My little pug, Drina, is seriously ill - she drinks too much water whole day, eats little and shivers all the time. My wife has just found an article which reads that eating pineapple can cause kidney failure. We took her to the vet today, now waiting for the results (tomorrow). The vet gave her a shot of antibiotics.
We haven't confirmed the cause, but as I eat a lot of pineapple (I like raw food), she started to insist to give some to her too. A couple of times, she ate almost a half of the pineapple can. Now I feel like an idiot, I may have killed my dog!?
So, can a dog recover from kidney failure (if that is the case) and what is the best thing to do to help her.
By the way, after years of discussions with my wife, she finally let me feed them raw meet, and my dogs have been thriving (three pugs). I feel horrible about her, she is the tiny one. She is 5 years old, has been in perfect shape, but very tiny (right now she is 15lb).
Any advice will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Hang in there! Is the dog at home with you? How is she tonight?

How long have these symptoms been going on?

The vet gave antibiotics? What did the vet say s/he suspected? Maybe a bladder or kidney infection? Was blood drawn and urine taken? Was there any actual mention of diabetes or kidney failure? Diabetes?

Antibiotics would indicate an infection.

Please link me to or give me the title, author, etc., of the pineapple article.

If it's a hard copy only, please tell me the component mentioned (sugar, bromelain?).

I am not a health professional, but even though I think half of a can of sweet fruit is a bad idea, and particularly for a small toy breed, I can't make any kind of mental connection between that and an infection (which antibiotics certainly suggest). Also, its most marked component differentiating it from most fruits, bromelain, is actually given to dogs sometimes as an anti-inflammation supplement as well as a digestive aid. (This would be as an extract, since again, pineapple is too sugary to give a lot of it to dogs.)

I am just thinking out loud. I am NOT advising you in any way. All JMO.

I would like to see the article about pineapple and kidney failure. It surprises me very much.

"I eat a lot of pineapple (I like raw food), she started to insist to give some to her too. A couple of times, she ate almost a half of the pineapple can."


Canned pineapple is not raw. Do you mean canned or raw? Just curious.

While we've got you here, and after the pineapple scare has passed, please elaborate a little on the diet you are feeding and for how long.

"Feed them raw meat" without any more discussion of what that entails always makes me want to pry a little.:smile:

Hope you get all this worked out.:smile:

 Quote: michael_wise

While we've got you here, and after the pineapple scare has passed, please elaborate a little on the diet you are feeding and for how long.

"Feed them raw meat" without any more discussion of what that entails always makes me want to pry a little.:smile:

Hope you get all this worked out.:smile:

Me too, Michael, me too. When I don't hear "digestible bones" or "RMBs" I am afraid.

I even made a sticky note to myself to ask later, but actually I'm glad you made a much better memo that won't get buried in a field of yellow Postits.



And back to the present situation .....

A dog can recover nicely from acute kidney failure.
Chronic, end stage kidney failure is another matter.
I do not know about an association between pineapple and kidney failure.
Kidney "failure" can be a broad term, it is not a death sentence-dogs can be managed for years with mild stages of kidney disease.


I wish you the best.

Edited by Michael_Wise (01/26/2011 09:09 PM)
Edit reason: Not real sure about the avocado in the quote from dogaware.com. Please, nobody take this as me saying to go load your dog up on avocado.

I have heard about adding pineapple to a dogs diet to prevent them from eating poop.I feed my rabbits pineapple during shedding to prevent wool block, and my small dog 7 lbs. helped herself to a large portion at one time. I use fresh pineapple, not the canned, as it contains too much sugar.

Does your wife recall the article? What does the vet think?

I googled and googled, and the most popular match with "dog" and "pineapple" talks about it being used to stop dogs from eating poop. Never heard that one before. May have to start my own thread.

Nothing about it causing kidney failure. That is not the be all end all to advice here. Just stating what I found or couldn't find. Still keep digging until you find something definitive on way or the other.

Even on dogaware.com, they had pineapple listed on their kidney diet page as a low phosphorus filler.

http://www.dogaware.com/health/kidneydiet.html
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All of this would be my take as well. I would not give half a can (or any from a can), but I can't connect it in my mind with any kind of kidney failure, and when you add in antibiotics given by the vet, it becomes more remote in my mind. Just can't imagine the connection. I do hope the O.P. links us to it. And meanwhile doesn't give that aspect a ton of worry.

An antibiotic injection on top of excessive drinking makes me think of UTI, kidney infection, etc. Again, of course, I am no health professional.

I hope the dog is comfortable tonight.

 Quote: Tammy Moore

I have heard about adding pineapple to a dogs diet to prevent them from eating poop.I feed my rabbits pineapple during shedding to prevent wool block, and my small dog 7 lbs. helped herself to a large portion at one time. I use fresh pineapple, not the canned, as it contains too much sugar.

Does your wife recall the article? What does the vet think?

The stop eating poop thing is an oldie, but I've never actually had anyone tell me that they personally had seen success with it.