Many pet owners unknowingly give their pets certain foods that are toxic to their systems and can be deadly.  Or the pet ingests them by accident or because they "eat everything".  Please be careful to not let your dog have access to the following foods:

COMMON POISONOUS FOODS AND DRUGS:

Grapes and Raisins

Macadamia Nuts

Tomato

Chives

Avacado

Raw Egg

Corn on the Cobb

Nicotine (eating cigarette butts off ground)

Chocolate

Alcoholic Beverages (even a tiny amount)

Pain Relievers (NSAIDS)

Tylenol

Advil

St. Josephs

Motrin

Use caution with Pepto-Bismol and Kaopectate, consult your vet first

Laxatives

Sleeping Pills

Tea

Onions

Xylitol (in many foods, candy, gum, breath mints.  Toy size dogs who are carried around in your purse can potentially die from eating a stick of gum!

Bread Dough (left out on the counter to rise and a dog eats it and then it will expand in their stomach from their body heat and they can die).

Peanuts (some dogs can be deathly allergic, just like people)

The above is not a complete list

POISONOUS ANIMALS:

Cane Toad (even just licking the toad)

Bee

Wasp

Black Widow Spider

Funnel-Web Spider

Coral Snake

Salamander

Rattlesnake

Scorpion

California Newt

The above is not a complete list

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If you suspect your dog has eaten something poisonous or been bitten and is having a reaction, rush them to the vet and try and bring along whatever it was they encountered, ate or the vomitus.   It truly is an emergency!

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I highly recommend the  book:

CARING FOR YOUR DOG

The Complete Canine Home Reference

By Bruce Fogle, DVM

Just about any and every disease, disorder, symptom, diagnosis for chronic and accute illnesses are in this book with 100's of real life photography pictures and illustrations with an extensive index to find what you are looking for.  The book also has an extensive first-aid section.  An absolute must for every home with a dog!

COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS:

Lillies

Azaleas 

Oleander

Sago Palm

Caster Bean

Tomato plant

Cocoa Mulch (common yard cover)

Jasmine

Rhubarb Leaf

Wisteria

Foxglove

Privet

Ivy

Yew

Mistletoe

Poinsettia

Daffodil Bulbs

Holly

Clematis

Laburnum

Assume any plant with white sap may be poisonous.

The above is not a complete list. Please visit http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/ for an extensive list with pictures.

COMMON POISONOUS HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS:

Aftershave

Antifreeze

Bleach

Boric Acid

Brake Fluid

Carburetor Cleaner

Cleaning Fluid

Deodorants

Deodorizers

Detergents

Disinfectants

Drain Cleaner

Dye

Fungicides

Furniture Polish

Gasoline

Hair Colorings

Herbicides

Insecticides

Kerosene

Lead

Mineral Spirits

Mothballs

Nail Polish

Nail Polish Remover

Paint

Permanant Solution

Photo Paper/Ink

Rat Poison

Rubbing Alcohol

Shoe Polish

Snail and Slug Bait

Soaps

Suntan Lotions

Tar

Toilet Bowl Cleaners

Turpenitne

Windshield Fluid

Wood Preservative 

The above is not a complete list

Bottom line, don't leave your dog in the garage, laundry room, bathroom or kitchen unattended!