Samoyeds, known for their playful nature and fluffy white coat, often have a keen interest in whatever their humans are eating. However, not all human foods are safe for these adorable canines. Some foods, while harmless to us, can be toxic to Samoyeds and other dog breeds.
Common Toxic Foods for Samoyeds
1. Chocolate
Chocolate is one of the most common foods that are toxic to dogs, including Samoyeds. It contains theobromine and caffeine, which can cause heart problems, tremors, seizures, and even death in dogs.
2. Grapes and Raisins
Grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure in dogs. It’s best to keep these fruits out of your Samoyed’s reach.
3. Onions and Garlic
Onions and garlic, in all forms (raw, cooked, powder), are harmful to dogs. They can destroy a dog’s red blood cells, leading to anemia.
4. Alcohol
Even small amounts of alcohol can cause significant damage to a Samoyed. Symptoms can range from vomiting and diarrhea to difficulty breathing and abnormal blood acidity.
5. Xylitol
Xylitol, a sweetener found in many sugar-free products, can cause rapid insulin release in dogs, leading to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
6. Avocado
The persin present in avocados can cause vomiting and diarrhea in dogs.
7. Macadamia Nuts
Macadamia nuts can cause weakness, vomiting, tremors, and hyperthermia in dogs.
A-Z List What’s Poisonous To Samoyeds
A
- Aconite
- Adam and eve
- African wonder tree
- Agaric
- Alcohol
- Alfalfa
- Almonds
- Alocasia
- Alsike Clover
- Amarylis
- Ambrosia mexicana, American, bittersweet, Andromeda, and Japonica
- Angelica tree
- Angels Trumpet
- Apple seeds & leaves
- Arrow grass, Arrowhead vine, Arum
- Arum lily
- Asparagus Fern, Australian ivy palm, Australian Nut fern, Australian palm, Avocado.
B
- Baby Doll Ti Plant, Baby’s breath, Barbados aloe, Barbados lily, Barbados pride, Barbados pride 2
- Baneberry
- Bead tree
- Begonia
- Belladonna
- Bergamot orange
- Bethlehem
- Black eyed Susan
- Birdsfoot
- Bird of Paradise
- Birds tongue flower
- Bishop’s weed
- Bitter Cherry
- Bitter root
- Black Cherry
- Black laurel
- Black Locust
- Black Nightshade
- Black walnut
- Bleeding Heart
- Bloodroot, Bobbins
- Boston ivy
- Bouncing Bet
- Boxwood
- Bracken Fern, Branching Ivy
- Bread & butter plant
- Broad beans
- Broccoli
- Brunfelsia
- Buckeye
- Buckwheat
- Buddhist Pine
- Buffalo Bur
- Burning bush
- Buttercup
C
- Cabbage (raw)
- Caladium hortulanum
- Calamondin Orange Caley Pea
- Calla Lily
- Cape jasmine
- Cardboard palm
- Cardinal Flower
- Carnation
- Castor Bean
- Celandine
- Ceriman (aka Cut leaf Philodendron)
- Chamomile
- Chandelier plant, Cherry
- Chives
- Charming
- Diffenbachia
- Chinaberry tree
- Chinese evergreen
- Chinese jade
- Choke Cherry
- Christmas rose, Chrysanthemum
- Clematis
- Climbing bittersweet
- Climbing lily
- Climbing nightshade
- Clivia lily
- Cocklebur
- Coffee tree
- Common Nightshade, Common Vetch,
- Coontie palm
