I accidentally fed my dog Meiji silk last night and enjoyed chocolate ice cream and two balls. I threw up a little the next day.

Chocolate is poisonous to dogs. Although dogs are traditional carnivores, it does not mean that the food of domestic dogs is limited to meat. Unlike other real carnivores such as cats, domestic dogs can live a healthy life on food such as vegetables and grains. In fact, their diet is very balanced. The diet of typical wild carnivores is nourished by the stomach contents of herbivores they capture, so their nutrition is often unbalanced. However, domestic dogs have dealt with this well. They can be vegetarian, especially when these foods are paired with eggs or milk (puppies should not drink milk, their stomachs are weak and they cannot absorb and digest milk) (not strict vegetarianism, or whey protein). On the other hand, domestic dogs are more tolerant of meat than people, and will not suffer from metabolic diseases such as arterial obstruction because they eat more meat. In addition, scientists have also found that high-protein foods (eating a lot of meat) can help them prevent muscle tissue damage, such as the dog sled race in Idatarod, Alaska, and other similar situations under extreme pressure.

Dogs generally have the habit of feeding on human feces to varying degrees. This is true, although it may upset many pet dog owners. China even has a saying that "dogs can't change their ways and eat shit". The reason for this phenomenon is not clear; Some studies believe that dogs have acquired this habit through getting along with humans in the process of domestication for tens of thousands of years. This is one of the important sources of food that dogs have to accept feces during the period of food shortage in early human society. There are also views that this is a pathological manifestation of dogs in the case of insufficient food, malnutrition or parasitic diseases.

Dogs can accept fewer kinds of food than humans, for example, their metabolism of theobromine in chocolate is much slower than that of humans, and a large intake of chocolate will lead to theobromine poisoning; And some commonly used Chinese patent medicines are also toxic to dogs. Therefore, it is common sense to keep dogs away from people using drugs and some people using food. Some foods that humans can eat are not for dogs.

Death by Chocolate

The purine content of theobromine in chocolate is very high, which will damage the kidneys of dogs, and the ability of dogs to degrade purine is far lower than that of humans. Chocolate also contains caffeine, which is also very harmful to the health of dogs. The purer the chocolate, the smaller the dog, and the greater the chance of poisoning. Theobromine contained in chocolate is the main cause of dog poisoning. At present, the common chocolate on the market contains theobromine 1 15 mg per kilogram, which is enough to cause the death of dogs, while the general pure chocolate contains about 2? 800 milligrams of theobromine. Dogs weighing 1 kg may die if they eat 9 grams of pure chocolate (coin size). The symptoms of chocolate poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, frequent urination, anxiety, hyperactivity, rapid heartbeat and breathing. It may even cause the dog to twitch or even die.