Fruit Obsession

[Sarah.H]

None of that common muck for Millie, she loves asparagus! 

[kalami]

bella likes most fruit and veg but strawberries are her favorite, ever since she ate my home grown ones last year. she now sits by the fridge waiting for them

[minimoo]

i made the mistake of showing kizzy how to help herself from blackberry bushes, but i had to watch her as shes so greedy, both of mine love any fruit except bananas, and absolutley love grapes and melon but i onlygive  in tiny amounts and any veg cooked or raw

[lilmssquirrel]

Just out of interest, what is it about grapes that are bad for dogs?  A friend of mine called me when Dexter was a puppy and told me he'd read in Metro that I mustn't feed him grapes or raisins and sultanas as they were bad for him.

We have a couple of African Grey parrots who love to throw their food out on the floor and Dexter likes to hoover it up (well everything apart from the birds eye chillies! ) but obviously I have to be careful with him when they have grapes...he's had a couple but he's still in the land of the living at the moment

[minimoo]

yes i wondered that too ive always given mine a few frapes and a handful of sultanas that i feed the wild bird and mine are 8 and 11 years old so its not done them much harm ,but there is sugar in them so i wouldnt give to a young dog

[Smudgesmum]

Don't know what it is about grapes. Only know the vet told me on no account to give them to my last Cocker,Deefer, who adored them He would have one 3 times a day whenever he had his eye drops. She told me she had previously given them to her dogs but had read that they were dangerous for dogs. My lovely Deefer developed stomach cancer at 8 and died within 3 weeks ,which I still cry about cos I loved him so much. Typing this is upsetting me even now nearly 3 years later. He also loved apples and apple cores and again the vet said these were toxic for dogs as the pips contain arsenic! Naturally I blamed my self for Deefer's early death . Our Cockers are so precious as are all dogs and I certainly make sure that Smudge doesn't have either of these fruits but he does love carrots so thats a good thing!

[lilmssquirrel]

Awww {{{hugs SmudgesMum}}} I'm nearly crying reading that!

[Sarah.H]

Grapes (and so raisins and sultanas) are poisonous to dogs, a large quantity can ultimately lead to kidney failure and death.

[Nicola]

As Sarah says grapes are extremely toxic to dogs and raisins and sultanas are worse. They are not exactly sure what it is that causes the toxicity but it appears to become concentrated in the dried fruit. You might be lucky and get away with it with your dog but it's really not worth taking the chance as they are absolutely known to be toxic...

http://www.ukvet.co.uk/ukvet/articles/toxicology%20-%20raisins.pdf

[minimoo]

oh my god i will have  to STOP it now and my hubby gives them apple cores, i cant believe it they have been having them for years, its scary what we dont know about but ive looked on other sites and they say the same ,so now most fruits will be banned

[Nicola]

I still give my lot apple cores but I break them up first and hoke out the pips. TBH though they'd probably be ok as the pips are quite tough and they'd have to actually chew them open for them to do any harm which is unlikely when they're wolfing down a piece of apple, with my lot it barely touches the sides    Still, always better safe than sorry and it's easy enough to remove them.

[lilmssquirrel]

Thanks for the link Nicola.  Dex doesn't get into the parrots room that often and they love their grapes so don't throw them out very often -- phew!

As for apple pips, I'm going to have a battle on my hands come autumn when there are fallers to be had