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What other fruits and vegetables should be off limits for dogs? My dogs loves fruit and veggies, but I don't want to give them something that it bad for them.

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My Miss Daisy LOVES plums, but I heard that they are bad for dogs...I think it has something to do with the skin of the plum, but I can't remember. I see that the editors note mentions apples, pears, oranges and grapefruit. Maybe she might like pears as a replacement. Will definately have to try blueberries! Thanks for the info. A more indepth article about this would be interesting.

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I beleive that grapefruit and oranges would NOT be good for dogs, too much acid, so I would not give to my dogs. Cranberries are good, apples I do give without the skin and of course w/out the core. Fresh greenbeans and carrots are good. Just have to be careful, if your dog inhales food and doesn't chew, may then have to give cooked vegetables.

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Mya Marie loves carrots...as for fruit she hasnt tried Blueberries,,,I agree with Maggie that the article could have been more in depth.... Mya will usually smell anything I try to give her and she really lets me know wheather she wants it or not.. I watch she eats though.....

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I've always heard no grapes, raisins but never knew why - does anyone know why? When my Doxie had to have back surgery and she needed to lose a few pounds the Vet said the best treat you can give any dog is fresh green beans and all 5 of my dogs love the raw and cooked along with carrots.

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I went looking for a site which mentioned a lot of foods and more. check it out.

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https://www.thedogbowl.com/PPF/category_ID/54/dogbowl.asp


forgot the site..laughing

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I have heard no raisins too..not sure what raisins have in them thats not good..Both my dogs that are deceased now loved baby carrots..my current dog Zima likes carrots too. My guinea pigs get an occasional carrot..Too much Vit A is harmful for them.

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I have given our dog watermelon, seedless of course, and he loves it.

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My dachshund mix loves strawberries. Are they safe for him to eat? He also loves black olives and carrots.

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My dog loves all kinds of fruits. I have never had a dog like this before. I'm glad to see he's not as crazy as I though the was.

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The only treats I give my bassets are organic baby carrots. If I have blueberries I will throw a handful in each bowl at mealtime. A spoonful of canned plain (must be plain) pumpkin will aid in preventing anal gland problems and a dollop of plain yogurt is good for their digestion too! In addition to grapes/raisins, Macadamia nuts are BAD for them, as are onions.

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Tomatoes are bad also. My vet said that grapes and raisins (as they are dried grapes) are bad for the kidneys. My dog loves broccoli! He eats just about any fruit melon, strawberries, etc but bananas.

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Tomatoes are bad also. My vet said that grapes and raisins (as they are dried grapes) are bad for the kidneys. My dog loves broccoli! He eats just about any fruit melon, strawberries, etc but bananas.

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I want to thank you guys from my animals already...I never thought about feeding them fresh fruit or veggies...Such a wonderful idea...Where have I been..lol I will begin today..Thanks pet parents!!!

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Chazzie loves blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, green beans, yellow beans and carrots. Watermelon and carrots have alot of sugar, so don't give too much. Raisins, grapes, mac. nuts and onions are very bad.....causes anemia, red blood cells to burst and kidney failure....BAD for dogs and cats. Just google any questions you have about feeding dogs and you'll get your answers. Always safer to check first.

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Thanks everyone for all of this great information. I wondered about blueberries - and Phoebe, my white boxer girl loves cranberries, but my conservative vet told me "its not a good idea." Of course, this was regarding dried cranberries and that might have been because of the sugar content. But, in the past, she's been more or less a "meat and potatoes" kind of vet if you know what I mean. Super to know I can give my doggers these treats of fruit.
Does anyone know what would be good for recurrent urinary infections? Phoebe seems to carry a low grade infection most of the time and I used to give her a few dried cranberries each evening (before the vet told me otherwise) and tell her "this is for us ladies' urinary health."
Any ideas?

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My 14 year old Brittany, my "senior puppy," loves fruits and veggies, particularly apples, bananas, blueberries and cranberries. She's active and healthy (I'm knocking on wood)! Absolutely NO grapes, raisins (obviously, in the same family), onions or chocolate! I forget all the reasons why - these are just toxic foods for dogs. The website mentioned previously, is a good site, and lists all the foods that are dangerous for dogs to eat.

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Rubie loves blueberries as well as most fruits. I tell her she has a sweet tooth! She acutally sort of begs for bananas when I peel one!

