Coffee is toxic

[Lookingforone]

Originally Posted by lynzy420

I'm glad you are like this, whether I agree or not 100%. But your pup will live a good long life!


I'm one of those who didn't do the research, I threw grapes for my pup to catch...almost lost her, it was horrible.


I have refused to have grapes, onions, macadamia nuts etc., in my house ever since.


Driving with a dog on your lap, even for a short trip is NOT ok, they don't let you drive a newborn home from the hospital in your arms!

It was my first time owning a dog and I was not aware of that. Although I did research before owning a puppy, I had never come across anything on the subject, even after months, days, and hours if reading.
Although, there is a HUGE difference between not knowing something is harmful and knowing it is and taking the risk anyways.

[Lookingforone]

Originally Posted by Lookingforone

It was my first time owning a dog and I was not aware of that. Although I did research before owning a puppy, I had never come across anything on the subject, even after months, days, and hours if reading.
Although, there is a HUGE difference between not knowing something is harmful and knowing it is and taking the risk anyways.

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I guess some people have researched sifferent things and have evidence that what they are doing is NOT toxic to their pets! No one would deliberately feed their dog toxic products.....decaf coffee and tea is NOT toxic...vanilla wafers, animal crackers, graham crackers, are certainly not toxic.....just like most of us have stopped giving store bought doggie treats, especially jerky treats....

Caffeine is the ingredient to what makes it toxic. Some tea does have caffeine so making a blanket statement that tea is not toxic is inaccurate.

[Rhetts_mama]

I have yet to see anyone imply that they are giving their dog more than a lick or two. While I agree that caffeine can be toxic, the level of toxicity is dose related. Personally, I don't give my dogs anything with caffeine, but my grandmother used to let her dog drink some coffee flavored milk prior to car trips on the advise of her vet. For what ever reason it had a paradoxical effect in her dog and she would sleep the entire 5+ hour trip.

[gemy]

My dogs have never been interested in coffee or tea, so never had to deal with that.

How=ever watch out for an open glass of beer Oh and they adore strawberry shortcake. Of course that is my fault as they love strawberries, and in berry season, when I clean the berries they each get a strawberry.

And I caught my Razzman last night when I was finishing up dinner, he had snuck up onto the kitchen table and was happily chowing down on some raw cabbage I had shredded That scamp. He got hell for that one.

In terms of nuts raisins grapes etal, I have some covered dishes when I set out those munchies, and then we before bedtime take them up off the end tables etc and put them out of temptation way.

I don't know if caffeine is diluted by milk or cream additive...

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Lookingforone

Caffeine is the ingredient to what makes it toxic. Some tea does have caffeine so making a blanket statement that tea is not toxic is inaccurate.

Please re read my post...you obviously MISSED where I specified DECAF TEA AND DECAF COFFEE!!! After you are a member here for a while, you will be able to see who makes "blanket statements" or who encourages toxic treats being fed to their pups....I have no idea what your experience with Yorkies is.....I have well over 35 years under my belt...1976 - 2014.......anyone reading any of my posts can feel confident they are accurate and not harmful for their pets.

[Lookingforone]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Please re read my post...you obviously MISSED where I specified DECAF TEA AND DECAF COFFEE!!! After you are a member here for a while, you will be able to see who makes "blanket statements" or who encourages toxic treats being fed to their pups....I have no idea what your experience with Yorkies is.....I have well over 35 years under my belt...1976 - 2014.......anyone reading any of my posts can feel confident they are accurate and not harmful for their pets.

Yes, I did and I apologize.
I read it as "decaf coffee and (regular) tea" and not that you were referring to them as BOTH decaf. Text is easily misinterpreted.

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Lookingforone

Yes, I did and I apologize.
I read it as "decaf coffee and (regular) tea" and not that you were referring to them as BOTH decaf. Text is easily misinterpreted.

My favorite quote and the motto I live by: "Make sure you are RIGHT, then go ahead."
Apology accepted and appreciated for the benefit of the forum and people that read that post.

[ShowGirlLola]

Originally Posted by Lookingforone

The posts above implied they are giving their dog more than a "lick."
I don't plan on agreeing with everyone's posts. But don't think for a minute I won't say something about it.
Having a newcomer on here reading posts like "coffee is toxic but my dog is 7yo and I give him a cup daily!" Is dangerous. My input here is needed for new dog owners that might make the mistake of trusting the people whose dogs are EXCEPTIONS and not the general rule. But even with exceptions, there is still a possibility if a bad outcome one day.

