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Don't Let The Pooch Pig Out This Christmas! |
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Written by Riviera Reporter
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Dogs will try to eat all sorts of things and in many houses the festive season offers them a lot of choice and so a real risk of feeling unwell. Take chocolates. It's a simple truth: they are very bad for our canine companions, inducing nausea with vomiting but also cardiac dysfunction, sometimes of a serious kind. Why's that? Dogs' livers simply haven't evolved to cope with chocolate. Nobody, of course, would normally offer Fido his choice from a box of Quality Street but a lot of people think it's a kindness to allow their pet to enjoy the leavings of the Christmas turkey. Bad idea. Dogs find the meat difficult to digest, the skin makes them vomit and the bones, especially when they splinter, can wreak havoc with a dog's innards.
Watch out, too, that your pooch doesn't sample the holly or mistletoe, both of which - and especially the berries - are highly toxic. And it doesn't stop there. Dogs often exhibit what's called a "morbid appetite" and will happily swallow down tinsel and other indigestible items. Best advice: at Christmas keep your dog well supplied with his normal fare and make sure he doesn't get the chance to try out any dangerous supplements.
From Reporter 112
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