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Grapes have an unknown toxin for dogs. My 12 year old Lab/Schnauzer mix would eat just about everything that I eat if she could. She likes lettuce, carrots, and petite diced tomatoes. Sugar-free gum ( Sweetener Xylitol) and foods are also toxic for dogs. There is a garden mulch that is popular called "cocoa mulch" that is also toxic. Here is are web addresses for others: http://www.peteducation.com/default.cfm, http://www.peteducation.com/category_summary.cfm?cls=2&cat=1939, http://www.cybercanine.com/toxicplants.htm. I typed in toxic to dogs.

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I went to Pet Education.com and typed in "cranberries prevent urinary infections" and then clicked on Bladder Stones (Urinary Calculi) in Dogs http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1634&articleid=400. Go down to "Diet Alteration"

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My Sammies like to munch an occassional frozen green bean or brocolli floret. They like most fruits including pieces of cantaloupe and honeydew melon. I let them try one or two samples, but not too much of one thing at a time. Pineapple is another favorite.

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Hey all! I eat bananas like crazy, so of course I give my pup pups some too. I'm sure it's okay, but does anyone know for sure???

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My dog likes biscuits with cranberries. I had a cat that lived 20 years and loved melon. I guess the safest thing to do with grapes is avoid them but I fostered a beagle for 8 months and in the fall we have a wild grapevine behind our home and she would pick them off herself with a big grin and eat several before moving on. She was never ill from this "treat". It was a few years ago and before I knew it could be harmful.

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Grapes and raisins raised commercially or in the back yard are toxic to dogs and cause renal failure and can be fatal with as few as 7 raisins or grapes.

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Wonderful comments from all of you! Yes, would have preferred a more "in-depth" statement about this issue. Since I have blueberry bushes, glad to hear that they are okay for my pooches.

As for me....I saw a vet once who told me that all veggies were good for dogs, except carrots and celery. This vet said that carrots are NOT digested, and yet another vet told me that carrots are okay. What I do: I purchase broccoli, carrots, squash, and other available veggies and grind them in my food processor. I then freeze them in 2-3 days feeding amounts. I add these veggies to their regular meals (which in my case is a good quality kibble and cooked chicken).

It always makes me feel good to hearten up their meals with the veggies.

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My Nina and BJ love cucumbers and carrots. I give as treats when I finish a meal instead of people food. Nina likes oranges and grapefruit but Jr is fussy about fruit; although they both like apples. I never give them grapes and I heard that onions is a nono also.

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Totally agree with not giving dogs apple cores!! Know from first hand experience. About 5 years ago when I still had my Irish Wolfhoud, Mia, my mother (unbeknowst to me) was feeding her the apple cores from her eaten apples. I had been getting worried about Mia because when she went to stand up her rear end was getting more and more wobbly. One day I saw Mother throw a core to her and told her to quite doing it because the seeds were poisonious! Well, she quite and the wobbliness went away soon after.

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Ever since my German Shepard, Remi, was a tiny pup. He has LOVED Broccoli, Water Chestnuts, Green Beans, and Carrots...Does anyone know which one is bad and which one is good for him?

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All four of my dogs love Bananas... are they ok for dogs???

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My Max-well (golden retr) loves all veges over meat products. I have not been told to avoid specific veges.
here are some references for those interested in searching, maybe you will find your answers

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp

http://www.vetinfo.com/dencyclopedia/deindex.html

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Hi everybody,

I give my 2 beagles all fruits and vegetables, without oignons, and they really enjoy them, never get sick from them. Of course they have some preferences, like peppers, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, green beans, garlic, horse radish, raw potatos, apricots, blueberries, raspberries, bananas, pineapple, cherries and the list goes on. Don't be affraid to feed them naturally. I give them also raisins, but not too often, they are full of antioxidants and are very good. They have never been sick.

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I had a tomato plant and never got any tomatoes, I knew i saw some growing. Caught my dog once , she ate every tomato lol so I guess some dogs like those too.