- Cordatum
- Corn Cockle
- Corn Lily
- Corn plant
- Cornstalk plant
- Cow Cockle
- Cowbane
- Cowslip
- Creeping Charlie
- Creeping Fescue
- Crowfoot Cap
- Crown Vetch
- Cuckoo-pint
- Cycads
- Cyclamen
D
- Daffodils
- Dahlia, Daisy
- Daphne
- Deadly Nightshade
- Death Angel
- Death Camas
- Death Cap
- Delphiniums
- Desert rose
- Destroying Angels
- Devil’s backbone
- Devil’s ivy
- Devils Trumpet
- Dock
- Dogbane
- Dog daisy
- Dog hobble
- Dogbane hemp
- Dolls Eyes
- Downy
- Drooping Leucothoe
- Dumb cane
- Dutchman’s breeches
- Dwarf Poinciana
E
- Eastern Skunk
- Cabbage
- Eastern star
- Easter rose
- Emerald Feather fern
- Ergot
- Eucalyptus
- European Bittersweet
- European holly
- Everlasting Pea
- Exotica
F
- False Hellebore
- False Queen Anne’s lace
- Feather geranium, Fiddle leaf
- Fiddleneck
- Fire lily
- Flag
- Flax
- Florida Beauty, Florist’s calla
- Fly Sweet clover, Foxglove
- Franciscan rain tree
- Fruit Salad Plant
G
- Garden calla
- Garden chamomile
- Garden hyacinth
- Gardenia, Garlic
- Geranium, Geranium leaf aralia
- Giant dracaena
- Giant dumb cane
- Giant hogweed
- Gill over the ground
- Glacier Ivy
- Gladioli
- Gloriosa lily
- Gold Dust Dracaena
- Golden birds nest
- Golden Chain
- Golden Dieffenbachia
- Golden Pothos
- Golden ragwort
- Good luck plant
- Grapefruit
- Grass palm
- Greater ammi
- Great Lobelia
- Green Gold Nephthysis
- Green potato
- Ground apple, Ground Ivy, Groundsels
H
- Hairy Vetch
- Hahn’s self-branching
- English Ivy
- Hard maple
- Hashish
- Hawaiian TI
- Heartleaf Philodendron, Heavenly Bamboo, Hellebore
- Henbane, Hercules club, Hibiscus
- Hills of snow
- Holly berries
- Hops
- Horse Chestnut, Horsehead Philodendron
- Horse Nettle
- Horsebrush
- Horsetail
- Horse weed
- Hosta
- House pine
- Hurricane Plant, Hyacinth
I
- Impala lily
- Indian apple
- Indian borage
- Indian hemp
- Indian pink
- Indian rubber plant
- Inkberry
- Irises, Ivy arum
J
- Jack in the Pulpit, Jade plant
- Japanese Indian tobacco
- Japanese yew, Jerusalem Cherry, Jerusalem oak, Jessamine, Jimsonweed
- Jonquil
K
- Kaffir lily
- Kalanchoe
- Kiss me quick, Klamath Weed
- Kudu lily
L
- Laburnum
- Lace fern
- Lacy tree
- Lady of the night, Lambs Quarters
- Lantana
- Larkspurs
- Leather flower
- Leek
- Lemon
- Lenten rose
- Lily of the palace
- Lily of the Valley
- Lime
- Lobelia
- Locoweed
- Locust
- Lord and ladies
- Lucerne, Lupine
M
- Macadamia, Madagascar Dragon Tree
- Mandrake
- Malanga
- Maple
- Marble Queen, Marijuana
- Marsh Marigold
- Mauna Loa Peace Lily
- Mayapple
- Mayweed
- Meadow saffron
- Medicine plant
- Mexican Breadfruit
- Mexican Poppy
- Milfoil
- Milkweed
- Milo
- Mistletoe
- Mock azalea
- Mole bean plan
- Monkey Agaric, Monkshood, Moonseed Oak, Morning glory, Morning, noon & night
- Moss rose
- Mother of millions, Mother in law plant
- Mother in law’ tongue
- Mountain Fetter bush
- Mum
- Mustard
N
- Naked lady
- Nandina
- Narcissus
- Narrow leafed vetch, Needlepoint Ivy, Nephthytis
