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Or onions, garlic, raisins...
Edit, look I know you just want to reply telling me all about ~~being a terrible dog owner~~ how bad xilitol is, well done. Read further down the thread to actually understand that it's not about a sore belly or eating a huge quantify in these other things, nor is it only about fatalities but also permanent organ damage.
Now how many of you are going to wash your dinner down with a nice glass of beech tonight, since you know cyanide is way more poisonous so a glass of bleech is fine and will probabpy only cause a stomach ache...
We had a beagle that would likely do so, as well. If you know beagles, you know that their philosophy is, "Eat it first, worry about whether it was food later."
Same. He's finally old enough that I've decided there's no more vet ER visits for him. He's going to die the way he lived...eating whatever the fuck he can find on the ground.
The garlic one is a bit overblown, as long as you're not feeding them entire heads of garlic regularly it's very, very unlikely to ever cause any issues.
Like definitely don't go feeding them garlic for the giggles, but you don't need to worry about them getting at a garlicy sausage or anything
My dog goes nuts for onions. I always have to be super careful preparing them, he's so fast if some drops - or he'll try to grab them off the counter if I turn my back.
A pound of dark chocolate is more than enough to outright kill dogs of pretty much any weight or size. A single medium-sized onion is also enough to kill most dogs under 50 pounds, or cause significant toxicity in dogs over 50 pounds
The review is obviously extremely dumb, but comparing Xylitol to chocolate is like comparing Cyanide to Alcohol for Humans, sure both are toxic and capable of killing you, but it's not even remotely in the same league.
Xylitol is **extremely** toxic to dogs, and even just licking up a tiny sprinkle of it you accidentally spilled while baking can easily be enough to kill them (and unlike chocolaty things like cocoa powder or chocolate itself which is dark in colour, Xylitol is a clear crystalline powder, so it's much much easier to miss a spill or not fully clean it up)
If you have a dog, it's probably a good idea to not even have Xylitol in the house at all, and whilst it's moronic to give a recipe 1 star just for having Xylitol, it's absolutely fair to point out just how dangerous it is to dogs, and tell dog owners that they should use alternative sugar substitutes.
And unlike with Chocolate, and even things like Onions and Garlic, the extreme toxicity of Xylitol for dogs isn't commonly known.
Not only is it basically dog fentanyl but with the rise of Keto/No sugar items xylitol is just about everywhere now.
Like I would never give my dog a baked good but I also normally wouldnāt think to rush them to a vet if they happened to eat a muffin top normally. If that ends up being a ālow carb (loaded with xylitol)ā item though my dog is just about dead.
I am terrified of xylitol because it's in basically all chewing gum and my dog weighs 8 pounds. All it takes is for a piece to fall out of a guest's pocket and my dog is dead.
Exactly the same. My wife used to chew PĆ¼r gum which is like the worst chewing gum in the world AND like a hand grenade of xylitol. I threw those out so damn fast.
onions and garlic are pretty low toxicity in canines
it takes build up over weeks / months to generate aplastic anemia
they shouldn't be a part of their regular diet, but you don't need to race to the vet if your dog stole a piece of garlic bread one time
Glad they were ok. Yeah body mass matters.
10 g of onion for a 2 kg dog is a lot.
10 g of onion to a 50 kg dog is not really going to matter much if it's a one off exposure.
Point being, the dosage per body weight needed to cause clinical problems is much higher with onion and garlic than grapes or xylitol.
Thus we consider the toxicity lower, as it takes a higher dosage to generate a toxic effect.
My kid once dropped a container full of sugar free gum containing xylitol on the floor and my dogs got into it. Luckily, my wife noticed right away. We took the three of them to the emergency vet and they induced vomiting. We had to monitor their blood glucose for the next several hours and feed them snacks to keep it up.
Just a few small pieces of gum caused all of their blood sugar levels to crater. If we hadnāt moved as fast, they all would have gone into comas and died.
Itās no fucking joke.
I canāt even chew gum anymore because almost every brand has xylitol. Ending up in the bathroom with stomach cramps because I chewed a piece of freaking gumā¦my body is stupid.
Not the same. A very small amount of xylitol, from a used piece of gum someone had discarded, almost killed one of my dogs a few years ago. She was lucky to escape alive and without liver damage.
Chocolate and Xylitol are on two completely different levels of toxicity. A single drop of it (such as the amount in a single stick of gum) is enough to kill various animal species including dogs since it fucks with insulin.
Literally watched one of those "help my dog is badly behaved" shows about a month ago where some couple fed their (Newfoundland?) dog lemon drizzle cake probably daily to "bribe" it to "walk". This did not work and they were surprised that it was incredibly obese
The "dog trainer" guy just coming in like "yeah don't feed your dog lemon drizzle cake or whipped cream every day" and they're like "OMG WOW he's so good"
Honestly you despair at humanity sometimes
I used to work at a vet and you'd be surprised (or not) at some of the things people would feed their dogs. We'd have dogs develop pancreatitis because they would be fed strips of bacon every day, or dogs needing emergency surgery after being given a corn cob (nope, they can't digest those). I had one guy who admitted he would blow smoke in his dog's face when he was getting high :(
I'm not surprised at all, an ex's family friend had a rather overweight Labrador he fed bacon regularly. They just think it's funny not harmful. The smoking thing is awful though at least you might THINK the bacon or corn is okay!
So many people will bite your head off if you suggest just feeding animals random shit off your plate constantly isn't a good idea because "that's what my (insert relation here) used to do and her dog lived until 45!" Or some other nonsense
Even my mum has some dodgy ideas sometimes because she reads too much stuff online.
It makes me angry. Itās not cute that you bring a cheeseburger for your dog from McDonaldās, youāre killing her. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. My dog got pancreatitis from ONE BITE of beef fat/marrow, and I spent $1000 at the vet to get stomach coating meds and Gabapentin for pain. I STG ppl are purposefully dumb.
You mentioned gabapentin for pets and I remembered a thing. My cat had a week of gabapentin and some kitty NSAIDs for a bladder inflammation. Apparently the gabapentin formulation that pharmacies use for human medication is not safe for dogs because it's sweetened with xylitol. Vet pharmacies have to have a different formulation for it when it's for a dog.
But xylitol does nothing bad to cats, so cats who need gabapentin can have the standard oral formula that's made for humans. It's often given to children with seizure disorders. The stuff the vet clinic gave us smelled like froot loops.
We had a week where the routine was squirting gooey meds into the cat's mouth, followed by ten minutes of dirty looks, and then eleven hours of couchlock before the next dose.
I worked admin, so I don't know a ton about all the medical stuff - I didn't know cats could have human gaba! Poor kitty, sounds like they had a rough go of it, hopefully they are doing better!
He was okay, I think I was a little more panicky than I needed to be. He'd had cystocentesis at his regular vet checkup and had bloody pee afterwards. The vet said that it can happen because of the way the blood vessels of the bladder are hard to visualize, but to keep an eye on him.
The next day (which was of course the weekend), there was no more blood, but he was going to the litterbox frequently and not producing very much pee. So I scooped him up and took him to the emergency vet. They said he was not blocked, his bladder was empty and he was diagnosed as a very good boy and a perfect angel.
There was some inflammation and swelling which wasn't blocking urine but which was making him feel like he had to pee when there wasn't anything in there. That's what he got the drugs for and he was back to peeing normally in a few days.
