In every dog-raising family, nuts are rare snacks compared to vegetables and fruits, and the frequency of appearing in front of dogs is not that high. But for people, nuts are relatively healthy snacks, so many people still buy them and eat them. Can dogs eat nuts?
In fact, many of the foods that dogs cannot eat do not mean that they will cause problems if they eat just a little bit, but that the body will react only after reaching a certain amount. Therefore, regardless of the essential properties of nuts, we must pay attention to quantity control. To discuss the hazards of eating a food, we cannot leave out the dosage. For example, if a person eats too much, there is a risk of starving to death, but it cannot be said that eating is harmful. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with dogs eating a few nuts occasionally. But if your dog eats nuts for a long time, it is likely to cause diarrhea and vomiting in your dog . Because nuts are high-fat foods, if dogs eat them regularly, they can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even cause pancreatitis in dogs. These are all serious conditions.
As for the nuts themselves, most of the packaged nuts on the market have been processed multiple times. In order to achieve a better taste, some nut products even add a lot of additives. These additives may not have much impact on people. But it is completely harmful to the dog. In comparison, those bulk nuts that have not been seasoned are purer and have not been processed too much, making them more suitable for dogs to eat. However, there is also a basically unavoidable problem with bulk nuts, which is that they are very easy to mold and spoil. Once a dog eats these moldy nuts, the mold in them may cause problems with the dog’s nervous system, ranging from tremors and vomiting to direct death. Therefore, the harm of dogs eating nuts can be great or small. The main thing is to ensure the quality of the nuts.
If your dog wants to eat nuts when it sees its owner eating them, it is not impossible for the owner to feed it a few nuts, but it cannot be fed regularly. And if your dog really likes to eat nuts, it’s best to buy them nuts in bulk, but keep them sealed to prevent the nuts from getting moldy and deteriorating. However, to avoid physical problems caused by eating nuts, the best way is not to give your dog nuts. Anyway, nuts are not necessary food for dogs.
Some pet owners may think that there is no nut that is 100% safe for dogs? Obviously, this kind of nut does not exist. Putting aside the truth that “everything has advantages and disadvantages”, high fat content can be said to be a common problem of all nuts, and no kind of nuts can avoid it. There is no nut that is 100% safe for dogs, but there is a nut that is definitely harmful to dogs, and that is macadamia nuts .
Macadamia nuts are a highly toxic food for dogs. Although they are rich in nutrients and even have high medicinal value, dogs cannot eat them. Although experts have so far not found the reason why dogs are poisoned after eating macadamia nuts, it is a certainty that dogs will be poisoned after eating macadamia nuts. Therefore, pet owners who like to eat macadamia nuts must remember that they must not give any macadamia nuts to their dogs.
