I was very excited to see a local fruit shop had some durians in stock, so I bought one yesterday, planning to try it today. My husband complained about the smell, and he was scared of spiking himself, so I hung it in up in the little bag itcame in outside off the verandah. I have two dogs, who went to sniff and investigate but quickly realised it was spiky and retreated! So I figured it would survive the night......

Well, of course I was WRONG. Those hungry hounds must have spent all night working out how to tear it out of the bag without spiking themselves, then the ate the lot, bar the shell. They even cracked open the seeds to check them out. This morning they seem very content, so they must have loved it. I have to laugh..

Hilarity aside, I just want to make sure they are ok to have eaten it so comprehensively - there is a lot of conflicting info on the web - so anyone who knows of dogs who eat durian with happy/unhappy consequences, I'd love to hear from you!

This I am learning...... I had a tricky time extracting the shell out from under their guard!

seee dogs know what good for em.....

I just want to point out that Harley is quite right that chemicals may present a problem to any animal that eats them, however, I doubt that your dogs will suffer unless they have been fed an entirely raw, organic diet from a very young age, because if they have had commercial pet food or even non-organic meat or veggies, their body will not react too strongly to the durian.

Also, large quantities of macadamias are a problem but don't panic too much if your dogs just eats one or two - mine has done so while my back was turned, with no negative consequences.