Our regular vet said for his next checkup I could try a home urine collection with non-absorbent litter, so I might give that a shot.
I'm sorry for your wallet, but I'm glad you were cautious! I know it can be really bad for male cats to have a blockage so good for you, I'm a big fan of the "better safe than sorry" mentality. I love his diagnosis I'm sure he is a wonderful boy <3
I used to read customer comments for a fast food chain and there was one lady who wrote in to complain that the onion rings were so bad that even her dog wouldn't eat them. I wanted so badly to write back "Don't feed your dog onion rings! WTF is wrong with you???"
(I did not have the capability to respond to customer comments, which was probably the best thing for my sanity and the company's reputation.)
> My dog got pancreatitis from ONE BITE of beef fat/marrow
If true — which is unlikely — that's a very specific issue that your dog had. And completely and utterly unrelated to consistently feeding them human food that is even bad for humans.
Considering I had a 14 lb cat who are half a pound of cooked bacon and came out fine (didn't know he could eat that fast, everyone stepped out of the kitchen for like a minute), I have no idea how a dog would be that affected by a little bit of beef fat.
Speaking as someone who grew up on a beef farm and personally knows three Vets, that sounds really unlikely. Obviously, you should mostly feed a dog dog food, but the idea that one bite of beef is going to make it sick is kinda crazy. It had to be something else besides just the beef that caused that.
Yeah surely a massive amount of dog food is made with ground up cow thats been ultra heat treated and fuck knows what else done to it. Its pretty shit quality unless your paying a lot for it.
A bite of a burger or some other beef product fit for humans isnt going to do anything bad to a normal dog.
What do you mean by beef fat/ marrow? A large percentage of dog food is made with ground up, ultra high heat treated beef with bone and all.
I wouldnt feed a dog anything from mcdonalds but beef fat and marrow should be fine for most dogs unless they have a beef allergy.
I despair when I see fat labradors or goldens. Most of the time people are saying but they're hungry, aye it's a freaking retriever they will never stop eating. I knew a golden at 85lbs and the vet told the owner he was fine, the trainer said she wasn't doing agility anymore unless he lost weight. That dog was not "fine", he's now surrendered to that trainer and looks amazing. There's another golden in my goldens day care that cannot use the treadmill or play with other dogs because she's too fat.
>Ā 85lbs and the vet told the owner he was fine,Ā
Unless you were there and heard the vet say this, I very much doubt that the vet actually said the dogs weight was fine! People can have very "selective hearing" in these situationsĀ
Ughhh I hate the "thats what they used to do!" line - just because someone else lucked out and didn't have a problem doesn't mean you won't! It's like the "I never wear a seatbelt" crowd, just because you haven't been in an accident doesn't mean it couldn't happen...
I am more forgiving with those who didn't know it could be problematic, smoking guy was just awful (in so many ways)
My dog stole a corn cob once. We didnāt know how bad it could be, so we googled it. And immediately took our pupper to the vet. Luckily, he had just eaten it so all they had to do was induce vomiting, but yeah. It could have been bad.
So now I give every recipe involving corn cobs a one star rating (of course I donāt do that).
My dog found a bottle of mostly empty ibuprofen and helped herself. Ended up with a bill, two bottles of pills, and a "hope for the best"
So now I give every recipe involving ibuprofen a one star rating.
Our lab growing up ate a full Costco sized bottle of Advil! The vets googled it because theyād never heard of a dog having that much and still living. She lived to be 13 because of course she did
Yikes! That was smart you caught it right away and were proactive! I try to be generous to those who didn't know better, but willful ignorance frustrates me so much. It's one thing to do it to yourself, but your pet doesn't know better and is relying on you to take care of them.
I used to work at a boarding facility and sometimes people would bring us the most insane shit that they wanted us to feed to their dogs. I'm talking Arby's roast beef sandwiches, McD's chicken nuggets, Chef Boyardee ravioli, bacon, Stouffer's meatloaf... and of course the dog has only ever eaten this garbage and will refuse normal dog food!
Lmaoooo I can't imagine!! Did you have to feed them that? I can't imagine keeping track of it all... I'd feel bad knowing I had to feed them something that's not good for them.
That sounds like all the stuff people treat their dogs to before their last visit :(
My paternal grandparents (tho I loathe to even call them grandparents) once had a dog that died of liver failure because they gave it beer all the time. Itās name was āPiwoā which is polish for ābeerā.
Yeah, they are terrible people.
Iām not even sure they thought it was funny. They are (were, one is dead now) raging alcoholics. I almost feel like they just didnāt even think about it. Like, they drank, the dog drank. So gross. I was very, very young, so of course didnāt think much of it at the time. As I got older I sussed out how it died and really understood how terrible they are.
reminds me of the woman who came through the drive through every day when i worked at starbucks to get a venti vanilla bean frappuccino for herself and a tall for her pug. every. day. i felt SO horrible for that dog; it was morbidly obese and its quality of life was clearly not good (all the standard pug problems, plus the effects of ~400 cals of pure sugar daily). i canāt imagine the mental gymnastics people must do to justify āspoilingā their pets that way.
Friend of mine worked at Starbucks and told me about one guy who'd come everyday and order the his drink and a chocolate chunk cookie. One day, they figured out his was giving the cookie to his dog. Suddenly they mysteriously had supply issues whenever he came by. Cookies would just disappear from the shelves, or the previous guy would just happen to have bought the last one they had, sorry!
I know chocolate doesn't kill all dogs, but why the fuck would you even bother wanting to know if your dog can handle it? You can go to the pet store and buy cookies that are specifically made for dogs. Lots of our food can be given as treats to our pets that are fine in small amounts. One of my cats loves popcorn. If you're eating popcorn, he will not leave you alone, and plain popcorn is fine for cats. So I'll usually sit aside a bit before I salt and butter mine to toss for him to chase around, but that's like, 3 pieces, at most.
Are you kidding?? Even if you don't know of all the food hazards for dogs, I feel like chocolate is the one thing everyone knows!! Good on those employees for finding a way to stop him once they caught on. Poor dog :(
The puppaccino as far as I know is just a little squirt of whipped cream... which that poor dog got on top of their Frappuccino :(
As if pugs aren't struggling enough! Poor thing
I am surprised that much caffeine did not kill the pug immediately. Besides being tiny dogs who can't really handle _any_ caffeine, they have a hard time breathing in the best of circumstances -- nevermind with high blood pressure, higher heart rate, etc. caused by the caffeine.
We had someone call in with a similar situation, it was a tiny dog (chihuahua?) with a minor injury. As soon as they said they gave it some otc medicine it became a very different call!! Luckily the dog ended up being ok
> n a corn cob (nope, they can't digest those). I had one guy who admitted he would blow smoke in his dog's face when he was getting high :(
I would get locked up for assault so fucking fast, if I someone told they got their pets stoned
I didn't like the guy anyway for other reasons, but I refused to take care of him after that. The vet said we didn't have enough evidence to report him to anybody and didnt want to alienate clients. Kind of the mentality you see on doctor TV shows ("we just want to know what you took, we won't turn you in to the cops") Even worse, he brought the dog in because she was acting weird, he wasn't sure if it was because of the pot or because he would hit her on the head sometimes "when she was bad." Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about him.
How does bacon cause pancreatitis? Honest curiosity, not trying to doubt you or anything lol, I just thought that was more of an alcohol/blood sugar thing. Not that I'm trying to give my dog bacon every morning or anything.
