# dogs and  grapes danger ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-grapes-danger/55664>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-grapes-danger/55664 "2001-02-23T23:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-grapes-danger/55664/1 "2001-02-23T23:10:02Z")

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this is a alert put out by the ASPCA [http://www.napcc.aspca.org/raisins.htm](http://www.napcc.aspca.org/raisins.htm)  
what is in grapes that can hurt a dog?  
did grapes always hurt dogs?

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-grapes-danger/55664/2 "2001-02-24T08:28:54Z")

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This is officially a WAG.  
Most Net sites say feed your dog/cat grapes to actually HELP with kidney problems. So here’s my guess: the grapes and raisins may have been too many eaten at the same time, or stil affected by the pesticides which disagreed with doggie or kitty.  
Aside from this, all I have is a  
::shrug::

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-grapes-danger/55664/3 "2001-02-24T17:10:21Z")

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Another WAG here. Maybe it’s something to do with fruitarian/vegetarian pets.

[http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html](http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html)

> [@](#):
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> \*\*FRUITARIAN PETS
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> Dogs do very well on beans and rice. Many dogs are eating slices of coconut, banana, orange, avocado, apple. The more a dog bonds with his adopter, the stronger his urge to eat what his adopter eats. \*\*

Ice Wolf is right, the Web is full of references to people feeing fruit to pets with no ill effects. But you know how it goes: “If some is good, then more is better.”

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**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-grapes-danger/55664/4 "2001-02-26T15:37:09Z")

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This thread reminded me of how my brother-in-law used to toss green grapes one at a time to his Weimaraner, who gobbled them up eagerly. Then B-I-L would throw a green olive.

Bastard.