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What about coffee??

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#1 ·
Do your Havs like coffee??? Sally just adores it and every chance she gets she will stick her little snout into a coffee mug and drink as much a she can. I'm hoping it isn't bad for her. It does become a bit of a nuisance because you can't leave your coffee for a minute and we are afraid she will spill it on the rug.
 
#2 ·
I'm thinking that coffee is not good for dogs....the caffeine can create irregular heart beats, etc. Others may be more informed, but I wouldn't let Sally drink your coffee. Do you use cream and/or sugar? It might actually be that flavor that she is after. You can do a google search on the toxic foods for animals and coffee comes up.
 
#3 ·
No, Gucci won't touch my coffee and I practically drink it ALL day. I would be careful giving it, too. I doubt there is much research on it out there, but caffeine might be bad for them. They digest things differently than us, even tylenol or motrin can be toxic to them, whereas it usually isn't with us.

I'd google it, too.

Kara
 
#4 ·
Lily & Lexi also find a sitting coffee cup, very appealing, and will stick their noses in an drink if it is left out. Logan has never shown an interest, but then again we are a lot more careful with our cups now. I agree that it is probably NOT very good for them. Gosh, its not even good for us!!
 
#5 ·
Here's a list of foods to avoid feeding your pet from the ASPCA website:

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

Besides Foods to Avoid, the list contains: Warm Weather Hazards, Medication, Cold Weather Hazards, Common Household Hazards, Holiday Hazards and Non-toxic Substances for Dogs and Cats.

Notice coffee is on the list.

Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Avocado
- Chocolate (all forms)
- Coffee (all forms)
- Fatty foods
- Macadamia nuts
- Moldy or spoiled foods
- Onions, onion powder
- Raisins and grapes
- Salt
- Yeast dough
- Garlic
- Products sweetened with xylitol
 
#8 · (Edited)
AHA!

This is why people are afraid of salt. I'm going to email them about this, eliminating salt completely from a pet can kill them! Eeks. It contradicts the AAFCO's recommendations.

The Association of American Feed Control Officials recommend that dry dog foods contain at least 0.3% (and dry cat foods contain at least 0.2% sodium) for both maintenance and to support normal growth and development. These are minimum recommended levels.

As we all know, sodium is an essential mineral for life. It is found in the blood and in the fluid that surrounds the cells in our body. Sodium maintains the cellular environment and prevents cells from swelling or dehydrating. It is also important for maintaining proper nerve and muscle cell function.

 
#14 ·
Kara,

Thought you may enjoy reading this article/website ( http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/salt.htm#pets ). It's full of info on salt. Here's a blurb from an article there:

"Alert: don't supplement your animal's diet with sodium chloride (common table salt); all of the other beneficial elements have been removed. Animals need unrefined, unprocessed real salt. Major producing companies dry their salt in huge kilns with temperatures reaching 1200 degrees F, changing he salt's chemical structure, which in turn adversely affects the human body. Avoid the common refined table salt. Domesticated animals need the right kind of salt"

Granted, she is selling "The Original Himalayan Crystal Salt" on the site. However, she gives a lot of info regarding the need for sodium, not common table salt, in the diet.
 
#10 ·
Nico has never been anywhere where he could get at coffee, so I don't know if he likes it. It's not something I want him to try. He does seem to like tea, though. My daughter spilled some iced tea on the floor and he loved cleaning that up before I picked him up and took him away from it. I didn't think tea would be good for him, so I've now forbidden my children to spill tea (yeah, like that will work - they spill everything!)
 
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#17 ·
This site says not to give any part of the avocado.

http://www.bdnhumanesociety.com/householddangers.htm

"Avocado
The avocado is very dangerous to all animals - the fruit, leaves, stem, and pit are all considered toxic parts of the plant. The toxic substance in the Avocado is called persin, which is a fatty acid derivative. Although poisonous to both cats and dogs, this plant is particularly deadly to birds. This is also a proven poison to various other types of animals including: goats, sheep, horses, cattle, rabbits and even fish! Ingestion of the avocado plant can lead to cardiovascular problems, and often results in death. This plant is highly toxic, and in animals symptoms can range vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory distress, generalized congestion, fluid accumulation around the heart, and heart failure. The avocado is deadly and should not be fed to any pet under any circumstances."

Whether they're right or wrong, when it was up to me, I didn't think I'd take the chance. We removed our avocado tree when Shadow arrived. My hubby cried for weeks :)
 
#21 ·
Holy Moly I can't for the life of me imagine why anyone would want to feed a Havanese Coffee of any kind....Radar has enough energy as it is I can't imagine giving him Coffee it might actually slow him down....:whoo:

It Takes Nothing and I mean Nothing to get Radar going when I want him to play. A few seconds espacially before bedtime and he can get all freaked out with energy, I can belive that Coffee would be absolutely harmful expecially if a Hav experiences the same Withdrawal Symptoms that a Human Experiences when they stop drinking it for a while....Really Bad Headaches....and I mean Really Bad. I sometimes will stop for a couple of days and the Caffeine withdrawal is pretty bad..I go through a few Advil over the course of a couple of days and if I start drinking it again the headaches go away.

I would not want to put my little guy throught that if in fact they do get those symptoms.

Derek
 
#22 ·
Radar, I don't feed Sally coffee, she helps herself. When I am sitting in my chair with my morning coffee and notebook she jumps up on my knee and heads straight for my coffee. She has never had more than a few licks so she certainly will not have withdrawl symptoms. Withdrawl symptoms will only occur after you have become thoroughly addicted to something...certainly not after a few tastes. I find it strange that she would like the taste because coffee by nature is bitter. I only put cream in my coffee so maybe it is the cream she likes. At any rate, I have to continually be watchful or she would be right at it. I am using her taste for coffee as a training medium for teaching "OFF" and it seems to be working.

David
 
#23 ·
Oh No I wasn't suggesting that you let yout Hav gobble down generous amounts of coffee...please don't assume I was thinking that....:biggrin1: I was merely stating that I wouldn't give it to Radar that's all. When I began drinking Coffee and I stopped even for a couple of days I had headaches. Radar is much smaller than I so I didn's want there to be any adverse affects for him. It would be fun to see him all hopped up though even for a while. I know it would be fun for that time but it would not be worth it. My response was not to what your Hav did but merely what I had read as a whole for this thread.

Derek
 
#24 ·
I tried a little experiment with Sally. I had my coffee without cream and she took only one lick so I think it must be the cream, she likes. I experience the headaches you mentioned one time when I went on a canoe trip and didn't take coffee; after one day I had a splitting headache and when I was given some by one of the other campers it disappeared immediately. Recent research however says that coffee is an excellent souce of antioxidents and may delay altzheimers ( in woman at least)....oh what to do....guess the best thing to do is keep drinking it so you won't get headaches and get altzheimers LOL. One thing for sure, I don't need a puppy buzzed on caffeine...so I am keeping it away from her......now the next problem is keeping her away from my beer LOL


David
 
#26 ·
David,

Your little Sally sounds like quite the handful! Coffee AND beer - good grief.

We have to be always watchful with Pepper. He's a little garbage disposal on fast legs and will scoop up pretty much anything he can get his mouth on. Unattended drinks included. He keeps us on our toes.

About salt in their diet. I do know that excess salt is a potential seizure trigger for dogs with epilepsy. We have an epi-boy here and we have to be very, very careful of everything that he eats.

Wanda :)
 
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