Comments on: Help! My Dog Ate An Almond

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:43:59 +0000

In reply to Andrew. Great thank you - I'll pass on the information.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:56:07 +0000

In reply to Judy. Hi Judy. It’s a good question, but I wonder how the dogs can get through the shells without breaking their teeth, and why their owner would waste such lovely nuts on the dogs! Though seriously, I’ve got a tree myself and it does tend to drop nuts without warning. We don’t know the toxic principle behind the nuts but I’ve done a quick bit of research and the toxic dose for dogs averages at around 4 macadamia nuts per kg body weight. This is larger than the amount that would fall sporadically from a tree, and is more typical of a dog getting into a whole bowl at a time.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:16:19 +0000

Thanks for another informative post Dr Andrew. I’ve got a question about macadamia nuts as a friend has a large and very prolific macadamia tree in his yard and both of his dogs have eaten the nuts since they were puppies – one, in particular, eats quite a few. They’re both bigger dogs (one’s a choc lab & the other a large mix) and don’t seem to have any effects from eating them – could they have developed a tolerance for them?