Is it bad for dogs to eat avocados? I heard that today. I add them to my smoothie everyday and sometimes I have let my pups get a little taste and now I am worrying that I might have done them some harm.
The best answer I can give you is to quote the following. http://drjeandoddspethealthresource.tumblr.com/post/43604617320/avocados-dogs-cats Hope this sets your mind at rest Dagbjört!
Avocados over here are so expensive (when you can find them) that I can hardly afford to eat them myself, so the dog's have no chance of even a smell! The house where I lived in South Africa had an enormous avocado tree growing in the garden and my GSD Sheba used to help herself to any fallen avos. In the season I reckon she'd eat at least half a dozen before breakfast. The other two dogs never showed any interest at all but Sheba absolutely loved them. I've never heard anything adverse about dogs eating avocados and there must be hundreds of dogs in SA who like Sheba eat avocados on a regular basis.
I don't think avocados are toxic to dogs - for humans, they are a super food and excellent for the liver and a great source of good fats, so I'd be quite happy giving my dog them
An ex-South African neighbour of mine who came to Israel maybe a year after I did said she would never buy avocados [and mangoes] much as she loved them, as they had avo and mango trees in their back yard [together with just about every other tropical fruit] so no way was she going to pay for them as she would rather go without. They returned to S Africa a year or so later - probably missing the free fruit!
Thank you so much. I can breath a little easier now. My smoothies are made of various fresh fruits and vegetables, AB milk which is good for digestion, chia seeds, avocados and almonds with almond milk and I give them a tiny bit if they want it. Desty loves it but the other two just want a little sometimes. And Desty was so dissapointed when she didn´t get any today.
