Will this kill my dog???

Question

So this may be a bit long but I’m really worried and I need advice as no one will listen to me. So i was raised by my grandparents and lived with them. I moved out a couple years ago and now have my own family. Sadly can’t have dogs where I am. But my papa got a husky when I was about 13, so she’s around 7 now. Anyways. She eats human food. A lot. She refuses to eat dog food at this point, even the soft dog food. My grandpa gives her a tea with sweetener and milk every morning. Then she gets a bone, filled with peanut butter. Then it’ll be whatever he eats for breakfast, so cereal, eggs, bacon, etc etc. He’ll regularly feed her hotdogs, burgers, fruits and even grapes. She gets chicken and turkey bones with the fats and skins as they eat a lot of turkey. Whenever they get takeout, like Chinese (which is a lot. A couple time’s a week) he orders for the dog too. Every night before bed she gets these aunt debbies oatmeal cookies with some white marshmallow/icing in the middle. She literally eats every single food they eat for every meal and they don’t eat healthy. She gets pasta, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, fries etc. The only “dog food” she actually eats is the dog bacon treats. She gets one after every pee or poop. She gets deserts as well as my nana bakes a lot. Brownies, banana bread, cookies, cake and ice cream. I’m just worried this is obviously super unhealthy and such a bad habit but it’s been 7 years so there’s no changing her now. She frequently has seizures but my grandparents refuse to bring her to the vet. The medicine she’d need is around 150$ a month. My grandpa thinks it’s fine and just says “all huskys have seizures. It’s just something they all have.” Is that true?? I don’t think so. I’ve literally cried to them but my grandpa refuses to change. I think she’s slowly suffering. Of course she’s super loved and spoiled but the problem is they’re likely slowly poisoning her with all this shit food and refusing meds. It’s starting to ruin our relationship. The humane society won’t do anything at all because she has a shelter, food and water so they won’t take her. What can I do to make them see this may be hurting her?? Could the seizures be from all this bad food? Or is it a husky thing?

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Yes she's being fed ridiculous amounts of food that aren't good for her.
Chinese has a high salt level
Grapes are poisonous for dogs
Dogs cannot digest dairy
Onions are poisonous for dogs
Raisins are poisonous for dogs
She will eat dog food if that's all that's given. Set meal times and amount of time to eat otherwise take the food away. 
A dog cannot starve itself to death so it might take a few days but it will work.
Time for tough love now or I honestly think the dog will die an early death because of its unhealthy lifestyle.
Its actual animal abuse!

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I didn't get fully through but grapes are toxic to dogs and bones can split and be one sharp and injure your dog internally. 
In general human food isn't healthy for dogs. We feed our dog some, but their main food should be dog food

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I am a vet tech and this VERY VERY much saddens me. This is literally and slowly killing this dog. 
Chocolate is most likely reason for seizures. Or epilepsy. Not treating seizures with meds can easily cause brain damage. Especially if it’s many of them for 1-2min long. 
Chicken bones can break and perforate the bowels making the dog go septic and die. 
This is literally no joke animal abuse and cruelty.

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This is terrible, it is absolutely not normal for ANY breed of dog to constantly have seizures. Grapes, raisins, onions and chocolate are poisonous for dogs. Im definitely not a vet but ive always had animals my whole life and this is just a god awful diet for a dog 😔 
I would find a article or a informative picture about poisonous foods for dogs and show your grandparents. They arent purposely abusing the dog, they are just ignorant to the facts and think they are doing good by spoiling the pup.  Share with them what you can find from credible websites so they cant make excuses, they just need to be made aware that they are harming the poor thing.
Also, if shes refusing dog food, they could try the "Raw Diet". Im not a expert so I cant tell you the pros and cons, but it seems like the best option at this point in my opinion. I really hope they see the error of their ways soon, best of luck!

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Remind them that animal abuse (which this is) is a felony nation wide now. If you can’t take the dog, find it a new home since they obviously aren’t changing their ways.

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Your dog is going to die if this doesn't stop. My father's mother feeds every single dog she's ever had that way and they've all died early. Not only that but, the food your grandparents are feeding your dog is poisonous to dogs. It builds up over time. Seizures are NEVER normal. Something needs to be done or this dogs life is going to be over if it's not already too late.

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Yes your family is killing your dog. Your dog is eating a lot of unhealthy foods and foods that are dangerous. Cooked bones, especially poultry, splinter and can cause perforations in their digestive tract. A lot of those foods arent even healthy for humans, and dogs also do not have the same ability as humans to process human foods. So a human can eat those foods and be relatively fine but it can be very dangerous for your dog. If your dog refuses to eat dog food, there are foods you can make. For dogs with upset stomachs, it's often recommended to feed them a bland diet of chicken and rice. This can help reset their stomach's and then you start mixing in the foods you want them to eat like kibble. I used to feed my family dogs, I think it was the paleo diet? I fed them a raw diet of meat with some veggies. My bfs dog has been having issues with food sensitivity with the food we just bought him, so we have had him on the bland diet to help his stomach. My mom makes chicken bone broth and soaks her dogs kibble in the broth (they're old so they need soft foods). The broth helps the kibble seem more appetizing. You can also purchase bone broths at the pet store. Seizures in pets should never be ignored. I know how hard it can be when you dont have an understanding family. It may be better to rehome your dog, honestly. Rehoming is a better choice than keeping your dog in a home where it's mistreated.

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Wow.. seizure are prob from the poisonous foods like the grapes and chocolate human food is not good for them not but some is down right deadly

Will this kill my dog???

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