>An animal will not ingest enough pepper to hurt them...... just enough to let >them know they don't like what you are serving! Unless of course you find a >chile -head squirrel..... I may not be a complete chili head, but my dog sure is!!! He was suffering from really bad separation anxiety and chewing this up (like the arms of a lazy boy recliner). He had started chewing on the runners of our rocker, so I threw some of the chinese hot sauce on them (don't remember the name, it's a red thick sauce in a plastic bottle with a green top and a rooster on it)..I found Percy licking the runners!! I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised, our other dog, Rupert, loved Frits with hot sauce too. JJ