On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:36:56 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>Hello All!
>
>When I was growing up I was not told that chocolate was bad for dogs.
>Not that my Border collie got much but I swear he could hear someone
>unwrapping a chocolate bar from a quarter mile. We horrible kids would
>tease him by crumpling a piece of aluminum foil. Anyway, look at this:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8232569.stm
>
>That perverted dog was the world's oldest it seems!

I also read continually that Macadamias are bad for dogs. Well, every
single one of our dogs has madly crunched the shell and eaten the
tasty morsel inside and their lives have never been shortened. Our
Border Collie is excellent at it and does at least 2 or 3 daily. We
worry more about her teeth holding up

aloha,
Cea