Apples

[shanniesue2]

I fed Georgie an apple today. The whole thing. And then she had a really loose stools. Has this happened with anyone else's dog? Does it mean she can't have apples ever, or just in smaller quantities?

(p.s. I know that I've read on here not to feed the apple core because of arsenic. I talked about it with my husband who said that they had always fed the core to his dogs when he was a kid. So we did some research, and what came up what that the casing of the apple seed doesn't break down in an animal's system. They are designed so that in the wild when an animal eats the apple, the seed will come out in the feces and then an apple tree will grow. So there really isn't any danger in feeding the core)

[fehu1331]

I think the stool being loose is just by the difference...it's something new so it doesn't neccesarily sit on the system as well. It could also be because apples are high acid.

[GSDNewbie]

apples are high fiber mine eat apples with me all the time if they are not used to the fiber it will take adjustment.

[doglady]

All my dogs just love apples. Right now our trees are just hanging with apples and the dogs love to run out there and eat any fallen apples. I think once she gets use to eating them she shouldn't have loose stool anymore.

[Dobified]

Apples are fine for dogs as long as you remove the seeds. The seeds can make them sick as they contain small quantities of arsenic. The dog would have eat a lot of crushed seeds for anything bad to happen but all the same better safe then sorry.

As for the loose stool this time, you most likely fed too much too quickly and your dogs digestive system is not use to it. Feed small amount to start with then you can up it to more after awhile. Like any type of food change it takes time to adjust.

[shanniesue2]

Originally Posted by Dobified

Apples are fine for dogs as long as you remove the seeds. The seeds can make them sick as they contain small quantities of arsenic. The dog would have eat a lot of crushed seeds for anything bad to happen but all the same better safe then sorry.

As for the loose stool this time, you most likely fed too much too quickly and your dogs digestive system is not use to it. Feed small amount to start with then you can up it to more after awhile. Like any type of food change it takes time to adjust.

The seeds would have to be crushed before she ate them for the arsenic to get into her system. Apple seed hulls do not break down in animal's digestive tracts. Nature designed it that way in order to spread apple trees more easily. If the seed broke down on its way through the animal, there would be a lot fewer apple trees in the world.

[Moo]

I was pretty sure that apple seeds are cyanide, not arsenic.

Anyways, the problem here is probably that her body could not handle the sudden increase in sugar. Juicy fruits can be hard on a dog not used to sugar. Be very gradual about introducing fruits.

[kimberly]

How ironic!!! I live on an apple orchard and my kids (pups) play with the apples like tennis balls. Then they munch on the apples. In the 5 yrs I have lived here none of them got sick from eating apples. Alot of people have thier own "oh no poisenious" This an that but I am just telling ya my experience with the apples!!!

I never knew there were so many different kinds of variety of apples and peaches till I moved here!!! WOW!!! Oh and I rarley eat fruit!!!

[shanniesue2]

Okay, so it is cyanide and not arsenic.

Here's an article from snopes about apple seeds

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/apples.asp

[barnjess]

Personally i prefer not to feed the seeds to be on the safe side, it takes no time to core an apple. apples are great for the coat to they have been known to help with skin allergys