PAW PAW IS NOT A FRUIT IT'S A VEGETABLE WHEN IT RIPEN'S IT BECOMES A FRUIT AND NO IT WON'T HARM UR DOG ME AND MY PARTNER HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS WITH DOG'S AND HORSES A OLD TIME VET DOWN WERE I'M FROM YEARS AGO HOOKED US ON IT WE CALLED HIM THE PITBULL VET CAUSE HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AS LONG AS HE GOT THE JOB DONE MAY HE R.I.P BUT TRUST IT WORKS