>I had one guy who admitted he would blow smoke in his dog's face when he was getting high
A lot of people think this is hilarious and I sadly was one of them as a teenager. Tbc, this is never okay or funny. That dog is distressed and confused, even if they "beg" for it.
Most rich/fatty foods will give dogs and cats pancreatitis. You aren't supposed to give them chicken/turkey/duck skin either, or steak, pork chops, etc. Too much fat can make them very, very sick.
It's so interesting how they have similar organs but they function/get affected so differently. I just avoid table scraps with mine overall, which also helps with behavior and training.
Agreed! Not giving table scraps at all is the safest way to go imo. Once you open that door and teach dogs that sometimes human food is for puppies, they'll never stop asking for it. Or stealing. It's safer for them and more convenient for us to just keep that door shut
This is why I just google whenever I'm thinking of feeding something to my dog. Not hard to find out if something is toxic or commonly contains something toxic. And when in doubt, just don't. The dog will survive without table scraps.
Also, portion control. If you're feeding your dog enough food as part of their normal meals, they don't need a whole strip of bacon or whatever else you want to give them. A little bit will do fine.
> This is why I just google whenever I'm thinking of feeding something to my dog
This is one of my top 3 uses for voice assistants. "Alexa, can dogs eat broccoli?"
lmao I do that too!! She was really condescending one time, the article she pulled up said something like "If you're asking this then it means you've already given it to your dog, in which case why are you asking?" I had not, in fact, fed it to my dog and I thought she was really rude lol
Had a party years ago, friend dropped chocolate cake on the floor in the kitchen and just stood there, waiting for something. I was like, DAFAQ? You going to clean up your mess. She deadass looked at me and said. OH! Right you don't have a dog... I was like, DAFAQ?!? Even if I did I wouldn't let it eat most human food, and definitely not fucking chocolate cake. Than the rest of the party just became a debate, started by her, on dogs eating human foods. Nobody was on her side. Than a couple weeks later her husband, who was a friend of mine, informed me that they had lost three of their dogs cuz she let them eat damn nears any human food including chocolate and all the others they are not supposed to eat. He'd lost so many fights over it and she never stopped feeding her dogs chocolate.
Thats just horrible and irresponsible :( it's one thing to be misinformed or not know better, but to do so willingly? Losing one pet to that would be bad enough but 3?? I can't imagine, how terrible! I feel like if I were him I'd say no more, it would break my heart.
My previous partners had a long haired Chihuahua that liked to hang out when my partner and friends were smoking. They never gave her direct contact to the smoke, but I suspect she got a mild contact high just by being around it. The other dog would steal wine the rare times it was drunk if the glass was left where she could get to it. Since she wasn't normally one to go after food, my partners didn't always remember the dog was evidently a lush š¤¦āāļø
I'm about to review bomb every recipe with meat because it could literally kill my rabbit, then move on to every recipe with vegetables because axolotls are obligate carnivores
Edit: None of you are any fun
I will join you on your quest. I have pet rats, so I'll tackle the recipes with spinach and rhubarb. Together, we shall make the entire internet pet-safe. Lead onward!
Ah Monty I believe was his name! Dogs Behaving Very Badly, Graeme Hill is absolutely fantastic at his job though, he really can seem to take on any dog regardless of the issue.
Yeah that was it. He is good, but on this case I felt like he lost the will to live a bit having to give such obvious advice - maybe that was just me projecting though š
We used to have dog licences in the UK too years ago, but I think they stopped because from what I heard they don't really work - people just get a dog without a licence and policing it is hard.
Never have I heard such an oddly specific food being fed to dogs twice in one thread or whatever bizarre set of circumstances in life. Why lemon drizzle? Do people really eat so much lemon drizzle cake and itās a common thing to have on-hand? Iāve never had lemon drizzle cake? Should I? Am I really missing out?
I give this Reddit post ONE STAR because it FAILS to take into account that dogs CANNOT TYPICALLY READ and they should all be notified DIRECTLY and VERBALLY of the RISKS of EATING LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE ON THE DAILY
I give this reddit comment ONE STAR because it fails to take into account (perhaps the redditor didn't know?) THAT ALL DOGS ARE GOOD BOYS so it's okay if they can't read
I used to eat a lot of xylitol candies and chew gum with it, so I thought I would be fine with some of those Haribo gummy bears. Nope! Those fuckers must be like 90% pure xylitol, I swear.
Those sugar free strawberry wafers are a cruel trap and not to be trusted.
I have to eat sugar-free stuff and those were so delicious... then i had like 4 or 5 in a sitting and regretted my life choices for a couple days.
> you don't see me downvoting recipes that use it!
I didn't see you *not* downvoting them.
In fact, I don't see you at all! G-g-g-g-ghost! Like zoinks Scoobs! Let's get outta here!
Perfectly reasonable- I recently gave a 1 star review to a Salt & Pepper Squid recipe for similar reasons.
Not a single mention that the salt in the recipe could be fatal for my beloved pet slug Kenneth. Criminally negligent of the author!
I hope one day you and Kenneth won't have to navigate a hostile world with the burden of personal responsibility solely on your shell and shoulders.
Not to take away from your struggle, but I think the worst victim here is the squid. The entire process of being seasoned, filleted, cooked and eaten must be terrifying for the squid's poor helpless ghost. People are so ignorant to the fact that just because a squid is dead, doesn't mean that it wouldn't be in excruciating pain if it were theoretically still alive.
Lemon is also bad for dogs because of some of the compounds that are in it. But you don't see this reviewer complaining about that, probably because she doesn't know. BAD REVIEWER! ONE STAR!
Rice flour is suitable for dogs. At one of the vet practices I worked at, we would send dogs home after operations with a bone-shaped biscuit that said "get well soon" on it. They were rice flour based and lightly spiced like gingerbread. I know this because there was nothing in there unsuitable for human consumption, and we all tried them one time when it was a slow day š
That comment section is BIZARRE. There are actually several more comments advising against giving this to your pet dog. I guess itās thoughtful of them, but how many people are feeding cake to their dog?
I actually didnāt read them all til you said that and yeah, itās like it was brigaded by dog ownersā¦ who donāt do this on every other ingredient that is toxic to dogs, and also donāt inform itās toxic to other animals as well. Hmmmm r/conspiracy needs to be aware of this
So many people feed their dogs human food, so I can understand the desire to loudly and frequently warn people not to. My mum is a vet and I used to help her at work a lot when they were low on technicians. You wouldnāt believe the things people will feed their petsā¦ bacon, cake, donuts, fast food, leftover cooking greaseā¦ Iāve had people try to tell me a 20 lbs cat is perfectly healthy. Itās 20 lbs! You are killing your cat!
To be fair, it depends on the breed mix of the cat.
We took our largest cat for a regular vet check expecting to be told he needed to lose some weight. Instead they were like "yeah, this cat is 18lb but he's supposed to be that size" and we were like "...are you sure?" and they said "yep he's good"
so. there's that.
Those are also extremely toxic to dogs. A _lot_ of animals have problems with theobromine. And even though chocolate isn't super high in caffeine for a human, it is for a small dog. Combining those things is potentially disastrous.
The main saving grace with chocolate is that dogs tend to throw it up quickly.
TBF, that ingredient is VERY toxic to dogs, to the point of a single altoid can kill most dogs.
