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 Help Please!!! Hello, I have a question. I have heard that tomatoes are ok for dogs and some people feed them to their dogs...well I bought some grape sized tomatoes and gave my 4 month old one cut up and then when I was on the computer I googled veggies to not feed your dogs and that was one of them!! Has anyone else heard that tomatoes are bad for dogs? Has anyone ever had problems with feeding their dogs tomatoes? I am worried now...I feel like a bad mom...:confused: | 
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 Hi there...don't feel like a bad mom. Here's a list of foods that shouldn't be fed to our babies but I don't see tomatoes on there: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43555 | 
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 I've heard that it's the green tomato/plant part...  I do give mine a bit of tomato, but not too much.  Here's a thread that tells good foods and bad,  it does say not to feed tomatoes... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...light=tomatoes | 
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 Tomatoes (plant and fruit) contain tomatine, an alkaloid related to solanine. As the fruit ripens, the tomatine is metabolized. Therefore, ripe tomatoes are less likely to be problematic for animals. Clinical signs of poisoning include lethargy, drooling, difficulty breathing, colic, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, widely-dilated pupils, paralysis, cardiac effects, central nervous system signs (e.g., ataxia, muscle weakness, tremors, seizures), resulting from cholinesterase inhibition, coma and death. (This information comes from veterinarians, and the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.) (All parts of the plant except the tomato itself are poisonous to humans, although some people are sensitive to the ripe fruit also.)  Tomatoes also contain atropine, which can cause dilated pupils, tremors, and heart arrhythmias. The highest concentration of atropine is found in the leaves and stems of tomato plants, with less in unripe (green) tomatoes, and even less in ripe (red) tomatoes. | 
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