Make Sure Your Cavapoo Doesn’t Eat These 17 Foods!

Are there foods that Cavapoos should never eat?  YES! In fact, there are 17 foods that’ll not only hurt our pets but can also kill them. Safeguards must be in place to prevent our pups from endangering their health. Now, to the matter at hand. What foods are dangerous for your Cavapoo?

Onions

I love onions. I can eat them sauteed or raw. They add a unique flavor to soups, pizza’s, hamburgers, hotdogs, and fried catfish. Yum, yum!

But this tasty additive is fatal to Cavapoos. How could something so good be a killer? Well, it turns out that onions contain N-propyl disulfide, a compound that is toxic to a dog’s red blood cells, damaging his ability to carry oxygen through his body. The result is anemia which produces lethargy, weakness, decreased appetite and even fainting. Some dogs may even need a blood transfusion.

Don’t think that you can substitute onion powder for onions and give that to your dog. Even processed onions can kill Fido, your pride and joy.

Coffee and Tea

Coffee and tea are saturated with caffeine which can wreck a dog’s nervous system. Seizures, tremors, or an elevated heart rate could result if you give your pup coffee or tea. Make sure that he has plenty of sparkling water to quench his thirst. Let’s keep the caffeine filled southern specialties to ourselves!

Mushrooms

Some mushrooms are filled with toxins that can cause Cavapoos serious health issues and even death. Make sure that you throw away wild mushrooms that have sprouted in your lawn. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, there are four categories of mushroom toxins that can endanger dogs. 

1. Gastrointestinal toxins. There are several types of mushrooms that can cause pets to have an upset stomach. In fact, your dog could become ill within 15 minutes of sampling these mushrooms. One variety is called the muscarinic mushroom. It can cause vomiting and diarrhea, resulting in weakness, dehydration, a slow heart rate, and respiratory issues.
2. Hepatotoxic. Amanita mushrooms can bring on liver failure that results in death. GI symptoms are not immediate but will occur some 6-24 hours later, producing jaundice, lethargy, weakness, and perhaps a coma. Death can result in a few days.
3. Nephrotoxic. Mushrooms of this type affect the kidneys. Nausea, vomiting, dehydration are the results. 
4. Neurotoxic. Hydrazines, Isoxazole, and Psilocybin mushrooms can cause neurological damage to dogs. The onslaught of sickness occurs as soon as 30 minutes after digesting one of these mushrooms, resulting in weakness, lack of coordination, tremors, hallucinations, vocalizations, disorientation, agitation, seizures, and kidney and liver damage.

Grapes and Raisins

How could these two health foods be dangerous to our canine buddies?  Grapes and raisins contain a toxin that attack a dog’s kidney functions, leading to death.

Chocolate

Chocolate is an absolute “no-no” when it comes to the pup population. Dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, and unsweetened baker’s chocolate are potent toxins for our furry friends. The reason is that chocolate has an ingredient called theobromine, which resembles caffeine. High amounts of this ingredient could bring on death whereas small amounts could cause stomach problems. Just make sure your Cavapoo stays far away from chocolate!

Garlic

Garlic is an ingredient that has a very distinct smell. But odors don’t kill. What can kill your pooch is a compound called thiosulfate that attacks his red blood cells. When digested in large amounts, garlic can cause your pup to cross over the rainbow bridge. Special caution should be taken while using garlic when we cook. We may unknowingly drop garlic on the kitchen floor, making it available for consumption by a hungry Cavapoo. 

Yeast

Make sure you don’t give your Cavapoo unbaked bread dough. Unbaked bread dough contains fermented yeast that can collect in the bloodstream where it manufactures ethanol, resulting in alcohol poisoning. Another problem is that yeast will rise as it transports through the digestive system, resulting in twisting the stomach, which can cause death.

Macadamia Nuts

The delicious macadamia cookie has certainly made its mark in the sweets market. However, macadamia nuts are not good for dogs. Veterinarians don’t know the exact reason why they aren’t a healthy snack for our pups. But after consuming macadamia nuts, dogs eventually vomit, have weakness, hyperthermia, and a loss of bodily functions. Just keep macadamia nuts in cookies and keep the cookies out of reach of Cavapoo doggies.

Fat Trimmings

Don’t toss the fat you trimmed from that ribeye to your hungry pooch. While his taste buds may love it, his body won’t. Foods high in fat, and raw fats can produce a variety of problems like vomiting, diarrhea, pancreatitis, and blood infections. 

Sugar-Free Gum and Candy

Almost all sugar free gum and candy contains xylitol, better known as a sugar substitute. When eaten, a dog’s insulin level soars and can even cause severe liver issues. Extra caution should be taken against leaving a purse in reach of a Cavapoo, who could easily scour through it and devour its contents. The result of consuming sugar free gum and candy is death within a few days.

White Bread

The oil and sugar in white bread that you buy at the grocery store can cause pancreatitis in your canine buddy. 

Bacon

Eaten in large amounts, bacon can be deadly for dogs. Bacon has tons of salt and fat and can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and indigestion in dogs. It can lead to pancreatitis, which can be deadly.

Cooked Bones

We’ve grown up with the image of a dog burying a bone, or a pooch chewing on a bone. While these bones may be safer for our dogs, cooked bones aren’t. They become brittle and can break into sharp shards that can damage the GI tract of our pups. So remember that cooked bones are dangerous to our puppies.

Blue Cheese

Many blue cheeses have roquefortine C, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, twitching, seizures, and high temperatures when consumed in large amounts.

Conclusion

Growing up, we had outside dogs. After eating supper, I’d throw the scraps out to them. I never knew the danger of toxins contained in these scraps.  That, of course, was pre-internet. Today, with a tap of the finger we can research various foods to find out what we’re not to feed our loving Cavapoos. 

Let’s keep this article handy as a reminder of what our dogs cannot have. 

-Howell