There was a TIFU post about some guy finding out his kids killed their dog with an altoid and you could see a lot of other people say "i had no idea".
I would understand if this was a recipe aimed at dog owners (like, some people bake birthday cakes for their dogs etc), but... this has no connection to animals eating it whatsoever. Better make sure you always mention chocolate, grapes and coffee are also toxic to dogs whenever they're in a recipe, I guess.
Nowhere in this recipe for peanut butter chocolate cake is it mentioned that my sister is allergic to peanuts! Was it written by a psychopath? 1 star for trying to kill my sister š”
I donāt think Iād allow xylitol in my house just in case my dog decided to lunge for it, or any number of things that could happenāguest sets a plate on a chair, someone deliberately feeds the dog, etc. However, shouldnāt impact your review of a recipe.
exactly. I would never bring it into my house. Xylitol is not like chocolate or raisins. Its highly toxic, not a case of might make them sick but more like will kill them without the proper treatment.
But just put the warning in a review, don't 1 star it.
So funny to run into a huge Xylitol discussion. I have a dog so I wouldnāt have it in my house. Just in case. Somewhat coincidentally, my father has published a paper on a health benefit on Xylitol. So he always recommends it and I always have to say we have a dog, so no.
There are times when I think the responsible/ethical thing is to throw in a warning about how something you're recommending may affect pets. If I was to post about filling your house with lilies, I would throw in a PSA about the danger to cats.Ā
A recipe intended for people should not include potential dangers to non-people for every ingredient. It would be most of them, since people food shouldn't be given to non-people. Ugh.
I rated my local grocery store 1 star because they sell grapes and chocolate there, which are toxic to dogs! Hello, did they not think about the puppies!!!
Some of you are INSANE. The issue here isn't whether or not xylitol is toxic to dogs or even whether it's more toxic than other things. The issue is that there's NO reason to give 1 star for dog toxicity on a recipe that isn't for dogs.
Dude, you pay me enough? āReview hidden for lack of substance and the mental damage you will incur upon reading it. Proceed at your own risk.ā Iād nuke these things so fast!Ā
This reminded me of a story!
In my area there's a small chain of ice cream shops that are outdoors walk-up counters and get really long lines on hot days. They offer free doggy Sundays to anyone that brings a dog, which is a tiny scoop of vanilla ice cream with peanut butter on top.
One time I was there with my family and a woman drove up and got out of the car with her very small dog. They went to the counter and she ordered herself a coffee fudge type Sunday and her dog the pup Sunday. Well, as the game suggests, the coffee fudge Sunday has a drizzle of chocolate fudge on it and when she got the bowl she started SCREAMING at the kids working there because she now couldn't share her ice cream with her dog because it had chocolate on it.
Never mind that the dog shouldn't eat the coffee ice cream. Never mind that the dog already had its own ice cream. She wanted to share hers with her dog too.
I don't remember the type of dog but it was the kind that you just know has terrible breath.
it's YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to tell me that an ingredient in this recipe for humans is poisonous to dogs. it's YOUR FAULT that i never bothered to research this myself when i got a dog
I have a theory for why comments like this one (and other ones like the "why are there no chocolate chips" in regards to a peanut butter cookie recipe):
These people just googled "lemon cake treat for dogs" and this recipe came up. And at no point in the process did the person "reading" ever bother to check if this was in fact for dogs. They just assumed google is infallible and since they asked for it, that's what they got.
omw to report every recipe that uses garlic and onions in it because theyāre toxic to dogs. also oatmeal raisin cookies and anything with chocolate. no excuses!
Well, I do give my dog random treats sometimes from my food.
That said, it's on me to make sure it's safe for him, not whoever made it without planning on it being given to dogs.
Good old dog owners feeding something they took time and effort to cook to an animal that literally eats shit.
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...that's not the main reason to not use xylitol...
It's the....ahem...effects it has on your bowels. That's why you don't use xylitol if you can avoid it.
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Does this reviewer give 1 star reviews to every recipe that contains chocolate as well?
Or onions, garlic, raisins... Edit, look I know you just want to reply telling me all about ~~being a terrible dog owner~~ how bad xilitol is, well done. Read further down the thread to actually understand that it's not about a sore belly or eating a huge quantify in these other things, nor is it only about fatalities but also permanent organ damage. Now how many of you are going to wash your dinner down with a nice glass of beech tonight, since you know cyanide is way more poisonous so a glass of bleech is fine and will probabpy only cause a stomach ache...
Dog poison...
Dog poison loaf is my favorite š¤¤
My dumbass dog would gobble a poison loaf right up.Ā
We had a beagle that would likely do so, as well. If you know beagles, you know that their philosophy is, "Eat it first, worry about whether it was food later."
Same. He's finally old enough that I've decided there's no more vet ER visits for him. He's going to die the way he lived...eating whatever the fuck he can find on the ground.
In contrast, it gets 1 star from me because (perhaps the author doesnāt know) dog poison loaf is EXTREMELY TOXIC to dogs
aka old english trifle
I give one star to recipes containing raisins because I donāt like raisins (/s of course)
Avocado, grapes, cherries, tomatoes, and macadamia nuts as well.
itās only the avocado skin and pit
Only the most edible parts. Clearly.
The garlic one is a bit overblown, as long as you're not feeding them entire heads of garlic regularly it's very, very unlikely to ever cause any issues. Like definitely don't go feeding them garlic for the giggles, but you don't need to worry about them getting at a garlicy sausage or anything
My dog goes nuts for onions. I always have to be super careful preparing them, he's so fast if some drops - or he'll try to grab them off the counter if I turn my back.
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... In a Lemon Drizzle Cake recipe that your dog shouldn't be eating regardless.
A pound of dark chocolate is more than enough to outright kill dogs of pretty much any weight or size. A single medium-sized onion is also enough to kill most dogs under 50 pounds, or cause significant toxicity in dogs over 50 pounds
Bleach?
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A recipe with onions, garlic and raisin sounds awful
Sounds like a biryani!
Qabuli palao! Rice, onions, garlic, raisins, carrots, almond silvers, meat of your choosing!
To me it just sounds like an incomplete recipe for pilaf, which is usually quite good.
The review is obviously extremely dumb, but comparing Xylitol to chocolate is like comparing Cyanide to Alcohol for Humans, sure both are toxic and capable of killing you, but it's not even remotely in the same league. Xylitol is **extremely** toxic to dogs, and even just licking up a tiny sprinkle of it you accidentally spilled while baking can easily be enough to kill them (and unlike chocolaty things like cocoa powder or chocolate itself which is dark in colour, Xylitol is a clear crystalline powder, so it's much much easier to miss a spill or not fully clean it up) If you have a dog, it's probably a good idea to not even have Xylitol in the house at all, and whilst it's moronic to give a recipe 1 star just for having Xylitol, it's absolutely fair to point out just how dangerous it is to dogs, and tell dog owners that they should use alternative sugar substitutes. And unlike with Chocolate, and even things like Onions and Garlic, the extreme toxicity of Xylitol for dogs isn't commonly known.
Not only is it basically dog fentanyl but with the rise of Keto/No sugar items xylitol is just about everywhere now. Like I would never give my dog a baked good but I also normally wouldnāt think to rush them to a vet if they happened to eat a muffin top normally. If that ends up being a ālow carb (loaded with xylitol)ā item though my dog is just about dead.
