The mechanism is interesting. From what I understand when they taste the
sweetness, the automatic nervous system immediately starts pumping
insulin into their system to handle the sugar, but no sugar arrives, and
their blood sugar plummetsm sometimes to the point of death.
Marshall
On 2/2/2011 11:46 PM, Lin wrote:
In case this hasn't been brought up. Please know that xylitol can be
deadly for dogs.
They are attracted to the sweetness and seem to be able to sniff it
out from places it's stored easily.
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