Is peppermint candy bad for dogs

Are Peppermint Candies really that Bad for Dogs?

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Peppermint is actually good for an upset stomach. However, I would be concerned of creating a choking hazard with the candies. You can also give Ginger Snap cookies to help with tummy aches…

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Are Peppermint Candies really that Bad for Dogs?

Q: I use it when my dog doesn’t feel good is that ok? he doesn’t get them all the time.

A: Peppermint is actually good for an upset stomach. However, I would be concerned of creating a choking hazard with the candies. You can also give Ginger Snap cookies to help with tummy aches…

Are candy canes bad for dogs?

Q: I’ve been noticing that the candy canes on the christmas tree have missing. I busted my min-pin pulling one off and eating it. She peels off the wrapper and eats it. She has been teaching my other dog to do this. I know chocolate is bad for dogs but what about peppermint? Or is a little bit alright?

A: I asked my brother who is a vet & he said that the sugar is not good for the teeth & it can make the dog hipper (sugar rush) also the plastic wrapper is not good because they cant digest plastic. If he starts vomiting or having diahhreah get him to the vet because he could go into sugar shock ( too much sugar in his system & his cant tollerate it) also if he starts drinking alot of water. If this happens ur vet can either give him medications or pump his stomack. But he should be ok as long as he hasn’t eaten more than 2 candy canes. Move the rest out of his reach. Also NEVER let or give ur dog chocolate because it causes cancer in all dogs because they can’t digest it.

Your Opinion on Yahoo! article about halloween treats?

Q: So this is an article I just saw on Yahoo! and with some of the treats I agree with like toothbrushes raisins apples candy corn some hard candies and maybe smarties. but I wouldnt mind smarties some hard candies are good dum dum lollipops I like tootsie rolls I like too and laffy taffy and do you really expect full sized candy at Halloween. I mean all the bags they sell are funsized. I know the economy hasn’t hurt everyone but it has hurt quiet a bit a people and If they even buy candy I don’t think it will the full sized candy. I just want to see other peoples opinionThe 10 Most Disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treaters by Ed LevineOn Halloween night, some houses struggle with the idea of candy. There are good houses, and there are bad houses. The best trick-or-treaters know to avoid the latter. At the food site Serious Eats, we all love Halloween, but wish certain homes would just stop handing out the classically bad “treats.” They weren’t good last year, the year before that, or now. Our own Erin Zimmer put together this list of our top 10 Halloween treats that nobody wants…ToothbrushesDentists and orthodontists should not be allowed to celebrate Halloween if they’re going to get all tooth doctory on us. Do not bring your work home with you, folks! We all have a personal responsibility to brush, and maybe some of us will forget, but your complimentary bristles on a stick (instead of a Snickers) will not help us remember. It will make us despise you and your trade.RaisinsLittle boxes of stuck-together shriveled globs are not what little kids schlep around the neighborhood for all night. When they say trick-or-treat, they want candy that will rot their teeth, not wrinkled grapes. (Using an empty box as a kazoo-like instrument, though, is kinda fun.) Candy CornThe most polarizing candy of all. The fruitcake of Halloween; it just never goes away. If you love them, fine. But don’t subject the rest of us haters to the sickeningly sweet triangle that tastes like neither candy nor corn.Smarties and Necco WafersThese chalky candies are supposedly “fruit-flavored,” but no fruit I know tastes like dust — and makes everything eaten after taste like dust, too.Dum Dum LollipopsUsually, foods on a stick are yummy (corn dogs, ice pops), but Dum Dums just can’t be included on that list. Not even if they were breaded and deep-fried and served at a fair.ApplesLong before “poisoned candy” scares, evil people were handing out apples instead of candy on Halloween. This disappointing “treat” is the main reason to avoid unwrapped food while trick-or-treating.Tootsie RollsIt looks like chocolate and sort of smells like chocolate, but the mini brown tubes are not real chocolate. They taste like watered-down chocolate, and have a chewy texture that will strip the fillings right off your molars.Miscellaneous, Wrapped Hard CandiesHalloween is supposed to be a holiday for young people, not senior citizens who suck on hard candies all day. Something about the strawberry-shaped strawberries, gold-wrapped butterscotch, and peppermint feels past the expiration date. (These usually get set aside for Granny.)Laffy TaffyI do not laffy when I get these. I sobby. I get depressedy. Because it gets all stucky to my teethy and doesn’t even taste that goody.Anything Fun-SizedWho started calling it this? Since when is one bite fun?! Give us the rich houses with the sprawling driveways and full-sized candy bars any day. Portion control doesn’t need to start this young.

A: I think that this article is definately a little out of touch. Tootsie Rolls and candy corn are classics of halloween, they would be greatly missed. Also, fun-sized candy is much more practical than ful size. It is less expensive and you can get much more for less, so you can hand out an entire handful to each kid. Who else hates when you hear about a house that has full sized, only to arrive and find out that they have run out or that they are only handing it out to people that they know. That is just ridiculous.