestive system working well. To start, if your dog is routing through rubbish they should be disciplined and dealt with immediately. Please note that some of the dog food mentioned may have changed in quality and standard since the writing of this article.

Processed foods
There are rare types of processed foods can be satisfactory for your dog, but altogether it should be well avoided. These canned foods have hardly any nutrition for your dog after all the processing it has gone through. The chemicals used in this type of food are not good for your dog's diet and the meat is of an extremely poor quality.

Cooked chicken bones
If you think that feeding your dog cooked chicken bones with left over meat is fine, you're incorrect and should stop straight away. The cooked(not raw)bones are a serious choking hazard as they break and splinter easily, they can also cause mouth damage. The meat is certainly not healthy for your dog's diet either. Please note that it is only dangerous to feed your dog cooked bones, raw chicken bones are thought to be a very healthy addition to your dog's diet and can be recommended by many.

Chocolate
Chocolate can be extremely unhealthy for your dog, even if it's only used as a treat. It contains caffeine which is not good for your dog's nervous system or heart. The sugar and sweeteners are also not a healthy addition to your dog's diet.

Other Bad Foods
Other bad foods to watch consist of, citrus oil extracts, grapes, raisins, any rotten foods and mushrooms.

Always check labels, and make enquiries about any foods your thinking of feeding your dog.

SOURCED FROM: http://www.dog-behavior-training.co.uk/bad_foods_for_dogs.html

Human chocolate is actually poisonous to dogs. The dark chocolate being worse as more concentrated.

The degree of toxicity depends on quantity to weight of dog ratio.

Really tempting to give as treats but not wise.

Grapes/raisins are also toxic and have brought about renal failure in extreme cases.

Scary stuff.

Chicken bones should be removed. If not, it should not be boiled because the boiling will make the bones harder and brittle. We should always be aware of the things that our dogs ingest.