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I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND MY DOGS LOVE TO EAT WILD BLACKBERRIES, IS IT OKAY? ALSO, I FEED THEM FRENCH FRIES AND LEFTOVER POTATOES - IS THAT OKAY? I NOTICED THAT WHEN THEY URINATE, IT'S A SLOW STREAM, AND OFTEN INTERRUPTED, I BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLY A URINE INFECTION FROM ME FEEDING THEM LEFTOVER STEWS (WITH COOKED ONIONS IN IT). ANYWAY, THEY ARE PRETTY OLD 13, 11, AND 8 - SO I MUST BEING DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. LAINEY

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My Maltese loves canned green beans and carrots mixed with his Neutro small bits. He also likes raw carrots, green beans, watermelon, apple pieces, and blueberries. Cantaloupe caused a huge diarrhea problem. We wont try that again.

I asked my vet about veggies and fruit and was told "they may not do them any good, but probably wont harm them".

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I've given my lil' chach grapes; before I knew they were bad for dogs, and I have been worried sick about the effects it may have had on her, although she seems to be okay I'm still worried. Does anybody know if there are any symptoms that may go unnoticed? I asked the vet when I took her in to get her shots, but she said if there were no visible symptoms then she was probably okay, but still worrying, Gosh... I will never feed my dog another grape again!! and thanks guys for all the great information.

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My dogs love the white inside the orange peel. Naval oranges especially have a thick white layer. They sit and beg every time they see me peel an orange.

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This has nothing to do with fruits, but just so everyone is aware anything with caffeine is very toxic to animals.

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I started giving my Sweetie,fresh baby carrots,peas frozen, and peanut butter in addition to her dry food, Rachel Ray's brand.
MY QUESTION IS I heard tomato sauce is bad for dogs but my friends Weimmers eat her fresh tomatos off her garden plants. I do know onions are toxic.

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My West Highland Terrier "MacTavish" Love's almost all fruits! His #one favorite is apples. He loves to eat some of my apple every day. He also eats melon like cantalope or honey dew. He eats fresh cherries and grapes. His weight is great and healt excellent. He just craves the fruit. No oranges or acidic fruits though. I've had people tell me that giving him fruit is bad for him but my cocker Savannah lived to be 14 as well as my other cocker Blondie. They all ate the same diet and lived to be "old dogs" LOL. Mac's favorite is when I cook hamburger steaks w/ onion and gravy. He absolutely goes nuts over that. It makes me feel good though because he loves my cooking so much. He has been such a blessing to me. I can't imagine my life without him!

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I certainly agree with you jenarosa - my pets are a pure blessing to me and I don't even want to imagine life without them. Could you leave the onion out of his favorite treat of hamburger steaks? it would be much safer as they onions can cause anemia which you won't always see reacting in his red blood cells.

Mysweethoneygirlgypsy asked about tomato sauce and while I don't know about that specifically, I'll mention that it might be the sodium/salt level that is high in any canned product. Salt is one thing I have not seen mentioned here yet and we need to be very cautious about how much salt our dogs receive. Just remember that there are hidden amounts of sodium/salt in many foods so you want to avoid adding any more to their diets when ever possible. That means avoiding people's canned foods and reading labels carefully.

You want to be careful with anything from the nightshade family of vegetables and that might be where some of the precautionary warnings come from, but for the most part it means just don't let them eat too much and don't let them eat ANY of the leaves or stems nor eat the fruits (although we eat them as vegetables, anything in nightshade family is actually a fruit) when green: tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. Even the sweeter red and yellow peppers are better to share with your dog than the green ones.

The other thing I've read here is that "it won't help him , but it won't hurt him." It won't help your dog if they can't digest the material and they don't chew these items very well. That means to be nutritionally helpful it needs to be offered in a form that can be digested properly. Either cook them until they are soft (always serve the broth so those vitamins are not lost or pour into an ice cube tray and make a cool summer treat for your dog) and will be digested easily or grind them as CATS14 does in your food processor and then serve.

Another nice veggie that is cool, crunchy and good for dieting pooches is jicama which is like a replacement for water chestnuts. I also buy broccoli slaw and then chop it even more in my food processor and use it as top dressing for a high quality kibble. My service dog, Phoebe, loves all these additions, but she will just about climb the counter to get to either blueberries or any type of melon. Regarding apple cores, it's a good rule of thumb not to give them seeds or pits from any fruit - not peaches, apricots, plums, pears, nothing. There are toxins in many of those seeds and pits.

This is a great thread with so much good advice! I wish every pet parent would read such things!