[gingercloverbramble]

I have a nine year old working cocker spaniel who always enjoys sitting down and sharing an apple with me (obviously I slice it off with a knife and give him slices....!!).  However, I keep having this niggle that I read somewhere that apples weren't good for dogs?!?  Can anyone shed any light?  He totally loves apples!!

[happygolucky]

Hope not, some times I give ours an apple each!!!! maybe its the pips.......

[in the hills]

We have always given raw carrots to our greedy labs as a healthy snack and the occasional slice of apple.


Seem to recall that the apple itself is fine. I think the pips themselves contain something toxic/poisonous. Seem to remember cyanide    ..... might not be that though.    Think they would have to consume a large quantity to cause a problem even if it were that. I know a couple of people that eat the entire apple, including core and pips    and does them no harm.


My neighbours greedy lab has an apple a day ..... and he is ten and looking good.  [size=78%] [/size]

[Clarebelle]

Yeah, the pips contain a substance which, when metabolised, creates cyanide which is why they shouldn't be eaten (although the amount produced is tiny).

Haven't heard anything about apple flesh though 

[Old Shep]

yes apples are fine but not the pips.  In fact I think there's apple in the food I feed - Natural instinct raw.

[bigchicken]

Oh !, I always eat the whole Apple thinking the pips would just pass though. One of my old labs loved an Apple and used to steel them from any beaters who were not looking.

[happygolucky]

I give our Labs the odd apple or carrot, lasts longer than any other treat and they appear to love them!!
 

[SallyintNorth]

I usually eat my apple cores and pear cores too.  If I have a house dog, I usually give the cores to them.  I'm pretty sure none of them has ever been poisoned...

[gingercloverbramble]

Thanks for all your comments folks.
Sounds like we should be safe enough to continue sharing our apple a day then, eh?

[spandit]

Give my dogs awful wind...

[mentalmilly]

My dogs a total fruit bat.  Not tried him on fresh apples but he likes dried slices of apple. 

[Shropshirelass]

My dog loves fruit & vet especially bananas & apples ( Personally I'm not a fan of apples - they make you hungry after eating!) & he loves cucumbers & berries & so did our last dog & oddly cabbage & melon skins. But the dog will sit & eat berries off the bushes when we're picking them! - The only trouble is if its wimberries my dog comes back purple - no probs with the last 1 she was black 

[jaykay]

My dogs love apples and if I eat too far into the core, get positively anxious. Then I have to bite it evenly into three pieces.....

The pips contain cyanide. My dogs - and I - have been eating them for a lot of years! And whilst we may all be odd I don't think it can be blamed on apple pips 

[sokel]

When I had my Newfoundland she loved apples and would choose a whole apple over a dog treat , she must have had 2-3 apples every week for the 9 years of her life and  never had any ill effect from them

[shygirl]

my lab loves apples, and as hes on a diet - they are guilt free!