Re: Avocadoes??

2003-06-04 Thread Michaela Simmons
Kaethy That's the first I heard that avocados are poisonous to dogs. Any chance you remember WHERE you read this? Neither of my 2 boys are fruit or vegetable lovers ( unless they are sautéed in olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt !) and I spend endless hours disguising their raw healthy veg

Re: Avocadoes??

2003-06-04 Thread Andie Reid
Thought I responded to this to the group, but maybe not. It's not the fruit that is poisonous. It's the seeds. Actually, they're poisonous to people too. So as long as they're not chewing on the pits, they should be fine. Andie Reid, Wilmington, NC Michaela Simmons wrote: Kaethy That's the

RE: Avocadoes??

2003-06-04 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Kaethy, Yummm Advocado Tree:-)) One of my favorite foods especially with plump shrimp:-) But back to dog eating them, don't know about the flesh being toxic to dogs but the pit might be? Besides I'd worry about them gulping that down and blocking their intestines. Can you put a boundary fence

Avocadoes??

2003-06-03 Thread Kaethy Kennedy
We just moved into a rental house that has a GIGANTIC Avocado tree in the backyard. Ginger, our 1 1/2 year old Bernese has decided that she LOVES Avocados and needs to eat as many as Mr. Squirrel drops from the tree (she'd prefer the squirrel but will settle for the avocadoes.) I just read

Re: Avocadoes??

2003-06-03 Thread Andie Reid
house that has a GIGANTIC Avocado tree in the backyard. Ginger, our 1 1/2 year old Bernese has decided that she LOVES Avocados and needs to eat as many as Mr. Squirrel drops from the tree (she'd prefer the squirrel but will settle for the avocadoes.) I just read that Avocados are listed on the Toxic

Re: Avocadoes??

2003-06-03 Thread Marion Brown
Dear Kaethy When we lived in Queensland, Australia we also had access to marvellous avocadoes and hte Dobie we had then loved them. Her favourite treat was licking out the avos with some of the Queen Prawn shells. Avos with prawns was pretty much our favourite treat too! Marion Brown Teversal