Does anyone have a list of common household items that are toxic to dogs?

Question

I know about poinsettas, antifreeze, chocolate, and that new ingredient in sugar free gum. Someone told me golf balls can be bad, is this true? What about tobacoo and marajuana smoke inhalation (besides over long periods of times), my friend's bf smokes pot in front of his puppy, what short term effects could this have? Anyways, for my own dogs' sake as well as my friends, I wanted a very thorough list of items that could be hazardous. I keep reading silly things like grapes, true?

Answer 1

Here you go :

http://www.feednfarm.com/petsandpoison.html

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_toxicplants

The above sites answer all of your questions and give detailed categories and lists of toxins.

Good Luck !

Answer 2

I really don't know any common ones but I have OCD. Mine are cleaning and organizing. Everything is so freakin clean and organized. If its not I get nauseated and start to panic that something is either dirty or out of place. I always think about losing family members, my boyfriend, my dog or anything to some awful tragic accident and it makes me miserable. I recently got put on Ativan for anxiety I get because I start to convince myself that someone is dead or hurt and cry and cry. Its ridiculous! I also count. I know that it is very common. Arranging things is huge too. Food on your plate, my mashed potatoes have to be round with a hole in the middle to pour gravy in. The entire thing being perfectly proportioned and rounded or I won't eat it. I know counting and sorting and that is all the most common because everyone has a different degree of the disorder so everyone will vary. I take lots of meds and see lots of therapists. I would love to tell you don't worry about it...but you know how it is.

Answer 3

Veterinary Neurological Consulting Services, Dadeville, Alabama, USA.

Introduction
Neurotoxicity in dogs and cats may result from myriad agents, including metals, pesticides, solvents and other chemicals, and bacterial, animal, and plant-derived toxins, as well as therapeutic agents [1]. Drug-induced toxicity may be caused by overdosage, undesirable side effects, or accidental exposure, usually ingestion. In one study [2], the most commonly reported toxins were: lindane-based insecticides (HCB, hexachlorocyclohexane, Isotox, Lintox); pyrethrin and pyrethroid insecticides (permethrin, fenvalerate/DEET); chlorpyrifos, strychnine, lead, metaldehyde (in metaldehyde-based molluscicides), and caffeine (e.g., ingestion of caffeine-based stimulants or chocolate which contains caffeine and theobromine). In general, signs of neurotoxicity may include excitation, depression, tremors, clonic-tonic seizures, hyperactivity, ataxia, circling, salivation, hyperthermia, and coma. Treatment involves decontamination where indicated (e.g., bathing/shampooing), inducing emesis (e.g. apomorphine), correction of any fluid and electrolyte imbalances, repeated administration of activated charcoal with a saline cathartic (sodium sulfate is more efficient than magnesium sulfate) or performing gastric lavage to decrease the amount the animal absorbs, and providing demulscents (milk, kaolin-pectin) for any gastrointestinal irritation [3].
Neurotoxic agents have been arbitrarily grouped as follows:


Metals
Lead
Mercury
Automotive products
Ethylene glycol
Solvents/cleansing agents
Alcohols
Chlorhexidine
Hexachlorophene
Rodenticides
Anticoagulant Rodenticides
Bromethalin
Strychnine
Thallium
Insecticides, Molluscicides, Repellents
Amitraz
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Metaldehyde
Organophosphates/Carbamates
Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids
Herbicides
(2-methyl-4-chloro) Phenoxyacetic Acid
Plants
Cyanogenic
Cycad Palms
Bacterial
Botulism
Tetanus Animal
Tick Paralysis
Toad Toxicity
Therapeutic agents/drugs
Aminoglycosides
Barbiturates
Caffeine and other Methylxanthines
Bromide
Closantel
Griseofulvin
Ivermectin
Levamisole
Methionine
Metoclopramide
Metronidazole
Pemoline
Toluene/Dichlorophen
Tricyclic Antidepressants
Vincristine
Zolpidem
5-Fluorouracil
5-Hydroxytryptophan

Answer 4

The common foods that we eat like grapes/raisins, avocados, chocolate, and onions are toxic. I just also heard that the Swiffer Wet mop is also dangerous if you use it and it gets on the paws and the dog licks it off.

Answer 5

Your vet should be able to give you a list.

Other wise search the ASCPA Animal Poison Control Center website.

Answer 6

Chocolate, sugar free gum, mints, all the stuff you said BESIDES grapes!

Answer 7

the aspca website has a list of everything that will harm your dogs or cats. they will also send you a free magnet with the animal posion control number one it..

Answer 8

ONIONS, RAISINS TOO.