Sugar-free foods w/Xylitol fatal for dogs

elizavixen · Senior Member Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 683 Location: SC

Saw this article. Never heard this before.

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/dog-owners-warned-over-sugar-free-items/20061001101809990005?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Dukesdad · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that post. Scary article but I think there is a misprint in the article. At one point it says "One dog who had to be euthanized had eaten four large, chocolate-frosted muffins containing about 1 pound of xylitol."
How could four muffins contain 1 pound of that chemical?

tuttifrutti · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I saw that too. Those must have been some pretty big muffins if that's right, lol.

DeLaUK · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject:

Its a common one, its also in some chewing gums, sugar free candies etc. It stimulates insulin to be released so the BG drops to dangerous levels which can be fatal.