Can Dogs Eat Onions?

Dogs are absolutely not allowed to eat onions, as dogs will be poisoned if they eat onions. Onions contain disulfides, which are harmless to humans, but they can cause oxidation of red blood cells in dogs, causing hemolytic anemia and hematuria.

Moreover, the smell of green onions can easily stimulate the dog's sense of smell, make the dog sneeze and affect its sense of smell. Onion is a kind of irritating food, which can stimulate the dog's intestines and easily cause diarrhea and vomiting. Onion foods, such as onions, can cause hemolysis in dogs, which can be life-threatening in severe cases.

Onions, chocolate, grapes, butter, avocado, fungi, preserved eggs, salt foods, seafood, cherries, plums, alcohol and other foods can also cause dog poisoning. Bones are also difficult to feed dogs, as they can easily scratch the esophagus, get stuck in the throat and cause suffocation.

Dogs are carnivorous animals. When feeding, more animal protein needs to be formulated in the feed, supplemented with vegetarian ingredients, so as to ensure the normal development and health of dogs. Dogs sometimes eat grass, but they eat very little, and occasionally spit it out. Dogs eat grass not to satisfy their hunger, but to clear their stomach, mainly because of the unique structure of the dog's stomach. Generally speaking, for a dog with a weight of 15-25 kg, if a medium-sized onion is eaten by mistake, the sick dog can be seen to discharge red or dark red hemoglobinuria 1-2 days after eating, and vomiting and diarrhea occur at the same time; Mental depression, palpitations, splenomegaly and other symptoms. Severe anemia may appear after 7-8 days. Remind all parents that if the dog uses onions for a long time, then chronic poisoning may occur, showing jaundice and anemia.