Replied By Patricia (Decatur, Ar) on 03/21/2010
This is ABOLUTELY true. Xylitol will definitely poison your pets. My labrador who was around 50 pounds at the time went into seizures and then a coma after ingesting mints with Xylitol in them. She was immediately taken to our vet. If it hadn't been for his quick response, she would have died. This product is so harmful to animals it should not be in the house at all. I didn't know it was harmful at all until this happened! I check every mint label now before I buy it. Of course, I think it should be taken off the market. Xylitol is worse than any other product our pets can get into. I have never see such a sudden reaction. Pet lovers please beware!Replied By Vicky (Summerland, California Usa) on 04/30/2011
There is a chemical similar to the XYLITOL found in the onion dehydration process's which are also toxic to your pet. We did not know that processed gravy for ground sirloin had dehydrated onions and freeze dried mushrooms in it. When we gave it to our dog in increments he seemed fine but a few hours later had seizures and was swimming on the ground trying to stand up. We thought he was playing around but when we realized it was serious we zoomed him to the Emergency Vet.
After we telephoned the establishment that we purchased the sirloin from they said that we should have never fed our dog what we consume. They gave us an ingredient breakdown of the gravy and there it was, everything a canine should not consume. We felt bad and never fed our dog anything from there restaurant again.
When we went back to order our food the people behind the counter put a sign up on our order that read 86'd and we asked how come they were rude. The people said because you complained to Corporate and we decided not to serve you anymore either. As we walked out I insisted on going back to ask why and they kept on saying that we were poisoned once and they did not have to serve us. We also got sick but I never ordered a mushroom gravy sirloin burger again. I actually don't eat meat anymore and the dogs eat Avoderm and lamb and rice from Trader Joes & Petco. The lesson was an expensive one to learn and I wish I had a list of poisonous foods to dogs before that happened. I certainly think that people should not be ingesting those types of foods either. Fast Foods are poisonous.
Replied By Hillbilleter (Pike Co., Ky) on 12/29/2011
I'm still stuck on why you would complain to the restaurant's corporate office for something you did at home. Every vet will tell you NOT to feed your pet any people food. You did, you learned your lesson. Yet, you wanted to tell the restaurant's corporate office that you nearly killed your pet.
I'm sorry your pet got ill, but the restaurant did not sell you pet food. You chose to use people food as pet food. I'm not sorry you're persona non grata at the poor restaurant at whom you threw a tantrum.
Replied By Sam (Little Rock, Ak) on 06/16/2012
As for every vet telling people not to feed their pets human food that is simply not true as long as you prepare the food correctly and don't add stuff that could make them sick. It is perfectly OK to feed human food to your pets. Me and my wife have been doing this now for over three years with no problems. My parents have been feeding there 20 year old mutt girl human food since they got her and the vet says for her age she is in great health. Also there is an added bonus to preparing your pets food- you know it has not been made in China like most pet foods are nowadays.