Even the dogs get coffee?

every morning... they love it... our last Husky loved tea even more, but I have a suspicion it's more to do with the half & half...

V.

I knew a horse back in the 80's who I once saw drink a cup of coffee then eat a ham sandwich.

*laughs… too funny…

V.

Just to be educational, caffeine will poision dogs/cats and can even be fatal. A few accidental sips of your coffee wont harm them but if you give them this amount, even if its occasional, they could become very ill or possibly die due to their bodies being far more sensitive to caffeine than humans.

thanks for the tip and caring Mange, but this has been going on for years with no ill effects what-so-ever... as I mentioned to Walt, our last Husky liked tea even more. Whenever I'd brew a cup he wouldn't leave me alone - he never got more than the very last part of the cup, however.

also - what you see in the bowl is actually not that much and is cut in half with the cream...

V.

Hey, I totally understand, I mainly mentioned as we do not know eachother nor do I know your dogs or the frequency at which they consume. But if they're alright then no harm done, my aunts husky has definitely gotten into some chocolate and such and been fine ( shes a super good climber and found a way up onto the counter where the top of the fridge was reachable ) so I know its not a for-sure danger with things like those, but I mentioned just to be sure since unlike chocolate, its not as widely known about other food items or how much they can have.

well, your information was truly appreciated... it's good to know there are people out there who care...

V.

And to be fair, one of the longest if not the longest-lived cat had coffee regularly. My suspicion is that it was decaf, though.

Since we're being educational, MangeSpit, allow me to show you MakoOtter's journal on comments like yours; and let me draw your attention to otakuwolf's reply (I think the lady knows what she's doing with her huskies, don't you? And that's 'doing with,' not 'doing to').

*hugs.... just because...

V.

A belated "Hugs you back, because it's what bears do"...

*laughs…

V.

Now the question is, which one is yours? :)

*laughs... I'd use the big bowl, but that would mean getting down on the floor to use it, and that might be a problem...

V.

Hehe!

My wolves loved coffee and beer. I could never take one to their 2-acre enclosure or when I let them out to come in the house, all my coffee and beer had to be put away. They were strange, to say the least, but I loved them. Can I have the green paw print bowl filled to the rim, please!?

*chuckles... I was sitting at my son's once having a beer and his dog came right over and stuck her face in the glass...

V.

How drunk did she get? (I'd say about as drunk as the goat at the CUA Christmas pageant, but that's another story... )

I've heard about the dangers of letting dogs have caffeine and chocolate. Not to minimize anybody's concern, but I think sometimes those are over-hyped.

My Jessie and Callie once split an entire bag of Hershey Kisses between them (foil and all), then chased those down with a dozen chocolate biscotti, followed by a half-dozen packs of powdered hot chocolate mix. Except for flecks of Hershey Kisses foil wrappers in their poo, neither suffered any real harm. I imagine its the same for your pack.

Oh, and those two were coffee hounds as well. Moderation is the watch-word.

*laughs... I accidentally spilled bird seed in the kitchen and these two played vacuum cleaner... found their poo the following day and it looked like... well... they were solidly coated in seed...

V.

LOL...too funny

I've seen that many a time too many with our dogs. I do my best to dump the old seed over the fence, but something about a semi-wooded riparian area just makes the seed stick to the point you have to take a metal rod to it inside the yard, y'know? (And I am fairly certain that we do indeed have ringtails in said area. I've seen their territory markings.)

My Jack Russel/Dachshund mix Rosco has earned the nickname "Jack Russel Stover" from the number of times he's gotten into said brand and more of chocolate. (He's also developed quite the hydrogen peroxide tolerance from the number of times we've had to make him throw it and other things - including rat poison and an overdose of Rovera - up. The last time we took him to my mother's office we had to use practically an entire 32-ounce bottle. )

good Lord!

V.

Years ago when my dogs got into a big bag of Raisinettes, the major concern was the raisins which can be fatal if not treated (they got a meal of activated charcoal to soak up the toxins). The chocolate was the least of our concerns. Their vet told me dogs can safely eat an ounce of milk chocolate per pound of body weight, which in their case would have totaled about 3 to 4 pounds. (Dark and darker chocolate has a higher concentration of what makes it toxic, with unsweetened chocolate or baking cocoa having the most.)

now that's interesting and good info... I did not know about raisins, but did hear about grapes - and they are the same fruit...

