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Old December 20th 07, 11:47 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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Just as taking the time to cook your own meals can be healthier than
eating out or eating a meal that comes in a box, making your own dog
food recipes is a way to both add variety to your pet's diet and have
more control about what goes into your dog's body. And although making
your own dog food recipes can result in a happy, healthy canine who
doesn't have a lot of artificial flavors or preservatives, there's
also the potential for missteps if you add the wrong foods. If you're
starting to cook your own dog food recipes, here are some foods to
avoid:
Chocolate
One of the most commonly known things to avoid feeding dogs, you
should never add this food to any dog food recipes. The substance
theobromine, which occurs naturally in chocolate, is toxic to dogs.
While the concentration of theobromine varies in chocolate, with milk
chocolate containing the least and baker's chocolate the most. In any
case, avoid chocolate in dog food recipes.
Onions
Onions, though they make great flavoring for both human and dog food
recipes, can lead to a condition called Heinz body anemia, which
destroys red blood cells and can lead to full-blown anemia in dogs.
You have a few ways to minimize this risk, such as cutting the onions
big enough that they impart some flavor to the food before easy
removal before serving, or just leaving the onions out of your dog
food recipes altogether. It's been suggested that the biggest danger
in this comes from low-quality onions, so if you purchase good-quality
onions, you may also minimize the danger. Two Japanese breeds, the
Akita and the Shiba Inu are particularly susceptible....

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Old December 21st 07, 12:54 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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"ashley ross" wrote in message
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It's been suggested that the biggest danger
in this comes from low-quality onions, so if you purchase good-quality
onions, you may also minimize the danger.


........never heard that one before. Sounds like poppycock to me.

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Old December 21st 07, 01:19 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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It's been suggested that the biggest danger
in this comes from low-quality onions, so if you purchase good-quality
onions, you may also minimize the danger.


.......never heard that one before. Sounds like poppycock to me.


Yeah. Onions are onions. The "suggested" part of this statement shows that
it is more than likely an old wives tale.

For the OP, Onions (and garlic) contain the toxic ingredient thiosulphate.
Pets affected by onion toxicity will develop haemolytic anaemia, where the
pet's red blood cells burst while circulating in its body. All forms of
onion can be a problem.

Saying that a "good quality" onion wouldn't be a danger is kind of like
saying that if I eat a "good quality" lobster I won't die from shell fish
allergy.


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Old December 21st 07, 12:52 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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buglady wrote:

.......never heard that one before. Sounds like poppycock to me.


This bozo--under various names--has been spamming the same blog in
every single dog group I subscribe to. I don't see any reason to
take anything she/he/they say seriously, just on general principle
that spammers are self-interested liars.

This goes a little beyond that, though, in that they seem to be
giving out advice that could actually be harmful to pets. Ugh.

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Old December 21st 07, 03:44 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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"Sharon Too" wrote in message
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Yeah. Onions are onions. The "suggested" part of this statement shows that
it is more than likely an old wives tale.


.......Ain't gonna look for the link, but there is a difference in the
quantities of compounds causing Heinz body anemia in onion relatives. IIRC
wild onions and leeks have the most of those compounds. But that still ain't
got nothing to do with the quality of regular onions.

buglady
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