Tomatoes and grapes!

This morning while round my sisters-Vegas began to copy her Boxer puppy by pulling the tomatos off the plants and eating them!

At the moment,he is sat infront of me while i munch away on some grapes and he is eating those which i give him.

Will either the toms or grapes do him any harm???

im sure ive read somewhere that both tomatoes and grapes in large quantities can be toxic

Mine won't touch tomatoes Steve, although if its anything like for humans then they are very good!! Very anti - cancer due to the Lycopene ...or something like that, although maybe that doesn't work the same for dogs??? Not sure about the grapes, mine love them but I have heard in the past that grapes and raisins aren't too good for them, but that could be based on the quantity that they eat. I think I might be remembering that from a discussion on the beeb pet board earlier this year.
Isla likes to pull the green beans off the plants and eat them, and the peapods as well!! funny how quickly they learn those tricks isn't it!!

Have always given mine tomatos but grapes in large numbers can be harmfull.

Cheers Het

I was sure that toms have some sort of anti oxitant within them which is good for the body,but hadnt a clue if it was dangerous to dogs.As for grapes-i figured the worst which could happen would be a touch of the runs (like what happens to us when we eat too many ).

I found this link about grapes and raisins - not found anything about tomatoes yet though....

Cheers Thordell-atleast now i wont feel guilty when i tell him 'no'.

Is it grapes that are supposed to cause kidney failure in large quantities?

I just copied this from the link that Iwlass gave...

Source
Grapes and raisins.

General Information
Many dogs like raisins and grapes. They should only be given in a very limited amount on an infrequent basis, and should not be left where a dog or cat can have access to them. The unknown toxin damages the kidneys.

Toxic Dose
One known amount is 1 ounce of fruit per 2.2 pounds of body weight.

thanks Steve, missed that link

So for a dog Star's size she would need 26 ounces of grapes for it to be toxic