Can’t believe it, but…

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My dogs actually love used coffee grounds!  How do I know this? Because I just had Pasiano replant a large anthurium plant in a new flower pot and later, when I was cleaning up the kitchen, I noticed the coffee grounds in the basket of the coffee maker.  Remembering that they were good for plants, I went out and scattered them over the dirt of the newly planted anthuriums and Coco immediately ran over and started LICKING THE DIRT!  He was frenzied in his antics, so I  scattered the rest of the grounds in his dish and not only Coco but also Zoe competed in licking them up.  Already hyper, I wonder what this will do to them? Who would have guessed. Now need to go Google it. Do all dogs love coffee grounds?

 

Months ago, Chris and Barb brought me this gorgeous anthurium in a Talavera vase. Now twice as big, It is the plant I transferred to the bigger pot on the terrace. Hope anthuriums like coffee as much as my dogs do.

Oh No! I should have Googled this earlier. This is what I just read!!!

While some dogs might show interest in coffee grounds due to their smell or curiosity, coffee grounds can be harmful and even toxic to dogs. Dogs are more sensitive to caffeine than humans, and ingestion can lead to caffeine poisoning, causing symptoms like hyperactivity, vomiting, and in severe cases, seizures. It’s best to keep coffee grounds out of reach of dogs and to discourage them from consuming them. 

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Would you ever have guessed caffeine is bad for dogs? It says 2 caffeine pills ingested can kill a dog!!! Mine still seem fine. They are always hyperactive so hard to tell…although it says too much caffeine can make them lethargic..Always a new thrill.

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      1. julieallyn's avatarjulieallyn

        Our Coco is a male. I didn’t think about it being either male or female when we named him but do have a lot of people assuming the latter!

        We have a couple of nicknames for him: Coco Boy, the Cocanator, I’m also fond of just calling him Puppy!

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          I don’t think Coco or Chocolate sound like they denote a certain gender, either. Perhaps they think that because of Coco Chanel….but I just think of it as a shortened version of cocoa..which has no gender.

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  4. pensitivity101's avatarpensitivity101

    Maggie loved the froth on latte coffee, and Maya does too. However, we discovered that the coffee shops we visited used ‘real coffee’ and this made Maya very hyper, so she doesn’t get the coffee froth now. Some coffee house do a Pup Cup which is just frothy milk or cream so she doesn’t miss out.

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  8. crazy4yarn2's avatarcrazy4yarn2

    I’m not surprised. Our oldest dog (who died last October) loved to drink coffee from our cups! Her behavior didn’t change, so we think she was a practiced coffeeholic in another life.

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