V.

Yes. One small box of raisins can cause kidney failure and be fatal in 24 hours. Grapes are also harmful for the same reasons, but raisins are worse because whatever the toxin is in it is more concentrated, plus being smaller a dog can eat far more of them than what's in a bunch of grapes.

Just need tea hehe

heeheehee... so good to be seeing you Anthony...

V.

You gave coffee to a husky, and your house still stands??

At least she didn't get a university Christmas pageant goat drunk!

*laughs... oh yes... it seems to have no effect on them like that...

V.

Those are some nice "I ain't fooling around" mugs. I might be able to pry my eyes open after ingesting that much java. But I think I'd rather have the doggie bowls. Then I could just dunk my face in it and breathe it in.

"I need coffee."

*ploosh -- SNEEERRRRK*

"Ahhhhhh. Sweet, sweet consciousness."

*laughs... I can understand...

V.

Any time I was in the kitchen my pups were always underfoot wanting to eat or drink what I was making. If I was making a cup of Constant Comment tea, I'd let them sniff the cup or the teabag, and they'd crinkle their noses and run away. I love the smell and taste of it, but they couldn't stand it.

I used to love that tea... I'm thinking it's more herbal than actual tea though...

V.

It definitely is regular black tea (black ceylon, I think), plus orange rind and spices.

I bought two pounds of 'Italian' coffee at Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL or Jaw Blot), a local discount chain, recently. I always mix decaf and regular 1:1 (as I did here) or 2:1 (when the bags are less than a pound). Bloody awful c@rp. It tastes burnt -- a clear Starbucks/Dunkin' wannabee. I found the New England brand I had the previous batch at MALL*WART, bought a 2:1 mix. About two weeks of strong cigar ash coffee to go.

I just took possession of a 2-quart Mr. Coffee tea kettle (not teapot -- that's a different animal entirely). Found it new/open box on The Auction Site for under $20; best price I can find was $30. Imma wash it out and prepare it tomorrow morning. I've got some tea I've been wanting to try. My 43-year-old Revere-Ware kettle has issues with our insanely hard water and occasionally deposits white crystals in the cup. The new seamless pot is less likely to do that.

Oh my... you remind me of things...

First, we drink 'Santa's White Christmas' coffee from Bernie's Coffee... years and years ago it came out as a holiday blend and was so popular it became a regular. It has a white chocolate taste to it and is very mild compared to other coffees. I can't drink Starbucks - the price and the taste just don't suit me. Oddly enough, McDonald's has a great coffee.

Tea kettles - I use the microwave anymore, and it does a great job. Now then - hard water and teakettles - my grandmother's teakettle weighed about five pounds just from all the sediment remaining in the kettle over the years. It never seemed to affect the boil up at all. The water where I grew up was terrifically hard, and I never knew this until leaving to join the military. It is what I grew up with, after all...

V.

It looks like coffee on the left and a kava-kava ceremony on the right.

*laughs... it does have that look doesn't it?

V.

I'm guessing the coffee doesn't hurt your animals since they're still around and, obviously, the vet hasn't chastised you for doing it.

*chuckles... doesn't hurt them a bit. In fact, they are the ones who insisted I share... I swear they'll eat anything...

V.

They're dogs. It's a dog thing. LOL.

You must all be super hyperactive each morning, the lot of you!

*laughs... nooooooo.... but it is a good time for me writing wise...

V.

Good thing your dogs arent chocolate labs otherwise you'd be in trouble dogs with natural add

oddly enough, our last Husky loved it too... our Black Lab never had an interest...

V.

He already had energy lol

My house is more of a tea house ^_^

Oooo… they love tea too!

V.

Nice

Tea is best ^_^

Looking nice and comfy :3

As I write this, it is that time of the morning again... yes it is comfy...

may your day be a good one...

V.

My grandfather had a war dog from the Great War and that's all he'd eat from the farm was coffee and biscuits; the rest he caught himself.

now that's cool... my father was in the k9's during WWII and brought his dog home too. In fact, I have Donor's discharge papers in a frame.

Vix

Also way cool.