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Please remember these are just a few of the potential food dangers to your dog. If you suspect your dog has eaten something poisonous  get to a vet immediately. The ASPCA’s poison control center’s number is 888.426.4435.

• Apple, Almond, Apricot, Peach, Wild Cherries, Plum, Balsam Pear, Prunes and similar fruits: diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, (stem, seeds and leaves). The seeds of most fruits contain cyanide, which is poisonous to dogs as well as humans.
• Avocados: The fruit, pit and plant are all toxic. They can cause difficulty breathing and fluid accumulation in the chest, abdomen and heart.
• Broccoli: Reported to be pretty potent gastrointestinal irritant (just like in humans).
• Cherry: Rapid breathing, shock, mouth inflammation, heart rate increase.
• Chocolate: Seizures, coma, hyperactivity, rapid heart beat, tremors, death. Bakers chocolate is the most dangerous. If you suspect your pet had ingested chocolate, please keep an eye out for ANY signs of poisoning! All dogs react differently.
• Coffee/Tea: Drinks/foods containing caffeine or sugar may cause many of the same symptoms chocolate causes.
• Cooked Bones: Don’t give your dog cooked bones because they deteriorate and splinter easily. They can cause extensive damage to internal organs and passage ways, potentially resulting in death.
• Mushrooms: Acute gastric effects, liver and kidney damage, abdominal pain, nausea, salivation, vomiting.
• Nutmeg: tremors, seizures and death.
• Tobacco: Nausea, salivation, vomiting, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat)
• Onion: (cats are more sensitive) gastrointestinal upset, hemolytic anemia, heinz body anemia, hemogloinria, destroys red blood cells.
• Grapes, Raisins, Prunes: As little as a single serving of grapes or raisins can kill a dog. It takes anywhere from 9 oz to 2 lbs of grapes or raisins to cause severe vomiting and diarrhea, and possible kidney failure.
• Salt: Excessive intake can cause kidney problems.
• Raw Eggs: Can contain salmonella. Dogs have a higher immunity against salmonella poisoning but are not 100% immune and have been reported to get sick from uncooked eggs.

And finally, for the facts about cocoa mulch we defer to the ASPCA.