What Are the Symptoms of Dog Poisoning?

Nutrition & Diet 📅 August 9, 2026 👁 5063

Many owners like to share their meals with the dog, which is wrong because some human foods are toxic to dogs.

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Here is how dogs react to which foods:

1. Chocolate (theobromine poisoning)

Symptoms: heavy drooling, frequent urination, dilated pupils, rapid heartbeat, vomiting and diarrhea, hyperactivity, muscle tremors, finally coma.

2. Onions (disulfide poisoning)

Symptoms: weight loss, fatigue, lethargy, frequent panting, depression, rapid pulse, weakness, filmy discharge on gums and mouth.

3. Liver (vitamin A poisoning)

Symptoms: bone deformities, rapid growth of elbow and spine bones, weight loss, anorexia.

4. Raw eggs (cause vitamin H/biotin deficiency)

Biotin deficiency: hair loss, weakness, slow growth, bone deformities.

5. Raw meat (salmonella and Clostridium poisoning)

Salmonella symptoms: poor appetite, high fever, diarrhea, dehydration, lower abdominal pain, depression.

Clostridium symptoms: vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, severe bleeding, shock, paralysis.

6. Grapes (cause kidney failure)

Symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, loss of appetite, abdominal pain; severe cases show oliguria, anuria, finally kidney failure.

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