As a practice batch for a recent chili contest I made a batch of chili
that didn't turn out so well. I really didn't like it and didn't want to
eat that batch so I thought maybe I could feed it to the dogs.

This chili contains a lot of jalapeno peppers and some spices like
cayenne (chili) powder and a lot of garlic. My dogs can eat just about
anything. They like raw tomatoes and even raw onions. Is it safe for
them to eat jalapenos? I know there are things like chocolate that dogs
are never supposed to eat even though they'll eat it. I just wondered if
jalapenos had something in it that would be bad for dogs.

Onions are just as bad as chocolate, and jalapenos could cause major stomach
problems. Just throw it out.

Tomatoes are ok for dogs but I would only feed them just tomatoes without a
lot of spices. Some dogs get really upset stomachs easily and excessive
gas.

Celeste

"Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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As a practice batch for a recent chili contest I made a batch of chili
that didn't turn out so well. I really didn't like it and didn't want to
eat that batch so I thought maybe I could feed it to the dogs.

This chili contains a lot of jalapeno peppers and some spices like
cayenne (chili) powder and a lot of garlic. My dogs can eat just about
anything. They like raw tomatoes and even raw onions. Is it safe for
them to eat jalapenos? I know there are things like chocolate that dogs
are never supposed to eat even though they'll eat it. I just wondered if
jalapenos had something in it that would be bad for dogs.

"Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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As a practice batch for a recent chili contest I made a batch of chili
that didn't turn out so well. I really didn't like it and didn't want to
eat that batch so I thought maybe I could feed it to the dogs.

This chili contains a lot of jalapeno peppers and some spices like
cayenne (chili) powder and a lot of garlic. My dogs can eat just about
anything. They like raw tomatoes and even raw onions. Is it safe for
them to eat jalapenos? I know there are things like chocolate that dogs
are never supposed to eat even though they'll eat it. I just wondered if
jalapenos had something in it that would be bad for dogs.



poor dogs ... why use them as dustbins ..

In article says...
Onions are just as bad as chocolate, and jalapenos could cause major stomach
problems. Just throw it out.

What is it about onions that make it bad for dogs? I understand why dogs
can't eat chocolate, something to do with they can't process the cocoa
and caffeine. For people, jalapeno peppers are actually very good for
your stomach.

Tomatoes are ok for dogs but I would only feed them just tomatoes without a
lot of spices. Some dogs get really upset stomachs easily and excessive
gas.

I've fed my dogs all kinds of veggies as treats over their 10 years on
this planet no problem. The only problem I have is when I let them lick
plates after Thanksgiving dinner and the lab pays me back by having
uncontrollable diarrhea and poops in the house. I think it might have
been something to do with the gravy.

"Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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As a practice batch for a recent chili contest I made a batch of chili
that didn't turn out so well. I really didn't like it and didn't want to
eat that batch so I thought maybe I could feed it to the dogs.

This chili contains a lot of jalapeno peppers and some spices like
cayenne (chili) powder and a lot of garlic. My dogs can eat just about
anything. They like raw tomatoes and even raw onions. Is it safe for
them to eat jalapenos? I know there are things like chocolate that dogs
are never supposed to eat even though they'll eat it. I just wondered if
jalapenos had something in it that would be bad for dogs.


Troll,Troll,Troll your boat...

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"Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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As a practice batch for a recent chili contest I made a batch of chili
that didn't turn out so well. I really didn't like it and didn't want
to
eat that batch so I thought maybe I could feed it to the dogs.

This chili contains a lot of jalapeno peppers and some spices like
cayenne (chili) powder and a lot of garlic. My dogs can eat just about
anything. They like raw tomatoes and even raw onions. Is it safe for
them to eat jalapenos? I know there are things like chocolate that dogs
are never supposed to eat even though they'll eat it. I just wondered
if
jalapenos had something in it that would be bad for dogs.


Troll,Troll,Troll your boat...




You didn't mean that I was a troll did you ? I spent a large part of my
Scandinavian childhood peering into the wood looking for the small hairy
longnosed big eared trolls my mother told me lived under the newly fallen
oaktrees but I never saw any ..... (breathers out ) I dont know any other
type of Troll .....

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:53:07 -0600, Mark Anderson
wrote:

As a practice batch for a recent chili contest I made a batch of chili
that...would be bad for dogs.

Plenty of people enjoy hot peppers, on an infrequent basis. Their
systems never quite get used to the peppers; so, the folks joke about
how the peppers burn going in and coming out. I suspect its the same for
dogs, and I consider that pretty close to abusive.

I'm not wishing to blow this out of proportion: I merely wish you'd
reconsider the spices, peppers and onions.

I eat some sort of pepper sauce each day. I have a plastic squirt bottle
like catsup and mustard are found in at restaurants, only mine contains
a mixture of Texas Pete and Liquid Smoke. I chew corn chips, and squirt
the pepper sauce directly into my mouth. It's a non-messy way to get the
heat I want. In the meantime, my dogs get their own treats. Yum, yum!


School - Four walls with tomorrow inside.

In article says...
My suspiscions were that she killed her own dogs by feeding them onions. I
can't confirm this.

Interesting. Although I only give my dogs parts of onions every now and
then I didn't realize how it would affect their blood clotting abilities.
During tomato harvest season around August/September they get a lot of
tomato ends as treats. I would presume that garlic, which is real good
for humans, would be just as bad for a dog since it acts as a blood
thinner. Last year my Border Collie, ever so clever, figured out how to
get at some mouse poison and ate it. Ever since I had her fixed she's
been on a very strict diet and is always scrounging for food. Anyway,
mouse poison does the same thing, it thins the blood causing internal
bleeding. I spent a very scary month getting her blood back to normal
but she pulled through fine. It's hard to tell what's going on inside
the dog.

Anyway, I tossed the chili. It was a lot of food which is why I asked
the question. A little piece of weird veggie like onion every now and
then (even rarer since I don't cook much), probably won't hurt but giving
them a whole crockpot of chili over the next month probably wouldn't be
a good idea even though my bad chili has to taste better than that
Pedigree canned food and I only feed them about one can of that stuff per
week as a treat. They mainly live on dry food.

Thanks for the input. The dogs are going in for their shots in a couple
of months and I'll ask my vet about what veggies they can eat and how
much.

"Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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I only give my dogs parts of onions every now and
then I didn't realize how it would affect their blood clotting abilities.
...........rat poison keeps the blood from clotting, onions cause Heinz body
anemia - where the RBCs lyse or break open. This stops when you quit
feeding onions. Some dogs are more affected than others due to a faulty
metabolic pathway. If a dog is already anemic or is a puppy then the body
can't keep up with making new RBCs. This goes on too long and they get
sick.

During tomato harvest season around August/September they get a lot of
tomato ends
.........no foliage though as it is toxic.

as treats. I would presume that garlic, which is real good
for humans, would be just as bad for a dog
..........not really. Toy dogs seem to react more readily to onion/garlic
compounds. For most dogs they would have to eat an enormous amount every
day to cause a problem.

buglady
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