Question:As an answer to a posted question it was stated that you shouldn't feed a dog raisins? I realize that people food = bad but why raisins in particular?
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they don't KNOW exactly. What's known is that raisins or grapes can cause kidney failure, and that it doesn't take a lot of them to do that. So far, though, scientists haven't isolated the "part" of grapes that causes the problem, they just know it happens. Partly because they don't understand WHY it happens it's very tough to treat. They can treat generally for kidney failure, but in most cases they haven't been able to reverse it.
Now there is always going to be someone who'll say "but i give my dogs grapes all the time", or "i use raisins for training treats"...and more power to them. The fact is noone knows how many grapes or raisins are enough to poison a dog, and apparently some dogs can have more than others. Personally i dpn't want to risk finding out how many are too many for mine, so i avoid them completely.
might give the dog diharia lol
http://www.dogpack.com/health/grapesrais...
It's toxic to their system, as well as grapes. Here is a link to toxic foods dogs should NOT have.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?...
Raisins and grapes are both bad for dogs..
Something in raisins/grapes is poisonous to dogs. Not sure the chemical.
raisins are made from grapes.. grapes are also toxic to dogs. They cause kidney failure. One grape can be enough to kill a small dog.
That is right & here is a site you can read up on the facts http://mooreshaven.com/pets/dogs/safety/... Just scroll down till you see grapes & raisins
Because they're dried grapes, and grapes are bad in large amounts and/or over long periods of time - they can cause kidney failure.
Chalice
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