If you want to learn more about our fresh, human-grade food, check out are omnivores, so can digest fruit and vegetables as well as meat. The Ollie blog is devoted to helping pet parents lead healthier lives with their pups. This could include inducing vomiting, pumping the dog’s stomach, and providing treatments to support the kidneys. Your vet will work to stabilize your dog. When you call the vet, make sure to provide them with a detailed timeline (when the dog ate the grape or your best guess) and any symptoms your dog is experiencing. This is not advised if your pet is having trouble breathing or is already in distress. This could physically remove the grape from the dog’s stomach or at least help to slow down the spread of toxins. If your dog has just eaten the grape, you may be instructed to induce vomiting to remove the grape. What is the treatment for grape poisoning? In this situation, the sooner you get your pet to the vet for treatment, the better. You want to be watching your dog for the following symptoms:Įven if your dog is not displaying any of these symptoms, you should not wait until they do. You can also call the Animal Poison Control Hotline in the meantime. If your vet’s office is closed follow their directions and contact the closest emergency facility. Since dogs tend to do these things at the worst times. If your dog has consumed grapes or raisins, contact your vet’s office immediately. What should you do if your dog eats grapes? You may also want to share with people who regularly spend time with your dog a list of toxic foods for dogs to make sure there are no mishaps. You should also monitor the dog carefully to make sure they don’t steal a grape or find one that was dropped on the floor. If you are hosting a brunch or dinner at your home and you are serving grapes, you should give everyone a friendly reminder not to feed them to the dog. Make sure that everyone in your house: all pet caregivers, children, and anyone who comes in contact with your dog are aware that they can not feed grapes to your dog. Katie Swales, DVM a veterinarian at Rainbow Vet in Darlington, PA. We don’t know WHAT dogs will be affected, just that some eat grapes their whole lives and some get a couple and go into kidney failure” says Dr. “The problem with grapes and raisins is we don’t know WHY they cause renal failure, just that they do. Grapes cause kidney failure in dogs, which can be fatal if not treated. While this may be less true in larger dogs, you do not want to take the chance. So even if your pet has only eaten a single grape or raisin, it can still cause them to get very sick. Some dogs can have a few grapes and be fine, whereas others will get sick after eating a single grape or raisin. Because of that, peeled or seedless grapes should also be avoided.”Īdditionally, it is not known how many grapes a dog will need to eat to get sick. Too much Omega-6 can lead to inflammation, which is not something you want for your pup.Īccording to the American Kennel Club, “Grapes and raisins are known to be highly toxic to dogs, though research has yet to pinpoint exactly which substance in the fruit causes this reaction. Grapeseed oil is high in Omega-6 fatty acids. Use caution when sharing anything with grapeseed oil with your dog. Some pet owners do use grapeseed oil with their pets with success. Okay this one is a little more complicated, as we mentioned whatever is manking dogs sick from grapes is not found in the seeds.
This means it now contains alcohol which is also not good for your pup. As you probably know, wine is simply grape juice that has been fermented. Most veterinarians recommend that you don't give your dog grape juice or even worse, wine. While it seems that the toxin is found in the flesh of the grape, there is not conculusive evidence that grape juice makes dogs sick. There are plenty of other fruits and vegetables that are safe for you to share with your pet. There are many 'new' grapes like Cotton Candy Grapes or Witches' fingers that have been created through breeding. It does not matter what color the grape is or if it is an heirloom variety. What about red or green grapes? Does color matter?īoth red and green grapes should not be offered to dogs.
We dug in and asked the experts why it is so critical to keep grapes away from your pup and what to do if your dog does find a way to steal a grape.
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) received 3,722 calls, or cases, involving grapes and raisins in 2016, out of a total of 180,639 total cases that year. While you might love to share healthy snacks with your dog, guard your pups against grapes!
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