Are You Aware Of These Common Easter Dangers for Dogs?
Tasty treats many of us enjoy around Easter time include chocolate Easter eggs and hot cross buns. Sadly, both are poisonous for your pet as they contain ingredients which are toxic to them and could make them extremely ill.
Learn more about how these foods could affect your dog and what to do if you think they have eaten them.
Hot cross buns
These tasty fruit and spice buns traditionally eaten at this time of year contain sultanas and raisins, both of which can cause kidney failure in dogs. Therefore, please avoid sharing these with them.
Some pets can ingest huge amounts of dried fruit and feel no ill effects. Other pets – even large breeds – have found a few raisins can prove fatal. Similarly, grapes, avocados, peaches, plums, macadamia nuts and ice cream are foods you might enjoy but which can be poisonous for your dog.
Chocolate
The food to be most wary of is at this time of year is chocolate. Chocolate is everywhere in the form of chocolate eggs and figures. They are often in their boxes, half eaten, or waiting to be found. Easily sniffed out by your opportunist pet.
Ensure your pets are safely out of the way before starting an Easter Egg hunt, as often they are the quickest to find the treasure and chocolate can be extremely dangerous for your dog.
Difference levels of tolerance
Different dogs react to different things. Some dogs can tolerate human chocolate without apparent illness. Sadly however, most dogs react very badly and for some, it could kill them.
Chocolate is one of the most common causes of poisoning for dogs
Chocolate contains a stimulant called theobromine – similar to caffeine – which is poisonous to dogs. Vets say chocolate is one of the most common causes of poisoning in dogs. It can make them very unwell and often it proves fatal.