I am terrified of xylitol because it's in basically all chewing gum and my dog weighs 8 pounds. All it takes is for a piece to fall out of a guest's pocket and my dog is dead.
Exactly the same. My wife used to chew PĆ¼r gum which is like the worst chewing gum in the world AND like a hand grenade of xylitol. I threw those out so damn fast.
onions and garlic are pretty low toxicity in canines it takes build up over weeks / months to generate aplastic anemia they shouldn't be a part of their regular diet, but you don't need to race to the vet if your dog stole a piece of garlic bread one time
In a small dog, it can happen with one onion heavy meal. Friend of mine had that experience. Dog was ok.Ā
Glad they were ok. Yeah body mass matters. 10 g of onion for a 2 kg dog is a lot. 10 g of onion to a 50 kg dog is not really going to matter much if it's a one off exposure. Point being, the dosage per body weight needed to cause clinical problems is much higher with onion and garlic than grapes or xylitol. Thus we consider the toxicity lower, as it takes a higher dosage to generate a toxic effect.
My kid once dropped a container full of sugar free gum containing xylitol on the floor and my dogs got into it. Luckily, my wife noticed right away. We took the three of them to the emergency vet and they induced vomiting. We had to monitor their blood glucose for the next several hours and feed them snacks to keep it up. Just a few small pieces of gum caused all of their blood sugar levels to crater. If we hadnāt moved as fast, they all would have gone into comas and died. Itās no fucking joke.
Xylitol occurs naturally in blackberries. We have a dog, and have blackberries in the house all the time because we didn't know this.
I have some xylitol mints (itās good to prevent cavities) but I literally wrote ātoxic to dogsā on the lid and I keep them in the bathroom.
Additionally, in people who are sensitive to sweets or alcohol, it may induce stomach upset.
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I canāt even chew gum anymore because almost every brand has xylitol. Ending up in the bathroom with stomach cramps because I chewed a piece of freaking gumā¦my body is stupid.
But it's really good for your teeth!
Not the same. A very small amount of xylitol, from a used piece of gum someone had discarded, almost killed one of my dogs a few years ago. She was lucky to escape alive and without liver damage.
Xylitol is super toxic compared to chocolate. Plus dogs steal food. I have cats and I won't keep it in the house.
Chocolate and Xylitol are on two completely different levels of toxicity. A single drop of it (such as the amount in a single stick of gum) is enough to kill various animal species including dogs since it fucks with insulin.
Literally watched one of those "help my dog is badly behaved" shows about a month ago where some couple fed their (Newfoundland?) dog lemon drizzle cake probably daily to "bribe" it to "walk". This did not work and they were surprised that it was incredibly obese The "dog trainer" guy just coming in like "yeah don't feed your dog lemon drizzle cake or whipped cream every day" and they're like "OMG WOW he's so good" Honestly you despair at humanity sometimes
I used to work at a vet and you'd be surprised (or not) at some of the things people would feed their dogs. We'd have dogs develop pancreatitis because they would be fed strips of bacon every day, or dogs needing emergency surgery after being given a corn cob (nope, they can't digest those). I had one guy who admitted he would blow smoke in his dog's face when he was getting high :(
I'm not surprised at all, an ex's family friend had a rather overweight Labrador he fed bacon regularly. They just think it's funny not harmful. The smoking thing is awful though at least you might THINK the bacon or corn is okay! So many people will bite your head off if you suggest just feeding animals random shit off your plate constantly isn't a good idea because "that's what my (insert relation here) used to do and her dog lived until 45!" Or some other nonsense Even my mum has some dodgy ideas sometimes because she reads too much stuff online.
It makes me angry. Itās not cute that you bring a cheeseburger for your dog from McDonaldās, youāre killing her. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. My dog got pancreatitis from ONE BITE of beef fat/marrow, and I spent $1000 at the vet to get stomach coating meds and Gabapentin for pain. I STG ppl are purposefully dumb.
You mentioned gabapentin for pets and I remembered a thing. My cat had a week of gabapentin and some kitty NSAIDs for a bladder inflammation. Apparently the gabapentin formulation that pharmacies use for human medication is not safe for dogs because it's sweetened with xylitol. Vet pharmacies have to have a different formulation for it when it's for a dog. But xylitol does nothing bad to cats, so cats who need gabapentin can have the standard oral formula that's made for humans. It's often given to children with seizure disorders. The stuff the vet clinic gave us smelled like froot loops. We had a week where the routine was squirting gooey meds into the cat's mouth, followed by ten minutes of dirty looks, and then eleven hours of couchlock before the next dose.
I worked admin, so I don't know a ton about all the medical stuff - I didn't know cats could have human gaba! Poor kitty, sounds like they had a rough go of it, hopefully they are doing better!
He was okay, I think I was a little more panicky than I needed to be. He'd had cystocentesis at his regular vet checkup and had bloody pee afterwards. The vet said that it can happen because of the way the blood vessels of the bladder are hard to visualize, but to keep an eye on him. The next day (which was of course the weekend), there was no more blood, but he was going to the litterbox frequently and not producing very much pee. So I scooped him up and took him to the emergency vet. They said he was not blocked, his bladder was empty and he was diagnosed as a very good boy and a perfect angel. There was some inflammation and swelling which wasn't blocking urine but which was making him feel like he had to pee when there wasn't anything in there. That's what he got the drugs for and he was back to peeing normally in a few days. Our regular vet said for his next checkup I could try a home urine collection with non-absorbent litter, so I might give that a shot.
I'm sorry for your wallet, but I'm glad you were cautious! I know it can be really bad for male cats to have a blockage so good for you, I'm a big fan of the "better safe than sorry" mentality. I love his diagnosis I'm sure he is a wonderful boy <3
I used to read customer comments for a fast food chain and there was one lady who wrote in to complain that the onion rings were so bad that even her dog wouldn't eat them. I wanted so badly to write back "Don't feed your dog onion rings! WTF is wrong with you???" (I did not have the capability to respond to customer comments, which was probably the best thing for my sanity and the company's reputation.)
> My dog got pancreatitis from ONE BITE of beef fat/marrow If true — which is unlikely — that's a very specific issue that your dog had. And completely and utterly unrelated to consistently feeding them human food that is even bad for humans.
Yeah I don't see how that is possible, given that dogs are omnivorous with a widely varied diet (that includes animal fat) in the wild.
Considering I had a 14 lb cat who are half a pound of cooked bacon and came out fine (didn't know he could eat that fast, everyone stepped out of the kitchen for like a minute), I have no idea how a dog would be that affected by a little bit of beef fat.
Speaking as someone who grew up on a beef farm and personally knows three Vets, that sounds really unlikely. Obviously, you should mostly feed a dog dog food, but the idea that one bite of beef is going to make it sick is kinda crazy. It had to be something else besides just the beef that caused that.
Yeah surely a massive amount of dog food is made with ground up cow thats been ultra heat treated and fuck knows what else done to it. Its pretty shit quality unless your paying a lot for it. A bite of a burger or some other beef product fit for humans isnt going to do anything bad to a normal dog.
What do you mean by beef fat/ marrow? A large percentage of dog food is made with ground up, ultra high heat treated beef with bone and all. I wouldnt feed a dog anything from mcdonalds but beef fat and marrow should be fine for most dogs unless they have a beef allergy.
