"pure kona" > wrote in message
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> 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
>
>

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