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I think the important question here is “what’s dangerous for my pet to eat”, regardless if it’s a plant, a plant-based product, or any other thing.

Adding stuff like plain old “sugar” would be useful.

Also, aren’t grapes bad for dogs? By searching “grape” there are many results that, without something like a photo or a link to Wikipedia, makes it hard to know if that’s the thing I’m looking for. I don’t know the botanical family of a grape.



> Also, aren’t grapes bad for dogs?

Yeah, it's the tartaric acid and cream of tartar (which can be used to make homemade playdough) that is toxic to dogs, grape juice won't harm a dog but whole grapes will cause kidney damage. Tamarinds apparently also high in tartaric acid. Article on it: https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/258/7/javm...


The original home of the content may have more on this (but it crashes my phone browser so I can't check): https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control




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