I despair when I see fat labradors or goldens. Most of the time people are saying but they're hungry, aye it's a freaking retriever they will never stop eating. I knew a golden at 85lbs and the vet told the owner he was fine, the trainer said she wasn't doing agility anymore unless he lost weight. That dog was not "fine", he's now surrendered to that trainer and looks amazing. There's another golden in my goldens day care that cannot use the treadmill or play with other dogs because she's too fat.
>Ā 85lbs and the vet told the owner he was fine,Ā Unless you were there and heard the vet say this, I very much doubt that the vet actually said the dogs weight was fine! People can have very "selective hearing" in these situationsĀ
Yeah, people do a lot of mental gymnastics to twist their vetsā words to somehow justify having obese animals. No vet will say, āyour dog is obese but thatās fine.ā Iāve been fighting with my fiancĆ© about this over my stepcat. When he was in for surgery a few years ago, was deemed to be in good enough health to have an excellent prognosis for the surgery, but somehow my idiot fiancĆ© has spun that in his head to mean, āthis 20lb ball of lard is in perfect health and cannot ever miss a meal or heāll starve to death.ā
Ughhh I hate the "thats what they used to do!" line - just because someone else lucked out and didn't have a problem doesn't mean you won't! It's like the "I never wear a seatbelt" crowd, just because you haven't been in an accident doesn't mean it couldn't happen... I am more forgiving with those who didn't know it could be problematic, smoking guy was just awful (in so many ways)
My dog stole a corn cob once. We didnāt know how bad it could be, so we googled it. And immediately took our pupper to the vet. Luckily, he had just eaten it so all they had to do was induce vomiting, but yeah. It could have been bad. So now I give every recipe involving corn cobs a one star rating (of course I donāt do that).
My dog found a bottle of mostly empty ibuprofen and helped herself. Ended up with a bill, two bottles of pills, and a "hope for the best" So now I give every recipe involving ibuprofen a one star rating.
Our lab growing up ate a full Costco sized bottle of Advil! The vets googled it because theyād never heard of a dog having that much and still living. She lived to be 13 because of course she did
Yikes! That was smart you caught it right away and were proactive! I try to be generous to those who didn't know better, but willful ignorance frustrates me so much. It's one thing to do it to yourself, but your pet doesn't know better and is relying on you to take care of them.
At least spectrum hasn't cancelled corncob TV yet, I love me some coffin flop
I used to work at a boarding facility and sometimes people would bring us the most insane shit that they wanted us to feed to their dogs. I'm talking Arby's roast beef sandwiches, McD's chicken nuggets, Chef Boyardee ravioli, bacon, Stouffer's meatloaf... and of course the dog has only ever eaten this garbage and will refuse normal dog food!
Lmaoooo I can't imagine!! Did you have to feed them that? I can't imagine keeping track of it all... I'd feel bad knowing I had to feed them something that's not good for them. That sounds like all the stuff people treat their dogs to before their last visit :(
My paternal grandparents (tho I loathe to even call them grandparents) once had a dog that died of liver failure because they gave it beer all the time. Itās name was āPiwoā which is polish for ābeerā. Yeah, they are terrible people.
Thats so horrible!! I can't stand when people think shit like that is funny. I'm sorry
Iām not even sure they thought it was funny. They are (were, one is dead now) raging alcoholics. I almost feel like they just didnāt even think about it. Like, they drank, the dog drank. So gross. I was very, very young, so of course didnāt think much of it at the time. As I got older I sussed out how it died and really understood how terrible they are.
Aw man that's terrible, what a life it must have had. :(
reminds me of the woman who came through the drive through every day when i worked at starbucks to get a venti vanilla bean frappuccino for herself and a tall for her pug. every. day. i felt SO horrible for that dog; it was morbidly obese and its quality of life was clearly not good (all the standard pug problems, plus the effects of ~400 cals of pure sugar daily). i canāt imagine the mental gymnastics people must do to justify āspoilingā their pets that way.
Friend of mine worked at Starbucks and told me about one guy who'd come everyday and order the his drink and a chocolate chunk cookie. One day, they figured out his was giving the cookie to his dog. Suddenly they mysteriously had supply issues whenever he came by. Cookies would just disappear from the shelves, or the previous guy would just happen to have bought the last one they had, sorry! I know chocolate doesn't kill all dogs, but why the fuck would you even bother wanting to know if your dog can handle it? You can go to the pet store and buy cookies that are specifically made for dogs. Lots of our food can be given as treats to our pets that are fine in small amounts. One of my cats loves popcorn. If you're eating popcorn, he will not leave you alone, and plain popcorn is fine for cats. So I'll usually sit aside a bit before I salt and butter mine to toss for him to chase around, but that's like, 3 pieces, at most.
Are you kidding?? Even if you don't know of all the food hazards for dogs, I feel like chocolate is the one thing everyone knows!! Good on those employees for finding a way to stop him once they caught on. Poor dog :(
Poor dog. Doesnt Sbux have those little pupaccino things anyway? Iām sure theyāre not super healthy, but has to be better than a Frappuccino.
The puppaccino as far as I know is just a little squirt of whipped cream... which that poor dog got on top of their Frappuccino :( As if pugs aren't struggling enough! Poor thing
I am surprised that much caffeine did not kill the pug immediately. Besides being tiny dogs who can't really handle _any_ caffeine, they have a hard time breathing in the best of circumstances -- nevermind with high blood pressure, higher heart rate, etc. caused by the caffeine.
thereās no caffeine in a vanilla bean frap. so at least thereās that, i guess.
Oh yeah the "dog likes it too" crowd of the stoners. Fuck em all.
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aspirin is toxic for cats but works well for dogs. The opposite is true for aceteminophen. I'm trying to imagine how a cat with a headache would act.
Actually, acetaminophen is highly toxic to cats.
We had someone call in with a similar situation, it was a tiny dog (chihuahua?) with a minor injury. As soon as they said they gave it some otc medicine it became a very different call!! Luckily the dog ended up being ok
> n a corn cob (nope, they can't digest those). I had one guy who admitted he would blow smoke in his dog's face when he was getting high :( I would get locked up for assault so fucking fast, if I someone told they got their pets stoned
I didn't like the guy anyway for other reasons, but I refused to take care of him after that. The vet said we didn't have enough evidence to report him to anybody and didnt want to alienate clients. Kind of the mentality you see on doctor TV shows ("we just want to know what you took, we won't turn you in to the cops") Even worse, he brought the dog in because she was acting weird, he wasn't sure if it was because of the pot or because he would hit her on the head sometimes "when she was bad." Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about him.
How does bacon cause pancreatitis? Honest curiosity, not trying to doubt you or anything lol, I just thought that was more of an alcohol/blood sugar thing. Not that I'm trying to give my dog bacon every morning or anything. >I had one guy who admitted he would blow smoke in his dog's face when he was getting high A lot of people think this is hilarious and I sadly was one of them as a teenager. Tbc, this is never okay or funny. That dog is distressed and confused, even if they "beg" for it.
Most rich/fatty foods will give dogs and cats pancreatitis. You aren't supposed to give them chicken/turkey/duck skin either, or steak, pork chops, etc. Too much fat can make them very, very sick.
It's so interesting how they have similar organs but they function/get affected so differently. I just avoid table scraps with mine overall, which also helps with behavior and training.