I assume you mean me with the 7 year old comment (btw he was 17). He used to get into my Grandmom's coffee and take a few licks a few times a week, Lola got into mine a few times.
Even though the coffee has caffeine in it it's diluted by the cream/milk and they didn't get that much of it. My Grandmom's yorkie probably drank more cream than coffee.

The median lethal dose of caffeine for dogs is 140 mg/kg, so the median lethal dose for a 5lb (2.7kg) dog is 378mg. An 8oz cup of coffee has 95-200mg of caffeine in 8oz.
This is why I believe a few licks will not hurt my dog; I research everything before I give it to her, or loosen up on keeping her from it, and make educated decisions.

I've had 5 dogs over 24 years, they lived long and healthy lives, apparently I'm doing something right. Now I have Lola and she's a very healthy 1.5 year old.

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by ShowGirlLola

I assume you mean me with the 7 year old comment (btw he was 17). He used to get into my Grandmom's coffee and take a few licks a few times a week, Lola got into mine a few times.
Even though the coffee has caffeine in it it's diluted by the cream/milk and they didn't get that much of it. My Grandmom's yorkie probably drank more cream than coffee.

The median lethal dose of caffeine for dogs is 140 mg/kg, so the median lethal dose for a 5lb (2.7kg) dog is 378mg. An 8oz cup of coffee has 95-200mg of caffeine in 8oz.
This is why I believe a few licks will not hurt my dog; I research everything before I give it to her, or loosen up on keeping her from it, and make educated decisions.

I've had 5 dogs over 24 years, they lived long and healthy lives, apparently I'm doing something right. Now I have Lola and she's a very healthy 1.5 year old.

Thank you for the mathematical calculations that clearly break down the absolute risk involved in allowing a dog to drink an 8 oz cup of coffee! None of us that allow our babies to sip a couple of laps, are letting our babies swill that much coffee.....or tea.....and it is even less likely you are doing harm if you are allowing decaf tea or coffee to be ingested.....it is a wonderful thing you did by putting it in black and white, so we can actually see the exact risk involved, instead of issuing a "blanket statement" that letting a dog drink coffee is "irresponsible and abusive"! Thank you!

[ShowGirlLola]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Thank you for the mathematical calculations that clearly break down the absolute risk involved in allowing a dog to drink an 8 oz cup of coffee! None of us that allow our babies to sip a couple of laps, are letting our babies swill that much coffee.....or tea.....and it is even less likely you are doing harm if you are allowing decaf tea or coffee to be ingested.....it is a wonderful thing you did by putting it in black and white, so we can actually see the exact risk involved, instead of issuing a "blanket statement" that letting a dog drink coffee is "irresponsible and abusive"! Thank you!

No problem

Decaf coffee has 2-12mg of caffeine, black tea has 14-70 (decaf has 0-12), and green tea has 24-45mg per 8oz.
Caffeine content for coffee, tea, soda and more - Mayo Clinic

My bigger concern with allowing a dog to drink more than a few sips of coffee or tea would be the acid.

[KazzyK810]

I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I love a cuppa tea. ZoE usually licks any spills in my saucer.

As posters above noted, the caffeine amount is nominal, in such tiny amounts.

[Quadraphinic]

Gina will try to lick some of the coffee off of my mustache, but in a little over a year of her owning me, she has maybe gotten 3 or 4 licks in, and I use a lot of creamer. My wife made a list of Gina approved foods, after we found out we were poisoning Megan for her 15 years of life, with garlic and onion in scrambled eggs. Megan loved it, Gina gets plain scrambled egg every now and then, no coffee though, unless she licks my mustache.
Cheers Quad & Gina

[chachi]

Oh please I love both my dogs and my cats and making a blanket statement someone doesnt love them because they give them a tiny bit of coffee is ridiculous

[ilovejoel]

My mom likes a little coffee with her milk and then she foams the whole thing in the frother, and Joel loves to hop on Memas lap to sneak some even though I told her no more, I know she still slips him some because he comes downstairs with foam on his beard but I'm not worried by the amount of coffee she uses.

[matese]

I would like to thank everyone for your in put, and your experiences. I was getting very upset when I would hear ppl allowing their dogs coffee with milk and sugar and dunking cookies and feeding to dogs. It was very hard for me to hold back from telling them coffee was toxic and they could be the cause of their dogs dieing. I am glad that I was able to keep my mouth closed for a change lol, as I now see there are many members that feel this is not dangerous, not even the dunked cookie feeding. i would not promote it, but at least I will not be upset about it anymore. Thank you all again.