On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:45:51 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo®
> wrote:

>On Sep 1, 5:20*pm, pure kona > wrote:
>> 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
>
>Your dogs can crack macadamias? That's a tough nut to crack.
>>
>> aloha,
>> Cea
>
>--Bryan
Yes. I read it was the world's toughest nut (can't remember the
source) because it is almost perfectly round, with a fairly thick
shell. But what Mollie wants, Mollie gets. And it is, indeed, on
Sheldon's <toxic to dog> list, but I promise Mollie the dog is alive
and very well.

Go figure.

aloha,
Cea