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My dog eats raw potatoes
Mon, 22/10/2007 - 21:23 — David Goodwin
My (one) dog is weird.
In what is probably a result of insecurity, generated by Kat's pregnancy, Cassie started to cause trouble when being left indoors overnight.
It started off with her emptying the bin, and then when we moved the bin into a different room, she started leaving pools of urine next to the freezer. When the novelty of this wore off (i.e. I pushed her nose in it) she moved on to rummaging through the vegetable rack, and eat raw potatoes.
So, for the last fortnight, she's slept outside.
This evening, Kat went to Bromsgrove Operatic Society's rehearsal - and when we came back two hours later, we found she'd been helping herself to more potatoes.
Interestingly she wasn't particularly keen on eating more when I presented her with more.
Strangely she's not tried eating any of the apples - which I'd have thought would be far more appealing (considering they're sweet).
Dogs!
(On a side note; "Herbert" seemed to enjoy listening to the rehearsal - at least, we think his intensive kicking indicated this :) )
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Potato danger...
I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but, potatoes in
general, particularly green and/or raw potatoes can contain
toxic levels of something called Solanine...
http://www.food-info.net/uk/qa/qa-fp95.htm
"Most solanine occurs in the skin or just under the skin of potatoes. Peeled potatoes have been found to contain 30-80% less solanine than unpeeled potatoes, and green potatoes should always be peeled if they are to be used at all. Solanine and chaconine are also present in potato shoots."
"In large quantities, solanine poisoning can cause death. One study suggests that doses of 2 to 5 mg per kilogram of body weight can cause toxic symptoms, and doses of 3 to 6 mg per kilogram of body weight can be fatal."
"Commercial varieties of potatoes are screened for solanine levels, and most have a solanine content of less than 0.2mg/g. However potatoes that have been exposed to light and started to green (see greening) can show concentrations of 1 mg/g or more. In these situations a single unpeeled potato can result in a dangerous dose."
The rest of the article goes into more detail, including symptoms of toxicity.
Perhaps your dog wasn't hungry for more because she already felt
sick from the ones she had already eaten...nausea is one of the
symptoms of toxicity...
To be safe, I would keep her away from any more potatoes.
danger, potatoes about
Wow - that's quite interesting. I've heard people say not to eat green potatoes, but never knew why - and have in the past just peeled them heavily to remove the 'green-ness'.
Cassie's unlikely to get hew jaws around any more potatoes, as she's left outside if we are sleeping or away from home for more than an hour or so. She didn't appear to be sick, or unwell after the episode - just cringing as she knew she'd done something wrong.
This information is slightly amusing, as I remember eating a raw potato many years ago when I was first left at home to 'prepare' lunch on the farm. I suppose I might have been 8 at the time. Not knowing what to do, I thought perhaps it was already cooked. Hopefully it did me no harm :-)
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