The Foods That Are Most Dangerous to Dogs, and Why

You probably know you shouldn’t feed chocolate to your dog—but maybe your dog got into your candy stash anyway, and came out fine. Meanwhile, your vet is more concerned that you admit to feeding him raisins. Confused? Let’s take a look at what the dangers really are.

Here’s the lowdown on what we know about some of the foods that are most dangerous to dogs. Before we begin, however, two things are important to understand for each food: what the food can do to your dog, and how much it takes to cause harm. These numbers are fairly well understood for some things, like chocolate, but not for others, like grapes.