Can my dog eat this?
Type a food and the dial tells you: safe, careful or toxic, with the reason in one line.
The dial shows safe, careful or toxic, with the reason in one line.
General guidance for healthy adult dogs. If your dog ate something toxic, call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 now.
Foods dogs should never eat
- Grapes: Can cause sudden kidney failure. No amount is known to be safe.
- Raisins: Dried grapes concentrate the toxin and can cause kidney failure.
- Chocolate: Contains theobromine and caffeine, which dogs can’t process. Dark and baking chocolate are the most dangerous.
- Xylitol: This sweetener causes a rapid drop in blood sugar and can cause liver failure, even in small amounts.
- Onions: Damage red blood cells and can cause anaemia, raw, cooked or powdered.
- Garlic: Part of the onion family and even stronger. Damages red blood cells.
- Chives: Onion family. Can damage red blood cells.
- Leeks: Onion family. Can damage red blood cells.
- Macadamia nuts: Cause weakness, wobbliness, vomiting and fever.
- Alcohol: Even small amounts can cause vomiting, breathing problems and coma.
- Coffee: Caffeine overstimulates the heart and nervous system.
- Raw bread dough: Yeast keeps rising in the stomach and produces alcohol.
- Hops: Can cause a dangerously high body temperature.
- Nutmeg: Contains myristicin, which can cause tremors and a racing heart in larger amounts.
- Rhubarb: Leaves and stalks contain oxalates that can affect the kidneys.
- Cooked bones: Cooked bones splinter and can cut or block the gut.
FAQ
What human foods are toxic to dogs?
The most dangerous are grapes and raisins, chocolate, xylitol (in sugar-free gum and some peanut butters), onions, garlic, chives, leeks, macadamia nuts, alcohol, caffeine and raw bread dough.
What should I do if my dog ate something toxic?
Call your vet or an emergency vet straight away. In the US you can also call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435. Do not make your dog vomit unless a vet tells you to.
What does “careful” mean?
The food is not toxic, but it is only OK plain, in small amounts, now and then, or only some parts are safe (for example cherry flesh but not the pit).