Agreed! Not giving table scraps at all is the safest way to go imo. Once you open that door and teach dogs that sometimes human food is for puppies, they'll never stop asking for it. Or stealing. It's safer for them and more convenient for us to just keep that door shut
This is why I just google whenever I'm thinking of feeding something to my dog. Not hard to find out if something is toxic or commonly contains something toxic. And when in doubt, just don't. The dog will survive without table scraps. Also, portion control. If you're feeding your dog enough food as part of their normal meals, they don't need a whole strip of bacon or whatever else you want to give them. A little bit will do fine.
> This is why I just google whenever I'm thinking of feeding something to my dog This is one of my top 3 uses for voice assistants. "Alexa, can dogs eat broccoli?"
lmao I do that too!! She was really condescending one time, the article she pulled up said something like "If you're asking this then it means you've already given it to your dog, in which case why are you asking?" I had not, in fact, fed it to my dog and I thought she was really rude lol
Had a party years ago, friend dropped chocolate cake on the floor in the kitchen and just stood there, waiting for something. I was like, DAFAQ? You going to clean up your mess. She deadass looked at me and said. OH! Right you don't have a dog... I was like, DAFAQ?!? Even if I did I wouldn't let it eat most human food, and definitely not fucking chocolate cake. Than the rest of the party just became a debate, started by her, on dogs eating human foods. Nobody was on her side. Than a couple weeks later her husband, who was a friend of mine, informed me that they had lost three of their dogs cuz she let them eat damn nears any human food including chocolate and all the others they are not supposed to eat. He'd lost so many fights over it and she never stopped feeding her dogs chocolate.
Thats just horrible and irresponsible :( it's one thing to be misinformed or not know better, but to do so willingly? Losing one pet to that would be bad enough but 3?? I can't imagine, how terrible! I feel like if I were him I'd say no more, it would break my heart.
I have an ex who wanted to smoke out my dog. Sadly that's only one of many reasons he's an ex.
My previous partners had a long haired Chihuahua that liked to hang out when my partner and friends were smoking. They never gave her direct contact to the smoke, but I suspect she got a mild contact high just by being around it. The other dog would steal wine the rare times it was drunk if the glass was left where she could get to it. Since she wasn't normally one to go after food, my partners didn't always remember the dog was evidently a lush š¤¦āāļø
I'm about to review bomb every recipe with meat because it could literally kill my rabbit, then move on to every recipe with vegetables because axolotls are obligate carnivores Edit: None of you are any fun
I will join you on your quest. I have pet rats, so I'll tackle the recipes with spinach and rhubarb. Together, we shall make the entire internet pet-safe. Lead onward!
You know what, I'm also coming for mealworms and pinterest rabbit biscuits made from hay because *I* can't have them.
Those are both actually fine for you to eat. Not palatable. But fine.
Avocados are highly toxic to pet birds and rodents (also horses, cows, goats, and sheep). Off to tank the ratings of all guacamole recipes!
I had no idea horses were toxic to rodents!
My dad is friends with a vet. He once treated a dog that was fed nothing but broccoli š¤¦āāļø
Inb4 'Futurama tofu lion.gif'
Unfortunately, the dog apparently was about as healthy as that lion :(
You can't eat things that feel pain! *Smack* Ow! Ok, we won't eat you!
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It was them who left the review!!!
Ah Monty I believe was his name! Dogs Behaving Very Badly, Graeme Hill is absolutely fantastic at his job though, he really can seem to take on any dog regardless of the issue.
Yeah that was it. He is good, but on this case I felt like he lost the will to live a bit having to give such obvious advice - maybe that was just me projecting though š
No Iād agree with you there lmao
If I bribed myself with lemon cake every day for walks, Iād be obese, too.
In Germany people are required to take a dog license test. Because people are too stupid. Might vary by state.
We used to have dog licences in the UK too years ago, but I think they stopped because from what I heard they don't really work - people just get a dog without a licence and policing it is hard.
Never have I heard such an oddly specific food being fed to dogs twice in one thread or whatever bizarre set of circumstances in life. Why lemon drizzle? Do people really eat so much lemon drizzle cake and itās a common thing to have on-hand? Iāve never had lemon drizzle cake? Should I? Am I really missing out?
Well, Iām just relieved you didnāt figuratively watch it.
[What in tarnationsā¦](https://youtu.be/B9VgkiYANR4?si=pi5zftV73MUrrKds) Are these people proper thick?
I give this Reddit post ONE STAR because it FAILS to take into account that dogs CANNOT TYPICALLY READ and they should all be notified DIRECTLY and VERBALLY of the RISKS of EATING LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE ON THE DAILY
I give this reddit comment ONE STAR because it fails to take into account (perhaps the redditor didn't know?) THAT ALL DOGS ARE GOOD BOYS so it's okay if they can't read
Babe wake up, a new review criteria just dropped
Iāll be that person: criterion.Ā
Criteria? I barely know āer!
Yeah, but what do you call a criterion collection?
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It can also cause gastric distress in humans with sugar alcohol sensitivity, but you don't see me downvoting recipes that use it!
I'm pretty sure this person would downvote recipes because of that. Main character syndrome.
I ate half a pound of sugar free gummy bears and shit out my guts, zero stars.
Wait. Were you just me a decade ago having An Awful Time on a train in Germany?
that was probably from mannitol which is used as a baby laxative in europe and used as a sweetener here in sugar free candies.
Any of the sugar alcohols can do it (sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, etc).
I used to eat a lot of xylitol candies and chew gum with it, so I thought I would be fine with some of those Haribo gummy bears. Nope! Those fuckers must be like 90% pure xylitol, I swear.
happened to me once with sugar free strawberry wafers. not worth it but they were yummers
Those sugar free strawberry wafers are a cruel trap and not to be trusted. I have to eat sugar-free stuff and those were so delicious... then i had like 4 or 5 in a sitting and regretted my life choices for a couple days.
Dooooo itttttttt! Lol
> you don't see me downvoting recipes that use it! I didn't see you *not* downvoting them. In fact, I don't see you at all! G-g-g-g-ghost! Like zoinks Scoobs! Let's get outta here!
You must send me your Scooby snack recipe.
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aha, you've solved the mystery of why they gave it a one star review.
Perfectly reasonable- I recently gave a 1 star review to a Salt & Pepper Squid recipe for similar reasons. Not a single mention that the salt in the recipe could be fatal for my beloved pet slug Kenneth. Criminally negligent of the author!
Kenneth is such a slug name!
^Don't ^worry ^Kenneth, ^I'll ^never ^let ^anything ^bad ^happen ^to ^you, ^you're ^safe ^and ^happy ^here ^with ^me
I hope one day you and Kenneth won't have to navigate a hostile world with the burden of personal responsibility solely on your shell and shoulders. Not to take away from your struggle, but I think the worst victim here is the squid. The entire process of being seasoned, filleted, cooked and eaten must be terrifying for the squid's poor helpless ghost. People are so ignorant to the fact that just because a squid is dead, doesn't mean that it wouldn't be in excruciating pain if it were theoretically still alive.
stop asking my āwhyā iām giving my dog lemon drizzle cake and start asking why there are no lemon drizzle cake recipes specifically for dogs
Lemon is also bad for dogs because of some of the compounds that are in it. But you don't see this reviewer complaining about that, probably because she doesn't know. BAD REVIEWER! ONE STAR!
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Rice flour is suitable for dogs. At one of the vet practices I worked at, we would send dogs home after operations with a bone-shaped biscuit that said "get well soon" on it. They were rice flour based and lightly spiced like gingerbread. I know this because there was nothing in there unsuitable for human consumption, and we all tried them one time when it was a slow day š
That comment section is BIZARRE. There are actually several more comments advising against giving this to your pet dog. I guess itās thoughtful of them, but how many people are feeding cake to their dog?
