Chocolates are Green Dog’s Sweet Traitors

This should serve as a warning for all dog lovers out there. Chocolates are dangerous for your best animal friends. It is maybe good for us but it is certainly bad for them. In fact veterinarians consider it a poison. Let not your green dogs and puppies suffer. 

Accordingly, the less sweet or the darker the chocolates, the more harmful it gets. Chocolates contain the chemical called theobromine which stimulates the central nervous system causing seizures, heart damage and too much urination leading to dehydration.

Theobromine’s half-life is about 17.5 hours. So if your furry friend has eaten chocolates a week ago and nothing bad happened to him, he had probably eliminated the toxin. But dogs can develop a craving for chocolates just like us, so be careful not to let them have more.

Just in case Fluffy gets naughty and ransacks a bagful of Reese’s, take note of the symptoms of chocolate poisoning so you know what to do. He gets hyperactive and frequently twitches. Worse thing that can happen is he can have diarrhea, seizures and will be vomiting. This should prompt you to bring him to the vet ASAP. Vets consider it an emergency case to be taken under the Intensive Care Unit.

You may think that sharing chocolates with your best animal buddy is cute - a gesture of love and affection for him but it would be better to avoid the practice. You now know that the sweet chocolates are your dog’s traitors. A healthier and greener practice is to keep treats on hand that are formulated from NATURAL sources, green foods that are beneficial for your beloved dog.

Go Natural with Your Green Dog Treats

Imagine your little green puppy jogging around your feet then stops, looks up to you with eager hopeful eyes while you take out the pup cakes from the oven. I don’t know how they know it’s delicious but they just know. And the look on there faces? It’s priceless.

Cooking treats for your furrykid ensures you’re giving them the right food treats with the right stuff. Because it is you who made it, you can have the liberty to select the ingredients that you know are good for their health plus the fact that you can personally assure the quality of the ingredients. You can make treats that are as natural or less processed as possible, which you know are highly recommended by the animal experts. Moreover, you get to toss to them only fresh food treats. It would be a good bonding session for you and your pet while giving them a green, healthy lifestyle.

If you’re somewhat busy and do not have the time to make treats by yourself, there are available dog treats in the pet section in supermarkets. Don’t be duped though by the extra benefits that these products claim on their labels. Always check on the ingredients. It pays to check the label.  Go for those made from natural stuff and it would be better if you can see if it is FDA approved.

Going green with dog’s treat can have more benefits than giving your pets a healthier, happier and greener lifestyle. The return of the treat goes back to you in doubles. You get to enjoy life with your best furry buddy and discreetly save our environment from becoming artificial.