Is Carob a Safe Alternative to Chocolate?
Photo from Respect Life Eat Veggies Blog Carob is a safe and healthy chocolate alternative. FOR HUMANS. Carob will not harm your dog, however, I must do my duty to the safety of all dogs and warn against feeding it to your puppies as a treat. No, the carob will not harm the dogs, but unlike humans, dogs do not have the ability to use rational thinking. They will only go by their senses. To a dog, there isn’t any difference in chocolate or carob. They both taste and smell like milk chocolate. If you give your dog carob biscuits, cookies, or other carob treats, they will want more of it and they don’t have the ability to tell the difference between carob and chocolate. It would be far too easy for a dog that is use to the taste and smell of carob to go into the garbage and eat chocolate that someone has thrown out. It would be far to easy for them to sneak a piece of chocolate cake off of the table because they think it is something you have fed them before. In my opinion, it is better t