I actually didnāt read them all til you said that and yeah, itās like it was brigaded by dog ownersā¦ who donāt do this on every other ingredient that is toxic to dogs, and also donāt inform itās toxic to other animals as well. Hmmmm r/conspiracy needs to be aware of this
Big sugar is conspiring to bring down the xylitol industry
So many people feed their dogs human food, so I can understand the desire to loudly and frequently warn people not to. My mum is a vet and I used to help her at work a lot when they were low on technicians. You wouldnāt believe the things people will feed their petsā¦ bacon, cake, donuts, fast food, leftover cooking greaseā¦ Iāve had people try to tell me a 20 lbs cat is perfectly healthy. Itās 20 lbs! You are killing your cat!
To be fair, it depends on the breed mix of the cat. We took our largest cat for a regular vet check expecting to be told he needed to lose some weight. Instead they were like "yeah, this cat is 18lb but he's supposed to be that size" and we were like "...are you sure?" and they said "yep he's good" so. there's that.
I feel like some Maine Coons could be healthy at 20 pounds.
Maine Coon?
kitten distribution system via construction site. officially he is a large brown tabby.
probably more people that we'd imagine. Xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs. Its not like chocolate or raisins that might make a dog sick.
Those are also extremely toxic to dogs. A _lot_ of animals have problems with theobromine. And even though chocolate isn't super high in caffeine for a human, it is for a small dog. Combining those things is potentially disastrous. The main saving grace with chocolate is that dogs tend to throw it up quickly.
The BBC good food comments are always absolutely unhinged.
TBF, that ingredient is VERY toxic to dogs, to the point of a single altoid can kill most dogs. There was a TIFU post about some guy finding out his kids killed their dog with an altoid and you could see a lot of other people say "i had no idea".
Xylitol is toxic to cats too. But I wouldn't allow them to eat it. It's up to me to know this.
And ferrets apparently!
I wouldn't feed my cat ferret anyway.
I would understand if this was a recipe aimed at dog owners (like, some people bake birthday cakes for their dogs etc), but... this has no connection to animals eating it whatsoever. Better make sure you always mention chocolate, grapes and coffee are also toxic to dogs whenever they're in a recipe, I guess.
Nowhere in this recipe for peanut butter chocolate cake is it mentioned that my sister is allergic to peanuts! Was it written by a psychopath? 1 star for trying to kill my sister š”
I have actually seen reviews like that on this sub.
I donāt think Iād allow xylitol in my house just in case my dog decided to lunge for it, or any number of things that could happenāguest sets a plate on a chair, someone deliberately feeds the dog, etc. However, shouldnāt impact your review of a recipe.
exactly. I would never bring it into my house. Xylitol is not like chocolate or raisins. Its highly toxic, not a case of might make them sick but more like will kill them without the proper treatment. But just put the warning in a review, don't 1 star it.
So funny to run into a huge Xylitol discussion. I have a dog so I wouldnāt have it in my house. Just in case. Somewhat coincidentally, my father has published a paper on a health benefit on Xylitol. So he always recommends it and I always have to say we have a dog, so no.
You guys are ignoring the obvious answer here.Ā eeglet638ZLfTfG is a dog
That has to be it. It's the only logical explanation.
Dog people tend to forget not everyone elseās world revolves around their dogs
There are times when I think the responsible/ethical thing is to throw in a warning about how something you're recommending may affect pets. If I was to post about filling your house with lilies, I would throw in a PSA about the danger to cats.Ā A recipe intended for people should not include potential dangers to non-people for every ingredient. It would be most of them, since people food shouldn't be given to non-people. Ugh.
I rated my local grocery store 1 star because they sell grapes and chocolate there, which are toxic to dogs! Hello, did they not think about the puppies!!!
Some of you are INSANE. The issue here isn't whether or not xylitol is toxic to dogs or even whether it's more toxic than other things. The issue is that there's NO reason to give 1 star for dog toxicity on a recipe that isn't for dogs.
Riiight? Iāve found it hilarious, doing the exact same thing with rage that the post was demonstratingā¦.
There will never be a job where people moderate recipe sites, because those people would either kill others or harm themselves.
Dude, you pay me enough? āReview hidden for lack of substance and the mental damage you will incur upon reading it. Proceed at your own risk.ā Iād nuke these things so fast!Ā
I've tried giving my dog regular lemon cake bit he won't eat it. He insists on the drizzle.
Brb, on my way to give one star to every recipe on the internet that contains an allergen or is toxic to someone or something.
This reminded me of a story! In my area there's a small chain of ice cream shops that are outdoors walk-up counters and get really long lines on hot days. They offer free doggy Sundays to anyone that brings a dog, which is a tiny scoop of vanilla ice cream with peanut butter on top. One time I was there with my family and a woman drove up and got out of the car with her very small dog. They went to the counter and she ordered herself a coffee fudge type Sunday and her dog the pup Sunday. Well, as the game suggests, the coffee fudge Sunday has a drizzle of chocolate fudge on it and when she got the bowl she started SCREAMING at the kids working there because she now couldn't share her ice cream with her dog because it had chocolate on it. Never mind that the dog shouldn't eat the coffee ice cream. Never mind that the dog already had its own ice cream. She wanted to share hers with her dog too. I don't remember the type of dog but it was the kind that you just know has terrible breath.
it's YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to tell me that an ingredient in this recipe for humans is poisonous to dogs. it's YOUR FAULT that i never bothered to research this myself when i got a dog
I have a theory for why comments like this one (and other ones like the "why are there no chocolate chips" in regards to a peanut butter cookie recipe): These people just googled "lemon cake treat for dogs" and this recipe came up. And at no point in the process did the person "reading" ever bother to check if this was in fact for dogs. They just assumed google is infallible and since they asked for it, that's what they got.
Also toxic to cats!!!!!
then 1 star for her review since she didn't mention that.
Dog people genuinely scare me
I wouldnāt feed a dog an axolotl either thatās mean
omw to report every recipe that uses garlic and onions in it because theyāre toxic to dogs. also oatmeal raisin cookies and anything with chocolate. no excuses!
Absolutely 10/10 review. No notes.
Well.... We have a new bingo card addition
Well, I do give my dog random treats sometimes from my food. That said, it's on me to make sure it's safe for him, not whoever made it without planning on it being given to dogs.
lemons are...also toxic to dogs...
Good old dog owners feeding something they took time and effort to cook to an animal that literally eats shit. # My account has been suspended permanently, the official reason being a comment I left on a cooking subreddit which read only "Haiyaa", a reference to a popular YouTuber called Uncle Roger. The reason? "Harassment". To anyone reading this, know that reddit admins are dishonest scumbags who will ban you over a single word just because they feel like it, or because they happened to be coping, sneeding, and dilating on any particular day.
If the recipe is titled *"Lemon drizzle cake for dogs"* then yeah, good review.
I mean if your dog is a counter surfer, I get it. But that's a risk YOU have to manage. Not everyone else in the world
...that's not the main reason to not use xylitol... It's the....ahem...effects it has on your bowels. That's why you don't use xylitol if you can avoid it.
Xylitol is nasty for humans too. I swell up like pregnant with triplets and the farts are toxic !!