dangerous things for your dog
PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOG AWAY FROM THESE KILLERS
This list has been compiled by The Kennel Club of just some things that are dangerous for your dog.
There are a very wide variety of things in and around us that are poisonous to dogs, some in the home and even more in the garden.
If you think that your dog may have eaten, touched or inhaled something that they shouldn’t have, contact your Vet for advice and In
some cases, an urgent visit to your Vet is needed but do NOT try to make your dog sick as this can cause other complications which
may cause more harm to your dog.
IN THE KITCHEN
Onions | Raisins | Blue Cheese | Raw Bread Dough | Macadamia Nuts | Mouldy Foods
Oven Cleaners | Kettle De-scalers | Multi-purpose Cleaners | Dishwasher Tablets | Dishwasher Salt
Metal Polish Detergents | Cooked Bones (not poisonous but can cause damage or death if swallowed)
Bleach (many instances come from dogs drinking recently treated toilet bowls or
from buckets left around where Bleach has been used to clean floors).
AROUND THE HOUSE
Alcohol | Grapes | Xylitol (this a substance that is found in many Sugar Free Sweets)
Large amounts of Sugar or Sweets | Easter Eggs | Chocolate Coins | Advent Calendars
Boxes of Chocolate put out on Christmas Day | Don’t forget the wrapped presents left under the Christmas Tree!
(Just because it’s wrapped doesn’t mean your dog can’t smell it!)
(Chocolate should always be kept out of reach especially at Easter and Christmas).
MEDICINES
Ibuprofen and other Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) | Oral Contraceptives
Aspirin Paracetamol | Sleeping Tablets | Psoriasis Cream | Antidepressants
Blood Pressure Medications Diabetes Medications | Heart Medications.
IN THE GARDEN
Wild Mushrooms | Toadstools | Various Other Fungi | Acorns or Conkers
Spring Bulbs (Daffodils, Tulips, Crocus, etc.) | Compost | Mouldy Foods | Foxgloves
Adders | Pesticides | Large Amounts Of Apple Seeds | Stones from Plums or Cherries.
IN THE GARDEN SHED
Antifreeze | Herbicides (Plant Killing Chemicals) | Slug Pellets | Creosote | Gloss Paints
Fertilisers Rodenticides (Rat or Mouse Poisons) | Insecticides
Fuel for Lawn Mowers and Strimmers | White Spirit
OTHER GENERAL POISONS
Batteries | Carbon Monoxide (from faulty boilers or heaters) | Nicotine from Cigars
Potpourri | Cigarettes | Nicotine Gum | E-Cigarettes and Patches
Blue-Green Algae (from Ponds, Streams, Lakes or Estuaries, etc)
SEASONAL CANINE ILLNESS (SCI)
This was identified in 2009 and can affect some dogs taken for walks in woodland between August and September.
Symptoms are sickness, diarrhoea and lethargy which typically appears about 72 hours after walking in woodland.
THE ALABAMA DOG ROT
This is an illness caused by allowing your dog to run or play in muddy ponds or streams AND IT CAN BE FATAL!
We urge you to please read our pages about GDV Bloat) and Alabama Rot
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