Pet Care Tips

We will add new Animal Training and Pet Care Tips on this page. If you have any tips you’d like to share, please feel free to e-mail them to me at julie@positiveanimaltraining.com and we will post them here.

Some foods that are considered good for people can be very dangerous for pets. The list below highlights some of the most common foods that can be dangerous to animals. This is not an exhaustive list and any decision to provide your pet with food not specifically intended for animals should be discussed with your veterinarian or pet nutritionist. For more information on foods that could be dangerous to pets, visit the American Animal Hospital Association website.

The following foods may be dangerous to your pet:

* Alcoholic beverages
* Apple seeds
* Apricot pits
* Avocados—toxic to birds, mice, rabbits, horses, cattle and dairy goats
* Cherry pits
* Candy (particularly chocolate, which is toxic to dogs, cats and ferrets, and any candy containing the sweetener Xylitol)
* Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)
* Grapes
* Hops (used in home beer brewing)
* Macadamia nuts
* Moldy foods
* Mushroom plants
* Mustard seeds
* Onions and onion powder
* Peach pits
* Potato leaves and stems (green parts)
* Raisins
* Rhubarb leaves
* Salt
* Tea (caffeine)
* Tomato leaves and stems (green parts)
* Walnuts
* Yeast dough