Pet Corner Blog

No - and the reason this one is dangerous is that it doesn't look dangerous. The damage is to red blood cells, it builds quietly, and the first visible sign often comes several days after the meal. The reported doses, the forms that cause most cases, and what to do.

Plain cooked egg is one of the genuinely safe ones. Raw egg has two separate problems, shells aren't the calcium hack they're sold as, and "how many a week" turns out to be a calorie question rather than an egg question.

There's no safe amount - but there is a dose, and it depends on the type, the amount and the dog's weight. The vet-sourced thresholds, what they work out to in real chocolate for a 10 kg dog, and what to do in the first hour.

Yes - bananas are one of the genuinely safe fruit treats for dogs, in the right amount. A vet-sourced breakdown of how much by size of dog, the peel question, and who needs a vet's go-ahead first.

A stolen bite from the dog's bowl isn't a crisis - but cats eating dog food regularly is a genuinely bigger nutritional gap than the other way round. Here's the nutritional gap, explained plainly.

A few mouthfuls of cat food are very unlikely to harm an otherwise healthy dog - but it isn't a diet to make a habit of. What's actually different about cat food, what it does over time, and when to call your vet.