Talk:Grape and raisin toxicity in dogs

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Is it really true that this thing was only discovered in 1989? It seems strange to me that it took 4000 years of canine domestication for us to realise that dogs don't eat grapes. Borisblue 04:36, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know the answer to that. My opinion is that a toxin only became associated with grapes at that time, possibly a mycotoxin, a heavy metal, or a pesticide. I'm glad you asked, though, because I rechecked the source I got that year from and I realized that my other sources say that the APCC only noticed the trend in 1999. This makes sense because the first mention in the literature (in a letter to the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association) was in 2001. So I think that source is wrong. I'll change it. --Joelmills 04:53, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Is this page even really neccessary? There is an entire page about foods toxic to dogs (wether humans can consume it or not), and this page could simply be added in to that one. Geo 21:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

What page are you referring to? Do you mean the dangerous foods section in the dog health article? I think that there is enough information on this subject to warrant its own article. --Joelmills 23:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)