Hopefully, by now you've all been warned that xylitol is toxic☠️ to dogs🐶. Let's talk about *why*.
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol, added to diet and sugar-free foods because we can only digest it very slowly, and never really metabolize it; both of which can be good.
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol, added to diet and sugar-free foods because we can only digest it very slowly, and never really metabolize it; both of which can be good.
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The problem is that dogs absorb it super-fast and efficiently.
The first documented observation that they were super-absorbers was in 1969, which was 35 years before it started to be used in sugarless products.
Timely (immediate) care with dextrose infusion is the only treatment.