Human Food And Your Dog's Health

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The issue of feeding a dog human food is quite a topical one in most dog lovers forums. Dog owners are asking to know if it is healthy for their dogs to eat human food.

To this question a lot of answers are being proffered , most of which are not informed answers. Some people think that it would be harmful to their dogs, others do not see anything wrong with feeding their dogs human food. A lot more are in a dilemma about the true position or the ideal dog food.

My research shows that the issue is mostly economics than genuine concern or lack of concern for either feeding a dog human or dog food.
Some people feed their dogs scrapes from their dinning table, others even collect left over food for their dogs from restaurants while some others feed their dogs with canned dog food. So what a dog gets to eat, therefore, depends on who owns it and their economic standard.

However, research has found that there are human foods which can be dangerous for your dog. Some of these human food might not hurt other animals, but they can cause dogs severe health problems because they contain substances that can be harmful to dogs.
So let me advise you that the following human foods are not good for your dog.

1. Alcoholic beverages are intoxicants that can cause fainting fit or even death to your dog.

2. Some baby food contain onion powder which are toxic to dogs.

3. Dogs like bones, but fish and chicken bones can pose danger to you dog by either lacerating or obstructing the digestive system.

4. Do not feed your dog beverages that contain caffeine, coffee, tea and
even chocolate; caffeine is bad for your dog.

5. Keep fat trimmings from your dogs diet, they can precipitate pancriatitis

6. Human drugs, especially vitamin supplements can spoil the lining of the digestive system of dogs because they contain

7. Feeding your dog with large amounts of liver can cause Vitamin
A toxicity that could damage dog's muscles and bones.

8. Large quantity of salt in a dog's food will eventually lead to electrolyte imbalances.

9. Sugary foods will cause which could
lead to Diabetes Mellitus.

10. Yeast dough is bad for your dog because it expands and produces gas in the digestive system casing pain and possible rupture of the stomach or intestines.

11. Do not feed you dog raw eggs, they contain biotin (a B vitamin)

12. Moldy or spoiled food or garbage contain lots of bacteria and toxins bad for your dog’s health.

13. Milk and other dairy products are bad for your dogs, especially adult dogs whose capacity to produce sufficient amounts of the enzyme lactase has dropped resulting in diarrhoea. However you can find lactose-free milk for your dog.

14. Keep Onions and garlic from you dogs diet, they contain sulfoxides and disulfides which are known to damage dogs' red blood cells and cause anaemia. 15. Some Mushrooms contain toxins that destabilise a dog's body system causing shock and even death.

The above list is by no means exhaustive of the human food that could harm your dog, but those are the most common. Keep your dog health by feeding them with proper dog food devoid of excessive fat.