- Nicotiana, Nightshade
- Norfolk Island pine
- Nutmeg
O
- Octopus tree, Oleander
- Oilcloth flower
- Oilseed rape
- Onions
- Orange day lily
- Oregon holly, Ornamental pepper
P
- Pacific yew
- Painters palette
- Palm lily
- Panda plant
- Paper White
- Paraguayan lily, Panther
- Peace Lily
- Peacock flower
- Pencil cactus
- Peony
- Perennial pea, Periwinkle
- Persimmons, Philodendron Pertusum
- Pie plant
- Pieris
- Pig lily
- Pigtail plant
- Pin
- Pinks
- Plantain lily
- Plum
- Plumosa Fern, Poinciana
- Poinsettia
- Poison daisy
- Poison Hemlock
- Poison parsnip
- Poison ivy, Poison oak
- Poison Sumac
- Pokeweed
- Ponderosa Pine
- Poppies including Opium Poppy, Portulaca
- Potato, Prayer bean, Precatory Bean, Prickly Poppy
- Pride of India
- Privet
- Purple vetch, Purslane
Q
- Queensland nut
R
- Racemose asparagus, Ragwort
- Ranger’s button
- Red Clover
- Red emerald
- Red-Margined Dracaena, Hydrangea
- Red princess
- Red Ragwort
- Red Sage, Rhododendron, Rhubarb
- Ribbon plant
- Ridder stjerne
- Rock maple
- Rock moss
- Rosary Pea
- Rose bay
- Rose of Sharon
- Running myrtle
S
- Sabi star
- Sacred bamboo, Saddle Leaf
- Philodendron
- Sage
- Sago palm
- Satin pothos
- Schefflera
- Seaside daisy, Senecio
- Sensitive Fern
- Seven bark
- Shamrock plant, Shatavari
- Showy daisy
- Sierra Laurel
- Silver dollar
- Silver jade plant
- Silver maple
- Singletary Pea
- Skunk cabbage
- Snake lily
- Snake plant, Snakeberry
- Snow on the Mountain
- Soft maple
- Solomon’s lily, Sorghum
- Sowbread
- Spanish thyme
- Spindle tree
- Split Leaf Philodendron, Spotted dumb cane, Sprengeri fern
- Spring parsley
- Spurges
- Squirrel Corn
- St. John’s Wort, Stagger bush
- Star of Pieris
- Starch root
- Star leaf
- Stinging Nettle
- Stinking Chamomile
- Striped Dracaena
- Straight-Margined Dracaena
- Sudan Grass
- Sugar maple
- Superb lily
- Swamp maple
- Swamp Onions
- Sweet Pea
- Sweet potato vine
- Sweet William, Sweetheart ivy
- Swiss cheese plant
T
- Tail flower
- Tall Fescue
- Tangier Pea
- Taro vine
- Tea
- Texan umbrella tree
- Thistle Yew
- Thorn apple
- Ti-plant
- Tobacco
- Tree Philodendron, Tree Tobacco
- Tomato plant
- Trefoil
- Tropic Snow
- True aloe
- Trumpet lily
- Tulip
- Tung Oil Tree
- Turnips
U
- Umbrella leaf
- Umbrella tree
V
- Variable Dieffenbachia, Variegated Philodendron
- Vinc
- Virgin’s bower
W
- Wake robin, Wandering Jew, Walnuts, Warneckei Dracaena
- Water flag
- Water Hemlock, Water hyacinth
- Wax leaf
- Weeping fig
- Western yew
- West Indian Lantana
- White Clover
- White Cohosh
- White heads
- White maple
- White Snakeroot
- White Sweet clover
- Wild alum
- Wild calla
- Wild carnation
- Wild Cherries
- Wild coffee
- Wild Onions, Winterberry
- Winter cherry
- Wisteria Wolfsbane
Y
- Yarrow
- Yellow oleander
- Yellow bird of paradise
- Yellow Halogeton
- Yellow Star
- Yesterday, today, tomorrow
- Yew
- Yew pine
- Yucca
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